CertUtil Download, Decode, and Execution Behavior Detected
This rule detects potentially malicious activity leveraging the Windows Certutil utility for downloading, decoding, and executing files or payloads. It monitors process command line arguments to identify common download flags, hex/base64 decoding operations, evasion techniques, and interaction with high-risk file types or directories. The rule calculates a severity score based on the combination of these behaviors, such as downloading and decoding a file, or executing content from a temporary directory.
Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)
