BIOC
Informational
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WMI terminated a process
The Windows Management Instrumentation CLI killed another process running on the endpoint or on a remote host. Malware may do this to evade detection.
- Module:
- Platform Analytics
- Agent event type:
- Process execution
- Category:
- Execution
- Status:
- Enabled
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005) Execution (TA0002)
ATT&CK techniques: Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) Windows Management Instrumentation (T1047)
Indicator:
Process action type = execution AND target process cmd = *process*where*call terminate AND target process name = wmic.exe Process initiated by != msiexec.exe , cgo name != msiexec.exe
Preventable: yes