Trusted Developer Application Usage
Identifies possibly suspicious activity using trusted Windows developer activity.
Detection logic
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Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source category
- event_index
Known benign triggers
- These programs may be used by Windows developers but use by non-engineers is unusual.
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 9d110cb3-5f4b-4c9a-b9f5-53f0a1707ae1
- Tagged by the source as
- Defense EvasionElasticHostThreat DetectionWindows
Licence
- Published under
- Elastic License 2.0Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 27, 2026
- Version
- 1