Malicious Use of MSBuild as LOLBin
Prior to deploying Macaw ransomware in an organization, the adversary frequently uses MSBuild.exe as a LOLBin to communicate with the C2.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- microsoftthreatprotection
- Log source service
- deviceprocessevents
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 1850a459-b009-43d0-a575-8284b737eef8
- Tagged by the source as
- CommandAndControl
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1