No Windows Updates in a time frame
The following analytic identifies Windows endpoints that have not generated an event indicating a successful Windows update in the last 60 days. It leverages the 'Update' data model in Splunk, specifically looking…
Description
The following analytic identifies Windows endpoints that have not generated an event indicating a successful Windows update in the last 60 days. It leverages the 'Update' data model in Splunk, specifically looking for the latest 'Installed' status events from Microsoft Windows. This activity is significant for a SOC because endpoints that are not regularly patched are vulnerable to known exploits and security vulnerabilities. If confirmed malicious, this could indicate a compromised endpoint that is intentionally being kept unpatched, potentially allowing attackers to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access or control.
Detection logic
Known benign triggers
- No false positives have been identified at this time.
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 1a77c08c-2f56-409c-a2d3-7d64617edd4f
- Tagged by the source as
- Monitor for UpdatesEndpointapplicationSplunk CloudSplunk EnterpriseSplunk Enterprise Securityendpoint
Licence
- Published under
- Apache License 2.0Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- Apache-2.0Read the origin licence
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1