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.
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/74438b0237d141ee9c99747976447dc884cb1a39/atomics/T1547.015/T1547.015.md#atomic-test-1---persistence-by-modifying-windows-terminal-profile | Only this detection cites it |
| twitter.com/nas_bench/status/1550836225652686848 | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 9b64de98-9db3-4033-bd7a-f51430105f00
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1