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  • A suspicious direct syscall was executed Low 2 variations

    A suspicious direct syscall was executed.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Execution (TA0002)
    ATT&CK techniques: Native API (T1106)
    Required data: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Detector tags: Direct Syscall Analytics
    Attacker's goals: An attacker might try to use direct syscalls to evade detection from a legitimate program.
    Investigative actions: Investigate the direct syscall-mapped image to verify if it is malicious. Check if this direct syscall is part of the process execution flow.

    Variations

    A suspicious direct syscall was executed by unsigned process from a user folder

    High overridden

    A suspicious direct syscall was executed by unsigned process from a user folder. overridden

    A suspicious direct syscall was executed by a DLL host application

    Medium overridden

    A suspicious direct syscall was executed by a DLL host application. overridden