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Malicious HackTool - SharpDPAPI Execution (via process_creation)

This rule detects the execution of the SharpDPAPI tool based on CommandLine flags and PE metadata. SharpDPAPI is a C# port of some DPAPI functionality from the Mimikatz project.

SigmahighWindowsv1
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