Suspicious Remotely Hosted HTA File Executed Through Mshta.EXE (via process_creation)
This rule detects execution of the "mshta" utility with an argument containing the "http" keyword, which could indicate that an adversary is running a remotely hosted hostile hta file
SigmahighWindowsv1
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