Suspicious Process Created Via Wmic.EXE
Detects WMIC executing "process call create" with suspicious calls to processes such as "rundll32", "regsrv32", etc.
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.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/ransomware-hive-conti-avoslocker | 5 |
| thedfirreport.com/2020/10/08/ryuks-return/ | 3from 2 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 3c89a1e8-0fba-449e-8f1b-8409d6267ec8
- 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