Disable Exploit Guard Network Protection on Windows Defender — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Austin Songer @austinsonger. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2021-08-04 / 2023-08-17.

{
  "category": "registry_set",
  "product": "windows"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 78a50bbbd51fd6c51734c204fd1d9e5183fce65ace40fddec4a5f16564b87b09

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: Disable Exploit Guard Network Protection on Windows Defender
id: bf9e1387-b040-4393-9851-1598f8ecfae9
status: test
description: Detects disabling Windows Defender Exploit Guard Network Protection
references:
    - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/105533-enable-disable-windows-defender-exploit-protection-settings.html
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
date: 2021-08-04
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1685
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains: 'SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\App and Browser protection\DisallowExploitProtectionOverride'
        Details: 'DWORD (00000001)'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Unknown

Source references

• https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/105533-enable-disable-windows-defender-exploit-protection-settings.html