Suspicious Autorun Registry Modified through WMI (via process_creation)

This rule detects anomalous behavior where the WMIC process is leveraged to create an autorun registry entry via reg.exe, which is frequently indicative of persistence mechanisms employed by malware.

SigmahighWindowsv1
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Known false positives

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