Analytics BIOC Low
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System information discovery via psinfo.exe

Using psinfo.exe, the attacker can gather information about the network, and gain an in-depth understanding of which devices are relevant to attack.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK techniques: System Information Discovery (T1082)
Attacker's goals:

Collect information about the host, network and user configuration for lateral movement and privilege escalation.

Investigative actions:

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow. Verify that this isn't sanctioned IT activity. Look for other hosts executing similar commands.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
6 Hours