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Tamper Windows Defender - PSClassic

Attempting to disable scheduled scanning and other parts of Windows Defender ATP or set default actions to allow.

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Open this Sigma rule in the converter with the YAML preloaded and ready for backend selection.

François Hubaut, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Mon Jun 07Updated Tue Jan 02ec19ebab-72dc-40e1-9728-4c0b805d722cwindows

Log Source

Windowsps_classic_provider_start

ProductWindows← raw: windows

Categoryps_classic_provider_start← raw: ps_classic_provider_start

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection_set_mppreference:
        Data|contains: 'Set-MpPreference'
    selection_options_bool_allow:
        Data|contains:
            - '-dbaf $true'
            - '-dbaf 1'
            - '-dbm $true'
            - '-dbm 1'
            - '-dips $true'
            - '-dips 1'
            - '-DisableArchiveScanning $true'
            - '-DisableArchiveScanning 1'
            - '-DisableBehaviorMonitoring $true'
            - '-DisableBehaviorMonitoring 1'
            - '-DisableBlockAtFirstSeen $true'
            - '-DisableBlockAtFirstSeen 1'
            - '-DisableCatchupFullScan $true'
            - '-DisableCatchupFullScan 1'
            - '-DisableCatchupQuickScan $true'
            - '-DisableCatchupQuickScan 1'
            - '-DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem $true'
            - '-DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem 1'
            - '-DisableIOAVProtection $true'
            - '-DisableIOAVProtection 1'
            - '-DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true'
            - '-DisableRealtimeMonitoring 1'
            - '-DisableRemovableDriveScanning $true'
            - '-DisableRemovableDriveScanning 1'
            - '-DisableScanningMappedNetworkDrivesForFullScan $true'
            - '-DisableScanningMappedNetworkDrivesForFullScan 1'
            - '-DisableScanningNetworkFiles $true'
            - '-DisableScanningNetworkFiles 1'
            - '-DisableScriptScanning $true'
            - '-DisableScriptScanning 1'
            - '-MAPSReporting $false'
            - '-MAPSReporting 0'
            - '-drdsc $true'
            - '-drdsc 1'
            - '-drtm $true'
            - '-drtm 1'
            - '-dscrptsc $true'
            - '-dscrptsc 1'
            - '-dsmndf $true'
            - '-dsmndf 1'
            - '-dsnf $true'
            - '-dsnf 1'
            - '-dss $true'
            - '-dss 1'
    selection_options_actions_func:
        Data|contains:
            - 'HighThreatDefaultAction Allow'
            - 'htdefac Allow'
            - 'LowThreatDefaultAction Allow'
            - 'ltdefac Allow'
            - 'ModerateThreatDefaultAction Allow'
            - 'mtdefac Allow'
            - 'SevereThreatDefaultAction Allow'
            - 'stdefac Allow'
    condition: selection_set_mppreference and 1 of selection_options_*