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Suspicious certutil command line

An attacker may use certutil to download malware.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Command and Control (TA0011) Defense Evasion (TA0005)
ATT&CK techniques: System Binary Proxy Execution (T1218) Ingress Tool Transfer (T1105)
Detector tags: LOLBIN Execution Analytics
Attacker's goals:

An attacker may use certutil to download malware.

Investigative actions:

Check whether the URL is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow. Check whether the downloaded file is malicious.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day