Sigma rule: The Windows Defender Firewall Service Failed To Load Group Policy

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-71b09df3f04e, updated 2023-01-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
The Windows Defender Firewall Service Failed To Load Group Policy
Status
test
Level
low
Author
frack113
Date
2022-02-19
Modified
2023-01-17
File
rules/windows/builtin/firewall_as/win_firewall_as_failed_load_gpo.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects activity when The Windows Defender Firewall service failed to load Group Policy

Log source

product
windows
service
firewall-as

Detection

selection:
    EventID: 2009 # The Windows Defender Firewall service failed to load Group Policy
condition: selection

Tags

  • attack.defense-impairment
  • attack.t1686.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/firewall_as/win_firewall_as_failed_load_gpo.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "The Windows Defender Firewall Service Failed To Load Group Policy" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/firewall_as/win_firewall_as_failed_load_gpo.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: The Windows Defender Firewall Service Failed To Load Group Policy",
entity page, dataset version ref-71b09df3f04e, updated 2023-01-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/7ec15688-fd24-4177-ba43-1a950537ee39 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 7ec15688-fd24-4177-ba43-1a950537ee39, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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