Suspicious BeyondTrust Bomgar Process Spawning Remote Access Client (via process_creation)

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access → C2

Recon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
- T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
Execution
Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
- T1219Remote Access Tools
Exfiltration
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects a BeyondTrust Bomgar process spawning a renamed SimpleHelp remote access binary. Operators abused the CVE-2026-1731 command-execution flaw to deploy SimpleHelp under the SYSTEM account as a secondary remote access foothold.

Reporting behind it

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Suspicious BeyondTrust Bomgar Process Spawning Remote Access Client (via process_creation)

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