Windows Recall Feature Enabled - Registry
Detects the enabling of the Windows Recall feature via registry manipulation. Windows Recall can be enabled by setting the value of "DisableAIDataAnalysis" to "0". Adversaries may enable Windows Recall as part of post-exploitation discovery and collection activities. This rule assumes that Recall is already explicitly disabled on the host, and subsequently enabled by the adversary.
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# HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI\DisableAIDataAnalysis
# HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI\DisableAIDataAnalysis
TargetObject|endswith: '\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI\DisableAIDataAnalysis'
Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
condition: selectionLegitimate use/activation of Windows Recall
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Windows Recall Feature Enabled - DisableAIDataAnalysis Value Deleted
Detects the enabling of the Windows Recall feature via registry manipulation. Windows Recall can be enabled by deleting the existing "DisableAIDataAnalysis" registry value. Adversaries may enable Windows Recall as part of post-exploitation discovery and collection activities. This rule assumes that Recall is already explicitly disabled on the host, and subsequently enabled by the adversary.
Detects similar activity. Both rules may fire on overlapping events.
Windows Recall Feature Enabled Via Reg.EXE
Detects the enabling of the Windows Recall feature via registry manipulation. Windows Recall can be enabled by deleting the existing "DisableAIDataAnalysis" value, or setting it to 0. Adversaries may enable Windows Recall as part of post-exploitation discovery and collection activities. This rule assumes that Recall is already explicitly disabled on the host, and subsequently enabled by the adversary.
Detects similar activity. Both rules may fire on overlapping events.