Process Execution Frequency Anomaly

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This detection identifies anomalous spike in frequency of executions of sensitive processes which are often leveraged as attack vectors. The query leverages KQL's built-in anomaly detection algorithms to find large deviations from baseline patterns. Sudden increases in execution frequency of sensitive processes should be further investigated for malicious activity. Tune the values from 1.5 to 3 in series_decompose_anomalies for further outliers or based on custom threshold values for score.

Attribute Value
Type Analytic Rule
Solution Windows Security Events
ID 2c55fe7a-b06f-4029-a5b9-c54a2320d7b8
Severity Medium
Status Available
Kind Scheduled
Tactics Execution
Techniques T1059
Required Connectors SecurityEvents, WindowsSecurityEvents
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Tables Used

This content item queries data from the following tables:

Table Selection Criteria Transformations Ingestion API Lake-Only
SecurityEvent EventID == "4688" ?

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