Possible Excel.EXE DCOM Lateral Movement Through ActivateMicrosoftApp (via process_creation)
This rule detects anomalous child processes of Excel which could be an indicator of lateral movement abusing the "ActivateMicrosoftApp" Excel DCOM object.
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