Windows Security Log Event ID 5150

5150: The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a packet.

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The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a packet.
 

This event is documented as appearing new to Windows 2008 Release 2 and Windows 7. But we've never seen it logged. See event ID 5152 instead.

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Description Fields in 5150

Network Information:
 Direction:  %1
 Source Address:  %2
 Destination Address: %3
 EtherType:  %4
 EncapMethod:  %5
 SnapControl:  %6
 SnapOui:  %7
 VlanTag:   %8

Filter Information:
 Filter Run-Time ID: %9
 Layer Name:  %10
 Layer Run-Time ID: %11

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Mini-Seminars Covering Event ID 5150 How to Monitor Network Activity with the Windows Security & Firewall Logs to Detect Inbound and Outbound Attacks

 

Upcoming Webinars Unpacking a Linux Supply Chain Compromise Using the Recently Published XZ Utils Backdoor as the Example Assessing the Security of Your Active Directory: User Accounts Anatomy of a Cloud Hack: The Cloudflare/Okta Compromise – A Story of Tokens, Lateral Movement, Persistence and the Salvation of Zero Trust and Hard MFA Tokens

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