Sigma rule: Disable Windows IIS HTTP Logging

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-e3a32e6a2e56, updated 2023-01-22T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Disable Windows IIS HTTP Logging
Status: test
Level: high
Author: frack113
Date: 2022-01-09
Modified: 2023-01-22
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_iis_appcmd_http_logging.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Disables HTTP logging on a Windows IIS web server as seen by Threat Group 3390 (Bronze Union)

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\appcmd.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'appcmd.exe'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'set'
        - 'config'
        - 'section:httplogging'
        - 'dontLog:true'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1685.001

References

https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1562.002/T1562.002.md#atomic-test-1---disable-windows-iis-http-logging

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_iis_appcmd_http_logging.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Disable Windows IIS HTTP Logging" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_iis_appcmd_http_logging.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: Disable Windows IIS HTTP Logging",
entity page, dataset version ref-e3a32e6a2e56, updated 2023-01-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/e4ed6030-ffe5-4e6a-8a8a-ab3c1ab9d94e (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule e4ed6030-ffe5-4e6a-8a8a-ab3c1ab9d94e, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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