Windows Defender Threat Detected — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Ján Trenčanský. Source status: stable; severity: high. Source dates: 2020-07-28 / not supplied.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "service": "windefend"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 6f5e1e61c195170ae8705c50ef422f6b0c027715064d1bd670e35e417216d4f8

Detection logic

Original source YAML. Source-tag agreement is not proof of complete semantic coverage. This rule has not been compiled for a SIEM backend or validated against live telemetry here.

title: Windows Defender Threat Detected
id: 57b649ef-ff42-4fb0-8bf6-62da243a1708
status: stable
description: Detects actions taken by Windows Defender malware detection engines
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/troubleshoot-microsoft-defender-antivirus
author: Ján Trenčanský
date: 2020-07-28
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: windefend
detection:
    selection:
        EventID:
            - 1006 # The antimalware engine found malware or other potentially unwanted software.
            - 1015 # The antimalware platform detected suspicious behavior.
            - 1116 # The antimalware platform detected malware or other potentially unwanted software.
            - 1117 # he antimalware platform performed an action to protect your system from malware or other potentially unwanted software.
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Unlikely

Source references

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/troubleshoot-microsoft-defender-antivirus