Query Usage To Exfil Data
Detects usage of "query.exe" a system binary to exfil information such as "sessions" and "processes" for later use
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| twitter.com/MichalKoczwara/status/1553634816016498688 | 3 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 53ef0cef-fa24-4f25-a34a-6c72dfa2e6e2
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.execution
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1