Suspicious Windows Service Manipulation (via process_creation)
This rule detects the use of binaries such as 'net', 'sc' or 'powershell' to stop, pause, disable or delete critical or important Windows services such as AV, Backup, etc. As seen being used in some ransomware scripts
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