Advanced Forfiles Execution Pattern

Ankit Mehta@Secvyn

•updated Jun 30, 2026•0•0•2

Identifies 'forfiles.exe' being executed with a combination of multiple command-line switches ('/c', '/p', '/m' or their hyphenated equivalents). This pattern can indicate automated scripting or malicious Living-off-the-Land activity, where 'forfiles.exe' is used to execute commands on multiple files or in specific directories.