Analytics BIOC Informational

Globally uncommon injection from a signed process

A signed process injected into another process that it does not normally target at a global level.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005) Persistence (TA0003)
ATT&CK techniques: System Binary Proxy Execution (T1218) Process Injection (T1055) Compromise Host Software Binary (T1554)
Detector tags: Injection Analytics Global Anomaly Analytics
Attacker's goals:

Attackers may use various methods to execute code in the context of a signed process to avoid detection.

Investigative actions:

Check if the actor process loaded a suspicious DLL before the alert. Check if the actor process was injected before the alert. Check if the process execution and connections are legitimate.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day
3 variations:
  • Globally uncommon suspicious injection from a signed process Medium (parent: Informational)
  • Globally uncommon injection from a signed process which was executed by a scheduled task Low (parent: Informational)
  • Globally uncommon injection from a signed process Low (parent: Informational)