diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_execution_suspicious_explorer_winword.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_execution_suspicious_explorer_winword.toml
index e6b7bc643..13d07e09b 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_execution_suspicious_explorer_winword.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_execution_suspicious_explorer_winword.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [metadata]
 creation_date = "2020/09/03"
-integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "m365_defender"]
+integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "m365_defender", "crowdstrike"]
 maturity = "production"
-updated_date = "2025/04/16"
+updated_date = "2025/08/26"
 
 [rule]
 author = ["Elastic"]
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ index = [
     "logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*",
     "endgame-*",
     "logs-m365_defender.event-*",
+    "logs-crowdstrike.fdr*",
 ]
 language = "eql"
 license = "Elastic License v2"
@@ -59,14 +60,6 @@ DLL side-loading exploits the DLL search order to load malicious code into trust
 - Escalate the incident to the security operations center (SOC) or incident response team for further analysis and to determine if additional systems or data have been affected."""
 risk_score = 73
 rule_id = "1160dcdb-0a0a-4a79-91d8-9b84616edebd"
-setup = """## Setup
-
-If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2,
-events will not define `event.ingested` and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until version 8.2.
-Hence for this rule to work effectively, users will need to add a custom ingest pipeline to populate
-`event.ingested` to @timestamp.
-For more details on adding a custom ingest pipeline refer - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/data-streams-pipeline-tutorial.html
-"""
 severity = "high"
 tags = [
     "Domain: Endpoint",
@@ -79,6 +72,7 @@ tags = [
     "Data Source: Sysmon",
     "Data Source: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint",
     "Resources: Investigation Guide",
+    "Data Source: Crowdstrike",
 ]
 timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
 type = "eql"
@@ -94,7 +88,23 @@ process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
                             "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Dism.exe",  
                             "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Kits\\10\\Assessment and Deployment Kit\\Deployment Tools\\amd64\\DISM\\dism.exe",
                             "?:\\Windows\\System32\\inetsrv\\w3wp.exe", 
-                            "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\inetsrv\\w3wp.exe")
+                            "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\inetsrv\\w3wp.exe") and
+  /* Crowdstrike specific exclusion as it uses NT Object paths */
+  not
+  (
+    data_stream.dataset == "crowdstrike.fdr" and
+    process.executable : (
+        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\explorer.exe", 
+        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\explorer.exe",
+        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office*\\WINWORD.EXE", 
+        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\root\\Office*\\WINWORD.EXE", 
+        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\System32\\Dism.exe", 
+        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Dism.exe",  
+        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Kits\\10\\Assessment and Deployment Kit\\Deployment Tools\\amd64\\DISM\\dism.exe",
+        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\System32\\inetsrv\\w3wp.exe", 
+        "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\inetsrv\\w3wp.exe"
+    )
+  )
 '''
 
 
diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_execution_windefend_unusual_path.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_execution_windefend_unusual_path.toml
index 4b4e6f4e9..ba2cc403a 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_execution_windefend_unusual_path.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_execution_windefend_unusual_path.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [metadata]
 creation_date = "2021/07/07"
-integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "m365_defender"]
+integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "m365_defender", "crowdstrike"]
 maturity = "production"
-updated_date = "2025/03/20"
+updated_date = "2025/08/26"
 
 [rule]
 author = ["Elastic", "Dennis Perto"]
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ index = [
     "logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*",
     "endgame-*",
     "logs-m365_defender.event-*",
+    "logs-crowdstrike.fdr*",
 ]
 language = "eql"
 license = "Elastic License v2"
@@ -61,14 +62,6 @@ references = [
 ]
 risk_score = 73
 rule_id = "053a0387-f3b5-4ba5-8245-8002cca2bd08"
-setup = """## Setup
-
-If enabling an EQL rule on a non-elastic-agent index (such as beats) for versions <8.2,
-events will not define `event.ingested` and default fallback for EQL rules was not added until version 8.2.
-Hence for this rule to work effectively, users will need to add a custom ingest pipeline to populate
-`event.ingested` to @timestamp.
-For more details on adding a custom ingest pipeline refer - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/data-streams-pipeline-tutorial.html
-"""
 severity = "high"
 tags = [
     "Domain: Endpoint",
@@ -80,6 +73,7 @@ tags = [
     "Data Source: Elastic Defend",
     "Data Source: Sysmon",
     "Data Source: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint",
+    "Data Source: Crowdstrike",
     "Resources: Investigation Guide",
 ]
 timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
@@ -89,12 +83,23 @@ query = '''
 process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
 (
   (process.pe.original_file_name == "MsMpEng.exe" and not process.name : "MsMpEng.exe") or
-  (process.name : "MsMpEng.exe" and not
-        process.executable : ("?:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows Defender\\*.exe",
-                              "?:\\Program Files\\Windows Defender\\*.exe",
-                              "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Defender\\*.exe",
-                              "?:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Security Client\\*.exe",
-                              "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Security Client\\*.exe"))
+  (
+    process.name : "MsMpEng.exe" and
+    not process.executable : (
+            "?:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows Defender\\*.exe",
+            "?:\\Program Files\\Windows Defender\\*.exe",
+            "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Defender\\*.exe",
+            "?:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Security Client\\*.exe",
+            "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Security Client\\*.exe",
+
+            /* Crowdstrike specific exclusion as it uses NT Object paths */
+            "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows Defender\\*.exe",
+            "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files\\Windows Defender\\*.exe",
+            "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Defender\\*.exe",
+            "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files\\Microsoft Security Client\\*.exe",
+            "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Security Client\\*.exe"
+    )
+  )
 )
 '''
 
diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_file_creation_mult_extension.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_file_creation_mult_extension.toml
index f9a26ca9d..8725775f1 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_file_creation_mult_extension.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_file_creation_mult_extension.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [metadata]
 creation_date = "2021/01/19"
-integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "m365_defender", "sentinel_one_cloud_funnel"]
+integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "m365_defender", "sentinel_one_cloud_funnel", "crowdstrike"]
 maturity = "production"
-updated_date = "2025/03/20"
+updated_date = "2025/08/26"
 
 [rule]
 author = ["Elastic"]
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ index = [
     "endgame-*",
     "logs-m365_defender.event-*",
     "logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*",
+    "logs-crowdstrike.fdr*",
 ]
 language = "eql"
 license = "Elastic License v2"
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ tags = [
     "Data Source: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint",
     "Data Source: SentinelOne",
     "Resources: Investigation Guide",
+    "Data Source: Crowdstrike",
 ]
 timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
 type = "eql"
@@ -78,8 +80,19 @@ type = "eql"
 query = '''
 file where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "creation" and file.extension : "exe" and
   file.name regex~ """.*\.(vbs|vbe|bat|js|cmd|wsh|ps1|pdf|docx?|xlsx?|pptx?|txt|rtf|gif|jpg|png|bmp|hta|txt|img|iso)\.exe""" and
-  not (process.executable : ("?:\\Windows\\System32\\msiexec.exe", "C:\\Users\\*\\QGIS_SCCM\\Files\\QGIS-OSGeo4W-*-Setup-x86_64.exe") and
-       file.path : "?:\\Program Files\\QGIS *\\apps\\grass\\*.exe")
+  not (
+      process.executable : (
+          "?:\\Windows\\System32\\msiexec.exe",
+          "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Windows\\System32\\msiexec.exe",
+          "*\\Users\\*\\QGIS_SCCM\\Files\\QGIS-OSGeo4W-*-Setup-x86_64.exe"
+      ) and
+      file.path : ("?:\\Program Files\\QGIS *\\apps\\grass\\*.exe", "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files\\QGIS *\\apps\\grass\\*.exe")
+  ) and 
+  not process.executable : 
+                             ("C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\dotnet.exe", 
+                              "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\*.exe",
+                              "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files\\dotnet\\dotnet.exe", 
+                              "\\Device\\HarddiskVolume*\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\*.exe")
 '''
 
 
diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_hide_encoded_executable_registry.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_hide_encoded_executable_registry.toml
index edecd6a9b..724328bd2 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_hide_encoded_executable_registry.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_hide_encoded_executable_registry.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [metadata]
 creation_date = "2020/11/25"
-integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "sentinel_one_cloud_funnel", "m365_defender"]
+integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "sentinel_one_cloud_funnel", "m365_defender", "crowdstrike"]
 maturity = "production"
-updated_date = "2025/03/20"
+updated_date = "2025/08/26"
 
 [rule]
 author = ["Elastic"]
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ index = [
     "logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*",
     "winlogbeat-*",
     "logs-m365_defender.event-*",
+    "logs-crowdstrike.fdr*",
 ]
 language = "eql"
 license = "Elastic License v2"
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ tags = [
     "Data Source: Sysmon",
     "Data Source: SentinelOne",
     "Data Source: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint",
+    "Data Source: Crowdstrike",
     "Resources: Investigation Guide",
 ]
 timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_installutil_beacon.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_installutil_beacon.toml
index 68a0577f7..b8fd80605 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_installutil_beacon.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_installutil_beacon.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [metadata]
 creation_date = "2020/09/02"
-integration = ["endpoint", "windows"]
+integration = ["endpoint", "windows", "sentinel_one_cloud_funnel"]
 maturity = "production"
-updated_date = "2025/03/20"
+updated_date = "2025/08/26"
 
 [rule]
 author = ["Elastic"]
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ index = [
     "logs-endpoint.events.network-*",
     "winlogbeat-*",
     "logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*",
+    "logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*",
 ]
 language = "eql"
 license = "Elastic License v2"
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ tags = [
     "Data Source: Elastic Defend",
     "Data Source: Sysmon",
     "Resources: Investigation Guide",
+    "Data Source: SentinelOne",
 ]
 type = "eql"