Suspicious PUA - DefenderCheck Execution (via process_creation)

This rule detects the use of DefenderCheck, a tool to evaluate the signatures used in Microsoft Defender. It can be leveraged to figure out the strings / byte chains used in Microsoft Defender to detect a tool and thus used for AV evasion.

SigmahighWindowsv1
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Known false positives

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