Analytics Alerts

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Severity
Detection module
Data source
  • Suspicious Process Spawned by wininit.exe Medium

    An unusual process was spawned by wininit.exe, possibly indicating malicious local or remote code execution.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Stealth (TA0005)
    ATT&CK techniques: Masquerading (T1036)
    Required data: XDR Agent
    Attacker's goals: Gain code execution on the host.
    Investigative actions: Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.