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Microsoft Defender signatures not up to date
Detects scenarios where Defender signatures are outdated.
Event coverage
| Provider | Event |
|---|---|
| Windows-Defender | Event ID 1151 |
Rule body yaml
title: Microsoft Defender signatures not up to date
description: Detects scenarios where Defender signatures are outdated.
references:
- https://github.com/mdecrevoisier/EVTX-to-MITRE-Attack/tree/master/Antivirus
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-antivirus/troubleshoot-microsoft-defender-antivirus
tags:
- malware
author: mdecrevoisier
status: experimental
logsource:
product: windows
service: windefend
detection:
selection_event:
EventID: 1151
selection_age : # Signature age in days
- Last AS signature age
- Last AV signature age
- Last AS security intelligence age
- Last AV security intelligence age
condition: selection_event and (selection_age > 7)
falsepositives:
- Unconnected systems to internet
- Missconfigured systems unable to reach their signature update server (SCCM/SCEP/WSUS)
- System offline during long duration
- Windows system with license hack (date set to +10 years)
level: medium
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selection_event and (selection_age > 7)Stage 1: selection_event
selection_event:
EventID: 1151
Stage 2: selection_age
selection_age :
- Last AS signature age
- Last AV signature age
- Last AS security intelligence age
- Last AV security intelligence age