Sysinternals PsSuspend Suspicious Execution
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects suspicious execution of Sysinternals PsSuspend, where the utility is used to suspend critical processes such as AV or EDR to bypass defenses
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (ORIGINALFILENAME = "pssuspend.exe" OR PROCESSNAME endswith "\pssuspend.exe,\pssuspend64.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "msmpeng.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
