Windows Defender Service Disabled - Registry

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects when an attacker or tool disables the Windows Defender service (WinDefend) via the registry

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Services\WinDefend\Start" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Services\WinDefend" AND OBJECTVALUENAME = "Start")) AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000004)" OR (CHANGES = 4 AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.NEWTYPE,Action1.OBJECTVALUENAME,Action1.OLDTYPE

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Ján Trenčanský, frack113, AlertIQ, Nasreddine Bencherchali