Netwrix Corporation

This rule detects parent process spoofing used to create an elevated child process, specifically targeting privilege escalation to SYSTEM, where adversaries may spoof the parent process identifier (PPID) of a new process to evade process-monitoring defenses or to elevate privileges on Windows systems.

This rule identifies the execution of a file that was created by the virtual system process, potentially indicating lateral movement via network file shares in Windows environments.

The rule identifies the execution of a file created by the virtual system process, potentially indicating lateral movement via network file shares, by detecting a sequence of file creation/modification followed by process execution, excluding trusted vendors.