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    Local Account Creation and Privilege Escalation via Net.exe (Amadey Malware)

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Kaung Khant Ko@kaungkhantko
    •updated Jul 2, 2026•32•0•39

    Detects the creation of a local user account using net.exe or net1.exe followed immediately (within 10 minutes) by that same account being added to a local administrators group on the same device.

    Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)

    Tags

    T1136.001 - Local AccountTA0003 - PersistenceProcess CreationUser Account CreatedUser Group AssignmentProcess EventAdmin ActivityWindowsWindows Eventlog SecurityCrowdstrike Falcon EDRAzure Sentinelkql

    Found in

    • Analysis of StealC and Amadey Malware LifecycleLast updated Jul 1, 2026

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