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    ClickOnce GapiUpdate chain: dfshim/dfsvc spawning Launcher/GapiUpdate.exe

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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/)
    Arnold Chan@slaz
    •updated 24 days ago•1•0•5

    Detects execution of potentially suspicious processes ('Launcher.exe' or 'GapiUpdate.exe') originating from ClickOnce-related processes ('dfsvc.exe' or 'rundll32.exe' with 'dfshim.dll'). ClickOnce is often abused to proxy execution of malicious code, allowing adversaries to execute applications from user-writable directories without administrative privileges.

    Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)

    Tags

    T1127.002 - ClickOnceT1218.011 - Rundll32TA0005 - StealthTA0002 - ExecutionProcess CreationFile Executable DetectedWindowsWindows Defender Atpkql

    Found in

    • GapiUpdate Campaign: Web3 Interviews Delivering Multi-Payload StealersLast updated 24 days ago
    • GapiUpdate Campaign: Web3 Interviews Delivering Multi-Payload StealersLast updated 24 days ago
    • GapiUpdate Campaign: Web3 Interviews Delivering Multi-Payload StealersLast updated 24 days ago
    • GapiUpdate Campaign: Web3 Interviews Delivering Multi-Payload StealersLast updated 24 days ago
    • GapiUpdate Campaign: Web3 Interviews Delivering Multi-Payload StealersLast updated 24 days ago

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