Suspicious WindowsTerminal Child Processes
Detects suspicious children spawned via the Windows Terminal application which could be a sign of persistence via WindowsTerminal (see references section)
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Other legitimate "Windows Terminal" profiles
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| persistence-info.github.io/Data/windowsterminalprofile.html | Only this detection cites it |
| twitter.com/nas_bench/status/1550836225652686848 | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 8de89e52-f6e1-4b5b-afd1-41ecfa300d48
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.persistence
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1