Displaying Hidden Files Feature Disabled

 1title: Displaying Hidden Files Feature Disabled
 2id: 5a5152f1-463f-436b-b2f5-8eceb3964b42
 3status: experimental
 4description: |
 5    Detects modifications to the "Hidden" and "ShowSuperHidden" explorer registry values in order to disable showing of hidden files and system files.
 6    This technique is abused by several malware families to hide their files from normal users.    
 7references:
 8    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1564.001/T1564.001.md#atomic-test-8---hide-files-through-registry
 9author: frack113
10date: 2022-04-02
11modified: 2024-03-26
12tags:
13    - attack.defense-evasion
14    - attack.t1564.001
15logsource:
16    category: registry_set
17    product: windows
18detection:
19    selection:
20        TargetObject|endswith:
21            - '\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden'
22            - '\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Hidden'
23        Details: 'DWORD (0x00000000)'
24    condition: selection
25falsepositives:
26    - Unknown
27level: medium