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HighSigmaHQNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Remote Thread Creation In Mstsc.Exe From Suspicious Location

Detects remote thread creation in the "mstsc.exe" process by a process located in a potentially suspicious location. This technique is often used by attackers in order to hook some APIs used by DLLs loaded by…

Description

Detects remote thread creation in the "mstsc.exe" process by a process located in a potentially suspicious location. This technique is often used by attackers in order to hook some APIs used by DLLs loaded by "mstsc.exe" during RDP authentications in order to steal credentials.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Log source product
windows
Log source category
create_remote_thread

Known benign triggers

  • Unknown

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