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Legitimate Application Dropped Executable

Detects LOLBINs and applications that should not legitimately drop executable or executable-equivalent files to disk. This may indicate malware staging, process injection, or abuse of a trusted binary for payload…

Description

Detects LOLBINs and applications that should not legitimately drop executable or executable-equivalent files to disk. This may indicate malware staging, process injection, or abuse of a trusted binary for payload delivery.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
LinuxmacOSWindows

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.

Log source product
windows
Log source category
file_event

Known benign triggers

  • Unknown

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