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  • A third-party utility was copied to a different location Informational

    To evade detection, attackers may copy a third-party utility executable to a different location.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
    ATT&CK techniques: Masquerading: Rename Legitimate Utilities (T1036.003)
    Required data: XDR Agent
    Detector tags: EDR Windows Disguised Processes
    Attacker's goals: Detection avoidance via file rename.
    Investigative actions: Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow. Check the destination path of the third-party utility and try to see if it's benign.