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Windows Terminal Profile Settings Modification By Uncommon Process

Detects the creation or modification of the Windows Terminal Profile settings file "settings.json" by an uncommon process.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
macOS

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

  • Some false positives may occur with admin scripts that set WT settings.

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