title: DNS-over-HTTPS Enabled by Registry
id: 04b45a8a-d11d-49e4-9acc-4a1b524407a5
date: 2021/07/22
description: Detects when a user enables DNS-over-HTTPS. This can be used to hide internet activity or be used to hide the process of exfiltrating data. With this enabled organization will lose visibility into data such as query type, response and originating IP that are used to determine bad actors.
author: Austin Songer
status: experimental
references:
    - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/151318-how-enable-disable-dns-over-https-doh-microsoft-edge.html
    - https://github.com/elastic/detection-rules/issues/1371
    - https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/?policy=DnsOverHttpsMode
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1140
    - attack.t1112
logsource:
  product: windows
  category: registry_event
detection:
    selection1:
        TargetObject: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\BuiltInDnsClientEnabled'
        Details: 'DWORD (1)'
    selection2:
        TargetObject: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\DnsOverHttpsMode'
        Details: 'DWORD (secure)'
    selection3:
        TargetObject: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\DNSOverHTTPS'
        Details: 'DWORD (1)'
    condition: selection1 or selection2 or selection3
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: medium