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4,542 detections

Detects scripts (Batch, PowerShell) that create a hidden local account (appended with $) and add it to highly privileged groups like Administrators and Remote Desktop Users.
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Thiru N@Iamthiru
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Detections.ai Community
6 months ago
10208
Detects the creation of 'format-results.txt' on a system, which is used by the malicious GitHub Actions workflow injected by the Checkmarx worm to store serialized GitHub repository secrets.
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Elgonad .@elgonad
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Detections.ai Community
6 months ago
00224
Detects the creation of symbolic links targeting the Restricted kernel object namespace, which the BlueHammer exploit uses for path confusion during a TOCTOU race condition to achieve Local Privilege Escalation.
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Thiru N@Iamthiru
CrowdStrike Logscale
6 months ago
90890
This rule detects the execution or writing of a file with a specific SHA256 hash associated with the 'GateKeeper' payload. It monitors process creation events, new executable writes, PE file writes, and image loads on Windows platforms to identify the presence and activity of this known malicious file.
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Bhojraj Joshi@cybrbhojrajjoshi
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Detections.ai Community
6 months ago
00131
Detects the creation or modification of a .pth file named LiteLLM_init.pth in Python site-packages directories. This provides high-fidelity identification of the Python interpreter startup persistence mechanism used by TeamPCP in the LiteLLM supply chain compromise.
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nomit vyas@xoxo
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Detections.ai Community
6 months ago
31495
https://github.com/Nightmare-Eclipse/UnDefend
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Steven Lim@KQLWizard
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SlimKQL 2026
7 months ago
8901,443
https://github.com/Nightmare-Eclipse/RedSun/blob/main/README.md
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Steven Lim@KQLWizard
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SlimKQL 2026
7 months ago
12431,874
Detects the creation or modification of a ScheduledTasks.xml file within the SYSVOL directory. This behavior indicates automated task deployment via Group Policy Preferences (GPP), a technique observed in The Gentlemen RaaS and other operations to simultaneously execute ransomware or other payloads across domain-joined computers.
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Bryant Smith@flowstate
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Detections.ai Community
6 months ago
60162
This rule detects file creation, modification, or renaming events related to 'TieringEngineService.exe' in the 'C:\Windows\system32\' directory, or process execution of 'TieringEngineService.exe' running as the 'SYSTEM' account. This activity could indicate suspicious system-level operations or potential abuse of a legitimate Windows component.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
7 months ago
120500
Detects non-Defender processes accessing the Windows Defender signature definition file (mpasbase.vdm). This file should exclusively be accessed by Defender platform processes (MsMpEng.exe, MpCmdRun.exe, NisSrv.exe, etc.) and Windows servicing components. Any other process touching this file has zero legitimate use cases and is a high-fidelity indicator of the BlueHammer zero-day LPE exploit, which leverages a batch oplock on mpasbase.vdm to freeze Defender mid-read, then performs NTFS junction swapping to redirect SYSTEM-context reads to the SAM hive via a VSS snapshot, resulting in local credential theft and privilege escalation. MITRE: T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation. References: https://github.com/Nightmare-Eclipse/BlueHammer, https://www.deobfuscated.dev/posts/defender-lpe-0-day
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Mazlum Baydar@mazlumbaydar
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Detections.ai Community
7 months ago
130452
Detects the creation of the specific LaunchAgent plist file ('com.vfrfeufhtjpwgray.plist') used by the macOS AppleScript dropper in the REF6598 campaign for persistence, ensuring visibility into the non-Windows infection chain.
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Elgonad .@elgonad
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Detections.ai Community
7 months ago
00269
KQL Query from file: DefenderXDR BlueHammer Detection
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Steven Lim@KQLWizard
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SlimKQL 2026
7 months ago
34143,266
Identifies the creation of a specific LaunchAgent plist file associated with the PhantomPulse macOS AppleScript dropper, indicating persistence on macOS systems.
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Elgonad .@elgonad
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Detections.ai Community
7 months ago
10170
Detects the creation of a shortcut (.lnk) file in the Windows Startup folder containing 'Edge' or 'msedge' in its name. This matches the persistence mechanism used by LucidRook and its droppers (like LucidPawn) which drop a disguised Microsoft Edge shortcut to execute a renamed DISM binary.
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Elgonad .@elgonad
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Detections.ai Community
7 months ago
190675
Detects adversary creating hidden file or directory, by detecting directories or files with . as the first character
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SigmaHQ Detections@sigmaHQ
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SigmaHQ
6 months ago
001
Detect changes in auditd configuration files
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SigmaHQ Detections@sigmaHQ
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SigmaHQ
6 months ago
001
Detects the ld.so preload persistence file. See `man ld.so` for more information.
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SigmaHQ Detections@sigmaHQ
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SigmaHQ
6 months ago
001
Based off of BlueHammer Local Priv Escalation, exploiting Windows Defender's signature file handling
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Danny Y@zendannyy
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Detections.ai Community
7 months ago
120725
Detects the creation of a DLL named DismCore.dll within the ProgramData or AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps directories. This behavior is indicative of potential LucidPawn/LucidRook DLL sideloading preparation where it attempts to hijack the search order of legitimate DISM binaries.
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Elgonad .@elgonad
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Detections.ai Community
7 months ago
20336
This rule detects the creation of directories or files related to the malicious 'plain-crypto-js' package within 'node_modules' folders. This activity is associated with the WAVESHAPER.V2 RAT, which targets developer and CI/CD systems through supply chain compromise of npm packages like Axios.
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Ali AlEnezi@site
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Detections.ai Community
7 months ago
200376
Detects an appx package that was added to the pipeline of the "to be processed" packages that is located in a known folder often used as a staging directory.
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SigmaHQ Detections@sigmaHQ
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SigmaHQ
6 months ago
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