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HighSigmaHQNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

File In Suspicious Location Encoded To Base64 Via Certutil.EXE

Detects the execution of certutil with the "encode" flag to encode a file to base64 where the files are located in potentially suspicious locations

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
ESXiLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows

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

Log source product
windows
Log source category
process_creation

Known benign triggers

  • Unknown

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