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MediumSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Remote Access Tool - AnyDesk Piped Password Via CLI

Detects piping the password to an anydesk instance via CMD and the '--set-password' flag.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Linux macOS Windows
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

Legitimate piping of the password to anydesk
Some FP could occur with similar tools that uses the same command line '--set-password'

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
redcanary.com/blog/misbehaving-rats/	Security research	9

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