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Script to perform some hardening of Windows OS.
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| :: Change file associations to protect against common ransomware attacks | |
| :: Note that if you legitimately use these extensions, like .bat, you will now need to execute them manually from cmd or powershell | |
| :: Alternatively, you can right-click on them and hit 'Run as Administrator' but ensure it's a script you want to run :) | |
| :: --------------------- | |
| ftype htafile="%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" "%1" | |
| ftype WSHFile="%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" "%1" | |
| ftype batfile="%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" "%1" | |
| :: | |
| ::####################################################################### | |
| :: | |
| :: Enable ASR rules in Win10 1709 ExploitGuard to mitigate Offic malspam | |
| :: Blocks Office childprocs, Office proc injection, Office win32 api calls & executable content creation | |
| :: Note these only work when Defender is your primary AV | |
| :: Source: https://www.darkoperator.com/blog/2017/11/11/windows-defender-exploit-guard-asr-rules-for-office | |
| :: --------------------- | |
| ::%programfiles%\"Windows Defender"\MpCmdRun.exe -RestoreDefaults | |
| :: Block Office applications from creating child processes | |
| powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Ids D4F940AB-401B-4EFC-AADC-AD5F3C50688A -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Actions Enabled | |
| :: Block Office applications from injecting code into other processes | |
| powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Ids 75668C1F-73B5-4CF0-BB93-3ECF5CB7CC84 -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Actions enable | |
| :: Block Win32 API calls from Office macro | |
| powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Ids 92E97FA1-2EDF-4476-BDD6-9DD0B4DDDC7B -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Actions enable | |
| :: Block Office applications from creating executable content | |
| powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Ids '3B576869-A4EC-4529-8536-B80A7769E899' -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Actions enable | |
| :: Block execution of potentially obfuscated scripts | |
| powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Ids 5BEB7EFE-FD9A-4556-801D-275E5FFC04CC -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Actions Enabled | |
| :: Block executable content from email client and webmail | |
| powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Ids BE9BA2D9-53EA-4CDC-84E5-9B1EEEE46550 -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Actions Enabled | |
| :: Block JavaScript or VBScript from launching downloaded executable content | |
| powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Ids D3E037E1-3EB8-44C8-A917-57927947596D -AttackSurfaceReductionRules_Actions Enabled | |
| :: | |
| ::####################################################################### | |
| :: Enable Cloud functionality of Windows Defender | |
| ::####################################################################### | |
| powershell.exe Set-MpPreference -MAPSReporting Advanced | |
| powershell.exe Set-MpPreference -SubmitSamplesConsent Always | |
| ::####################################################################### | |
| :: | |
| :: Harden all version of MS Office itself against common malspam attacks | |
| :: Disables Macros, enables ProtectedView | |
| :: Source: https://decentsecurity.com/block-office-macros/ | |
| :: --------------------- | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Publisher\Security" /v vbawarnings /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Security" /v vbawarnings /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Publisher\Security" /v vbawarnings /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Security" /v vbawarnings /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Security" /v markinternalasunsafe /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Security" /v blockcontentexecutionfrominternet /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Excel\Security" /v blockcontentexecutionfrominternet /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\PowerPoint\Security" /v blockcontentexecutionfrominternet /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Security" /v vbawarnings /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Publisher\Security" /v vbawarnings /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Security" /v markinternalasunsafe /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Security" /v blockcontentexecutionfrominternet /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Excel\Security" /v blockcontentexecutionfrominternet /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\PowerPoint\Security" /v blockcontentexecutionfrominternet /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Security" /v vbawarnings /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Publisher\Security" /v vbawarnings /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f | |
| :: | |
| ::####################################################################### | |
| :: | |
| :: Harden all version of MS Office itself against DDE malspam attacks | |
| :: Disables Macros, enables ProtectedView | |
| :: Source: https://gist.github.com/wdormann/732bb88d9b5dd5a66c9f1e1498f31a1b | |
| :: --------------------- | |
| :: | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Options" /v DontUpdateLinks /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Options\WordMail" /v DontUpdateLinks /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Options" /v DontUpdateLinks /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Options\WordMail" /v DontUpdateLinks /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Options" /v DontUpdateLinks /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001 /f | |
| reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Options\WordMail" /v DontUpdateLinks /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001 /f | |
| ::####################################################################### | |
| :: | |
| :: General OS hardening | |
| :: Disables DNS multicast, smbv1, netbios, powershellv2 | |
| :: Enables UAC and sets to always notify | |
| :: --------------------- | |
| reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient" /v EnableMulticast /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f | |
| reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters" /v SMB1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f | |
| reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f | |
| reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f | |
| net stop WinRM | |
| wmic /interactive:off nicconfig where TcpipNetbiosOptions=1 call SetTcpipNetbios 2 | |
| powershell.exe Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName smb1protocol | |
| powershell.exe Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MicrosoftWindowsPowerShellV2 | |
| powershell.exe Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MicrosoftWindowsPowerShellV2Root | |
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| ::####################################################################### | |
| :: | |
| :: Harden lsass to help protect against credential dumping (mimikatz) | |
| :: Configures lsass.exe as a protected process and disabled wdigest | |
| :: Source: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn408187(v=ws.11).aspx | |
| :: --------------------- | |
| reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\LSASS.exe" /v AuditLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 00000008 /f | |
| reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa" /v RunAsPPL /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001 /f | |
| reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\WDigest" /v UseLogonCredential /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f | |
| :: | |
| ::####################################################################### | |
| :: | |
| :: Enable Windows Firewall and configure some advanced options | |
| :: Block Win32 binaries from making netconns when they shouldn't | |
| :: --------------------- | |
| NetSh Advfirewall set allprofiles state on | |
| Netsh.exe advfirewall firewall add rule name="Block Notepad.exe netconns" program="%systemroot%\system32\notepad.exe" protocol=tcp dir=out enable=yes action=block profile=any | |
| Netsh.exe advfirewall firewall add rule name="Block regsvr32.exe netconns" program="%systemroot%\system32\regsvr32.exe" protocol=tcp dir=out enable=yes action=block profile=any | |
| Netsh.exe advfirewall firewall add rule name="Block calc.exe netconns" program="%systemroot%\system32\calc.exe" protocol=tcp dir=out enable=yes action=block profile=any | |
| Netsh.exe advfirewall firewall add rule name="Block mshta.exe netconns" program="%systemroot%\system32\mshta.exe" protocol=tcp dir=out enable=yes action=block profile=any | |
| Netsh.exe advfirewall firewall add rule name="Block wscript.exe netconns" program="%systemroot%\system32\wscript.exe" protocol=tcp dir=out enable=yes action=block profile=any | |
| Netsh.exe advfirewall firewall add rule name="Block cscript.exe netconns" program="%systemroot%\system32\cscript.exe" protocol=tcp dir=out enable=yes action=block profile=any | |
| Netsh.exe advfirewall firewall add rule name="Block runscripthelper.exe netconns" program="%systemroot%\system32\runscripthelper.exe" protocol=tcp dir=out enable=yes action=block profile=any | |
| :: | |
| :: Enable Firewall Logging | |
| netsh advfirewall set currentprofile logging filename %systemroot%\system32\LogFiles\Firewall\pfirewall.log | |
| netsh advfirewall set currentprofile logging maxfilesize 4096 | |
| netsh advfirewall set currentprofile logging droppedconnections enable | |
| :: | |
| :: Block all inbound connections on Public profile | |
| netsh advfirewall set publicprofile firewallpolicy blockinboundalways,allowoutbound | |
| :: Enable Windows Defender Network Protection | |
| powershell.exe Set-MpPreference -EnableNetworkProtection Enabled |
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