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Microsoft Windows Defender Antivirus is a built-in antimalware solution that provides protection for desktops, portable computers, and servers. It operates as an Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) alongside Windows Firewall, Device Guard, and other security technologies in Windows 10. Windows Defender Antivirus makes extensive use of Microsoft's cloud-based detection, advanced real-time heuristics, and integrated reputation-based identification of files, URLs, and emails.

Device Information

 Entity

Particulars

Vendor Name

Microsoft 

Product Name

Windows Defender Antivirus

Type of Device

Hosted

Collection Method

Log Type

 Ingestion label

Preferred Logging Protocol

Log Collection Method

Windows Defender AV

WINDOWS_DEFENDER_AV

NXLog = JSON over Syslog

CyberHub

Port Requirements

Source

Destination

Port

Windows Defender AV

CyberHub

6514 (TCP)

Device Configuration

Pre-requisite

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  1. Download and install the NXLog agent from the following location: https://nxlog.co/products/nxlog-community-edition/download.

  2. Navigate to services.msc and stop the nxlog service.

  3. Go to the folder "C:\Program Files\nxlog\data" and delete the file "configcache.dat" if it present.

  4. Navigate to the installed location "C:\Program Files\nxlog\conf." Rename the attached

    View file
    nameNXLog.conf
    file to "nxlog.conf" and copy it into this folder.

  5. Replace the placeholder "CyberHub IP" with the actual CyberHub IP in the nxlog.conf file.

  6. Copy the previously created certificate file on Windows machine where nxlog agent is installed and mentioned this cert path in nxlog.conf against "CAFile" on line number 56.

  7. Now, start the nxlog service from services.msc.

  8. NXLog agent logs will be available at the location "C:\Program Files\nxlog\data\nxlog.log".

  9. The log flow should work, and you can check it using tcpdump with the command "tcpdump -AA port 6514"

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Parameters required from customer for Integration.

Property

Default Value

Description

IP Address

Windows Defender AV interface IP address

Hostname or IP address of the device which forwards logs to the CyberHub.