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MediumSigmaHQ frack113 +1

Use NTFS Short Name in Command Line

Detect use of the Windows 8.3 short name. Which could be used as a method to avoid command-line detection

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: 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

Applications could use this notation occasionally which might generate some false positives. In that case Investigate the parent and child process.

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-2000-server/cc959352(v=technet.10)	Product documentation	3
twitter.com/jonasLyk/status/1555914501802921984	Social post	2
www.acunetix.com/blog/articles/windows-short-8-3-filenames-web-security-problem/	Unclassified	3

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