Suspicious Electron Application Child Processes
Detects suspicious child processes of electron apps (teams, discord, slack, etc.). This could be a potential sign of ".asar" file tampering (See reference section for more information) or binary execution proxy…
Description
Detects suspicious child processes of electron apps (teams, discord, slack, etc.). This could be a potential sign of ".asar" file tampering (See reference section for more information) or binary execution proxy through specific CLI arguments (see related rule)
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 |
|---|---|
| github.com/mttaggart/quasar | Only this detection cites it |
| lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Msedge/ | 4from 2 sources |
| lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Teams/ | 2 |
| lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/msedgewebview2/ | 2 |
| medium.com/@MalFuzzer/one-electron-to-rule-them-all-dc2e9b263daf | 2 |
| positive.security/blog/ms-officecmd-rce | 2 |
| taggart-tech.com/quasar-electron/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- f26eb764-fd89-464b-85e2-dc4a8e6e77b8
- 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