Sigma rule: Disable Windows Firewall by Registry

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-88c43e49278f, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Disable Windows Firewall by Registry
Status: test
Level: medium
Author: frack113
Date: 2022-08-19
Modified: 2023-08-17
File: rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_disable_windows_firewall.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detect set EnableFirewall to 0 to disable the Windows firewall

Log source

product: windows
category: registry_set

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|endswith:
        - \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall
        - \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\EnableFirewall
    Details: DWORD (0x00000000)
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1686.003

References

https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/40b77d63808dd4f4eafb83949805636735a1fd15/atomics/T1562.004/T1562.004.md

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/registry/registry_set/registry_set_disable_windows_firewall.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Disable Windows Firewall by Registry" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/registry/registry_set/registry_set_disable_windows_firewall.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 Firewall by Registry",
entity page, dataset version ref-88c43e49278f, updated 2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/e78c408a-e2ea-43cd-b5ea-51975cf358c0 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule e78c408a-e2ea-43cd-b5ea-51975cf358c0, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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