diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_posh_assembly_load.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_posh_assembly_load.toml
index 2f7b934e9..210b97f19 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_posh_assembly_load.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_posh_assembly_load.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 creation_date = "2021/10/15"
 integration = ["windows"]
 maturity = "production"
-updated_date = "2023/10/23"
+updated_date = "2023/12/18"
 min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
 min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
 
@@ -134,16 +134,17 @@ event.category:process and host.os.type:windows and
   powershell.file.script_block_text : (
     "[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load" or
     "[Reflection.Assembly]::Load"
-  ) and not 
-  powershell.file.script_block_text : (
-    ("CommonWorkflowParameters" or "RelatedLinksHelpInfo") and
-    "HelpDisplayStrings"
-  ) and not 
-  (powershell.file.script_block_text :
-    ("Get-SolutionFiles" or "Get-VisualStudio" or "Select-MSBuildPath") and
-    not file.name : "PathFunctions.ps1"
-  )
-  and not user.id : "S-1-5-18"
+  ) and
+  not powershell.file.script_block_text : (
+        ("CommonWorkflowParameters" or "RelatedLinksHelpInfo") and
+        "HelpDisplayStrings"
+  ) and
+  not (powershell.file.script_block_text :
+        ("Get-SolutionFiles" or "Get-VisualStudio" or "Select-MSBuildPath") and
+        file.name : "PathFunctions.ps1"
+  ) and
+  not file.path : C\:\\\\Program?Files\\\\Microsoft?Monitoring?Agent\\\\Agent\\\\Health?Service?State\\\\Monitoring?Host?Temporary?Files*\\\\AvailabilityGroupMonitoring.ps1 and
+  not user.id : "S-1-5-18"
 '''
 
 
diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_suspicious_wmi_script.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_suspicious_wmi_script.toml
index a705510e2..f629b6983 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_suspicious_wmi_script.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_suspicious_wmi_script.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ integration = ["endpoint", "windows"]
 maturity = "production"
 min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
 min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
-updated_date = "2023/10/13"
+updated_date = "2023/12/18"
 
 [rule]
 author = ["Elastic"]
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan = 2m
 [process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
    (process.name : "WMIC.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name : "wmic.exe") and
    process.args : ("format*:*", "/format*:*", "*-format*:*") and
-   not process.command_line : "* /format:table *"]
+   not process.command_line : ("* /format:table *", "* /format:table")]
 [any where host.os.type == "windows" and (event.category == "library" or (event.category == "process" and event.action : "Image loaded*")) and
  (dll.name : ("jscript.dll", "vbscript.dll") or file.name : ("jscript.dll", "vbscript.dll"))]
 '''
diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_timestomp_sysmon.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_timestomp_sysmon.toml
index 8f2c91c6b..363e5ca5d 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_timestomp_sysmon.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_timestomp_sysmon.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ integration = ["windows"]
 maturity = "production"
 min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
 min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
-updated_date = "2023/06/22"
+updated_date = "2023/12/18"
 
 [rule]
 author = ["Elastic"]
@@ -39,16 +39,19 @@ file where host.os.type == "windows" and event.code : "2" and
  not process.executable : 
           ("?:\\Program Files\\*", 
            "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\*", 
+           "?:\\Windows\\system32\\cleanmgr.exe",
            "?:\\Windows\\system32\\msiexec.exe", 
            "?:\\Windows\\syswow64\\msiexec.exe", 
            "?:\\Windows\\system32\\svchost.exe", 
            "?:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\backgroundTaskHost.exe",
            "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe", 
+           "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe",
            "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\slack\\app-*\\slack.exe", 
            "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\GitHubDesktop\\app-*\\GitHubDesktop.exe",
            "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Teams\\current\\Teams.exe", 
            "?:\\Users\\*\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\OneDrive\\OneDrive.exe") and 
- not file.extension : ("tmp", "~tmp", "xml") and not user.name : ("SYSTEM", "Local Service", "Network Service")
+ not file.extension : ("temp", "tmp", "~tmp", "xml", "newcfg") and not user.name : ("SYSTEM", "Local Service", "Network Service") and
+ not file.name : ("LOG", "temp-index", "license.rtf", "iconcache_*.db")
 '''
 
 
diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_unusual_system_vp_child_program.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_unusual_system_vp_child_program.toml
index e908eafc5..ad01f23b5 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_unusual_system_vp_child_program.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_unusual_system_vp_child_program.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ integration = ["endpoint", "windows"]
 maturity = "production"
 min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
 min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
-updated_date = "2023/10/23"
+updated_date = "2023/12/21"
 
 [rule]
 author = ["Elastic"]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type = "eql"
 
 query = '''
 process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
-  process.parent.pid == 4 and
+  process.parent.pid == 4 and process.executable : "?*" and
   not process.executable : ("Registry", "MemCompression", "?:\\Windows\\System32\\smss.exe")
 '''
 
diff --git a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_via_filter_manager.toml b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_via_filter_manager.toml
index 95872150a..bc1c0cc5f 100644
--- a/rules/windows/defense_evasion_via_filter_manager.toml
+++ b/rules/windows/defense_evasion_via_filter_manager.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ integration = ["endpoint", "windows"]
 maturity = "production"
 min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
 min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
-updated_date = "2023/06/22"
+updated_date = "2023/12/21"
 
 [transform]
 [[transform.osquery]]
@@ -103,7 +103,19 @@ type = "eql"
 
 query = '''
 process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
- process.name : "fltMC.exe" and process.args : "unload"
+  process.name : "fltMC.exe" and process.args : "unload" and
+  not
+  (
+    (
+      process.executable : "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\ManageEngine\\UEMS_Agent\\bin\\DCFAService64.exe" and
+      process.args : ("DFMFilter", "DRMFilter")
+    ) or
+    (
+      process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\msiexec.exe" and
+      process.args : ("BrFilter_*", "BrCow_*") and
+      user.id : "S-1-5-18"
+    )
+  )
 '''