Suspicious Disable Windows Firewall by Registry (via registry_set)

title: Suspicious Disable Windows Firewall by Registry (via registry_set)
id: 236bd9bb-2186-5326-8fca-c6955b8c04aa
status: stable
description: This rule detects set EnableFirewall to 0 to disable the Windows firewall
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1686/003/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/40b77d63808dd4f4eafb83949805636735a1fd15/atomics/T1562.004/T1562.004.md
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-02-07
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1686.003
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith:
            - \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall
            - \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\EnableFirewall
        Details: DWORD (0x00000000)
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium