Sysinternals PsSuspend Execution
Detects usage of Sysinternals PsSuspend which can be abused to suspend critical processes
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
- Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
Outside the enterprise matrix
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pssuspend | 2 |
| twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1638069413717975046 | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 48bbc537-b652-4b4e-bd1d-281172df448f
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.discoveryattack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1