Suspicious Execution Of Non-Existing File (via process_creation)

This rule detects process creation events where the Image field lacks an absolute path, which occurs when the backing file no longer exists on disk at the time of logging - frequently caused by Process Ghosting or other unorthodox process creation techniques.

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Known false positives

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