Suspicious Legitimate Application Dropped Executable (via file_event)

This rule detects LOLBINs and applications that should not legitimately drop executable or executable-equivalent files to disk. This may indicate malware staging, process injection, or misuse of a trusted binary for payload delivery.

SigmahighWindowsv1
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Known false positives

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Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.