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# 2025.01.29

**Release date: 10-February-2025**

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| Added 2 new Informational Analytics BIOCs                | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/azure-storage-account-blob-anonymous-access-is-enabled">Azure storage account blob anonymous access is enabled</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/azure-storage-account-was-publicly-shared">Azure storage account was publicly shared</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Improved logic of a High Analytics BIOC                  | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/memory-dumping-with-comsvcs-dll">Memory dumping with comsvcs.dll</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Improved logic of a High Analytics Alert                 | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-objects-encryption-in-an-aws-bucket">Suspicious objects encryption in an AWS bucket</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Improved logic of 3 Medium Analytics BIOCs               | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/phantom-dll-loading">Phantom DLL Loading</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/">Possible Microsoft process masquerading</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/windows-lolbin-executable-connected-to-a-rare-external-host">Windows LOLBIN executable connected to a rare external host</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Improved logic of 4 Low Analytics BIOCs                  | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/possible-dll-hijack-into-a-microsoft-process">Possible DLL Hijack into a Microsoft process</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/possible-dll-search-order-hijacking">Possible DLL Search Order Hijacking</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-modification-of-the-adminsdholder-s-acl">Suspicious modification of the AdminSDHolder's ACL</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/uncommon-remote-monitoring-and-management-tool">Uncommon remote monitoring and management tool</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Improved logic of 2 Low Analytics Alerts                 | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/logs-were-not-collected-from-a-data-source-for-an-abnormally-long-time">Logs were not collected from a data source for an abnormally long time</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-identity-downloaded-multiple-objects-from-a-bucket">Suspicious identity downloaded multiple objects from a bucket</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Improved logic of 10 Informational Analytics BIOCs       | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/">A cloud snapshot was created or modified</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/globally-uncommon-high-entropy-process-was-executed">Globally uncommon high entropy process was executed</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/globally-uncommon-image-load-from-a-signed-process">Globally uncommon image load from a signed process</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/ldap-traffic-from-non-standard-process">LDAP traffic from non-standard process</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/">Possible DLL Side-Loading</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/rare-unix-process-divided-files-by-size">Rare Unix process divided files by size</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/rare-signature-signed-executable-executed-in-the-network">Rare signature signed executable executed in the network</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/remote-usage-of-vm-service-account-token">Remote usage of VM Service Account token</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-access-to-shadow-file">Suspicious access to shadow file</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-process-accessed-web-browser-credentials">Unusual process accessed web browser credentials</a></li></ul> |
| Improved logic of 3 Informational Analytics Alerts       | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-identity-performed-a-suspicious-download-of-multiple-cloud-storage-objects">An identity performed a suspicious download of multiple cloud storage objects</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/multiple-tgt-requests-for-users-without-kerberos-pre-authentication">Multiple TGT requests for users without Kerberos pre-authentication</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/sso-password-spray">SSO Password Spray</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Increased the severity to Medium for an Analytics BIOC   | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-process-access-to-ld-so-preload-file">Unusual process access to ld.so.preload file</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Changed metadata of a Medium Analytics BIOC              | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/">Reverse SSH tunnel to external domain/ip</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Changed metadata of a Low Analytics BIOC                 | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/uncommon-ssh-session-was-established">Uncommon SSH session was established</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Changed metadata of 2 Informational Analytics BIOCs      | <ul><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/applescript-executed-a-shell-script">AppleScript executed a shell script</a></li><li><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/applescript-process-executed-with-a-rare-command-line">AppleScript process executed with a rare command line</a></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Temporarily removed a Low Analytics BIOC for improvement | <ul><li>Conhost.exe spawned a suspicious cmd process</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |


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