Suspicious execution of ConfigSecurityPolicy

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the exploitation of configsecuritypolicy.exe, a windows defender binary,to download malware payload and to exfiltrate data.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((PROCESSNAME endswith "ConfigSecurityPolicy.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME contains "ConfigSecurityPolicy") AND (COMMANDLINE contains "https://" OR COMMANDLINE contains "http://" OR COMMANDLINE contains "ftp://")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows