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james1987
Mar 16, 2023Occasional Reader
Not all network events are on DeviceNetworkEvents table
Anyone know how network event are being collected in MS Defender for Endpoint. Look like DeviceNetworkEvents does not have all network events. We did a testing using nslookup. Do a nslookup to domain...
jbmartin6
Jun 17, 2024Iron Contributor
MDE isn't a 100% complete record, MS has to balance bandwidth and storage costs. End result is some events get dropped, particularly if they are similar to previous events or have no security value. 'host made a DNS request' gets logged elsewhere anyway so there is little value in logging every single DNS lookup as a network event. That's just a guess though, as far as I know there is no official documentation on the event selection process. But take a look at Olaf Hartung's excellent series probing into MDE Internals: https://medium.com/falconforce/sysmon-vs-microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-mde-internals-0x01-1e5663b10347
HA13029
Jun 19, 2024Brass Contributor
Hello,
First, thanks a lot for your help.
I also find that without Real time protection/RTP enabled, most of the traffic is not logged...
Regards,
HA
First, thanks a lot for your help.
I also find that without Real time protection/RTP enabled, most of the traffic is not logged...
Regards,
HA