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MediumSigmaHQFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Suspicious Keyboard Layout Load

Detects the keyboard preload installation with a suspicious keyboard layout, e.g. Chinese, Iranian or Vietnamese layout load in user session on systems maintained by US staff only

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
PRE

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.

Log source product
windows
Log source category
registry_set

Known benign triggers

  • Administrators or users that actually use the selected keyboard layouts (heavily depends on the organisation's user base)

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