Disabled Windows Defender Eventlog

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the disabling of the Windows Defender eventlog as seen in relation to Lockbit 3.0 infections

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME contains "\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WINEVT\Channels\Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational\Enabled" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WINEVT\Channels\Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "Enabled")) AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000000)" OR (CHANGES = 0 AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)