Malicious Microsoft Defender Real Time Protection Failure - Native (via windefend)

PremiumReviewedSigma · High · v1
Product
windows
Service
windefend
Author
HuntRule
Published
2026-11-08
Updated
2026-11-08

ATT&CK techniques

  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. C2

  13. Exfiltration

  14. Impact

What it detects

This rule detects tamper Defender RTP protection and disable it.

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