Suspicious Execution of DeviceCredentialDeployment (via process_creation)

This rule detects the execution of DeviceCredentialDeployment to hide a process from view.

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suspicious-execution-of-devicecredentialdeployment-via-process-creation

title: Suspicious Execution of DeviceCredentialDeployment (via process_creation)
id: 1897580b-e1a9-564d-a740-1af1efde67bb
status: stable
description: This rule detects the execution of DeviceCredentialDeployment to hide a process from view.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/
    - https://github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/pull/147
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-02-11
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1218
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\DeviceCredentialDeployment.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

Known false positives

Unknown

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