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The Windows Defender Firewall Service Failed To Load Group Policy — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule 7ec15688-fd24-4177-ba43-1a950537ee39. The Windows Defender Firewall Service Failed To Load Group Policy — Sigma Rule. Detects activity when The Windows Defender Firewall service failed to load Group Policy

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Author: frack113. Source status: test; severity: low. Source dates: 2022-02-19 / 2023-01-17.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "service": "firewall-as"
}

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Source SHA-256: 8087734d5f4ce9fa591e4c350d14e88eb89d77c89232d834cb7ed31cb237b422

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title: The Windows Defender Firewall Service Failed To Load Group Policy
id: 7ec15688-fd24-4177-ba43-1a950537ee39
status: test
description: Detects activity when The Windows Defender Firewall service failed to load Group Policy
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-r2-and-2008/dd364427(v=ws.10)
author: frack113
date: 2022-02-19
modified: 2023-01-17
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1686.003
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: firewall-as
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 2009 # The Windows Defender Firewall service failed to load Group Policy
    condition: selection
level: low

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