Whoami.EXE Execution With Output Option
Detects the execution of "whoami.exe" with the "/FO" flag to choose CSV as output format or with redirection options to export the results to a file for later use.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- LinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows
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.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| app.any.run/tasks/7eaba74e-c1ea-400f-9c17-5e30eee89906/ | 4 |
| brica.de/alerts/alert/public/1247926/agent-tesla-keylogger-delivered-inside-a-power-iso-daa-archive/ | 4 |
| www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsJ9ByX84o4&t=6s | 3 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- c30fb093-1109-4dc8-88a8-b30d11c95a5d
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.discoverycar.2016-03-001
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1