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This brief details the detection of DNS queries targeting commonly abused Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) or remote access software domains, originating from non-browser processes, which is a common tactic for command and control, persistence, and lateral movement by threat actors.

This brief describes a behavioral detection for Windows hosts where two or more distinct remote monitoring and management (RMM) or remote-access tools from different vendors are observed starting processes within an eight-minute window, indicating potential compromise, shadow IT, or attacker staging of redundant access.

Adversaries are leveraging legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) and remote access tools on Windows endpoints for command-and-control, persistence, and execution, with detection focusing on the first observed instance of these tools on a host.