Your opening post mention Default IS Config.
HIPS is by default disabled in default IS config. But Autosandbox is there to protect from unknown malware.
Are you running a malware sample & the system is getting infected & internet connection doesn’t works?
If so, plz provide me the sample, I will test & post the results here.
Thank you for confirming that this also happens in VMWare. Could you please retest it and see if different levels of the Behavioral Blocker are able to effectively block this?
Thank you for testing this. So from what I can see the only level of the Behavioral Blocker which is vulnerable to this is Partially Limited. Therefore, this is technically not a bug. However, I can see this as a possible wish as to how even the default should protect the internet connection from being entirely severed.
Before I can do this can you please share a brief summary of what this malware is doing in order to kill the internet connection?