Suspicious PSEXEC Remote Execution File Artefact (via file_event)

This rule detects creation of the PSEXEC key file. Which is created anytime a PsExec command is executed. It gets written to the file system and will be recorded in the USN Journal on the target system

SigmahighWindowsv1
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Known false positives

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