Suspicious Remote Access Utility - AnyDesk Piped Password Via CLI (via process_creation)
This rule detects piping the password to an anydesk instance via CMD and the '--set-password' flag.
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suspicious-remote-access-utility-anydesk-piped-password-via-cli-via-process-creation
title: Suspicious Remote Access Utility - AnyDesk Piped Password Via CLI (via process_creation)
id: 081aff4d-6d29-5cd3-a4ea-dd3212b34a48
status: stable
description: This rule detects piping the password to an anydesk instance via CMD and the '--set-password' flag.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1219/002/
- https://redcanary.com/blog/misbehaving-rats/
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-02-18
tags:
- attack.command-and-control
- attack.t1219.002
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- '/c '
- 'echo '
- '.exe --set-password'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
Known false positives
- Unknown
Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.