Windows Excessive Disabled Services Event

Description

Automatically categorized datasets in directory windows_excessive_disabled_services_event

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1562.001 Disable or Modify Tools Defense Evasion

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory windows_excessive_disabled_services_event
Test Date 2025-08-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Xml

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/windows_excessive_disabled_services_event/windows-xml.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:System

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Windows Event For Service Disabled Hunting Endpoint T1562.001 Windows Defense Evasion Tactics, RedLine Stealer
Windows Excessive Disabled Services Event TTP Endpoint T1562.001 CISA AA23-347A, Compromised Windows Host, Windows Defense Evasion Tactics

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1562.001/windows_excessive_disabled_services_event/windows-xml.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0