Suspicious Binary Proxy Execution Through Dotnet-Trace.EXE (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious Binary Proxy Execution Through Dotnet-Trace.EXE (via process_creation)
id: 6730605f-04e9-5f48-aa65-c2a265312145
status: stable
description: This rule detects commandline arguments for running a child process via dotnet-trace.exe
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    - https://twitter.com/bohops/status/1740022869198037480
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-06-08
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\dotnet-trace.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'dotnet-trace.dll'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '-- '
            - 'collect'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium