Root Certificate Installed From Susp Locations
Adversaries may install a root certificate on a compromised system to avoid warnings when connecting to adversary controlled web servers.
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
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unlikely
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 |
|---|---|
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/pki/import-certificate?view=windowsserver2022-ps | Only this detection cites it |
| www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/09/07/profiling-dev-0270-phosphorus-ransomware-operations/ | 4 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 5f6a601c-2ecb-498b-9c33-660362323afa
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.defense-impairment
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1