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# 2026.04.22

### Release date: 03-May-2026

### Summary

#### Added

* **1 Detector:** 1 Low

#### Removed

* **2 Detectors:** 1 High, 1 Informational

#### Modified Logic

* **4 Detectors:** 1 Medium, 1 Low, 2 Informational
* **7 Variations:** 1 High, 1 Medium, 5 Low

#### Modified Metadata

* **5 Detectors:** 2 Low, 3 Informational

### Added

* \[Low] [Microsoft Office process spawns conhost.exe](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/microsoft-office-process-spawns-conhost-exe)

### Removed

* \[High] Microsoft Office process spawns conhost.exe
* \[Informational] Autostart Registry key created by a commonly abused process

### Modified Logic

* \[Low] [Uncommon remote scheduled task creation](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/uncommon-remote-scheduled-task-creation)
  * \[High] Uncommon remote scheduled task creation by a remote actor via RDP - Added
* \[Medium] [Potential Phishing has been detected](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/potential-phishing-has-been-detected)
  * \[Medium] Potential Brand Impersonation has been detected - Added
* \[Informational] [A process is masquerading as a common Microsoft product](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-process-is-masquerading-as-a-common-microsoft-product)
  * \[Low] A process is masquerading as a common Microsoft Lolbin - Added
  * \[Low] A process running from a commonly abused directory is masquerading as a common Microsoft product - Added
* \[Low -> Informational] [Uncommon local scheduled task creation via schtasks.exe](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/uncommon-local-scheduled-task-creation-via-schtasks-exe)
  * \[Low] Uncommon scheduled task created by a signed actor from a rare vendor via schtasks.exe - Added
  * \[Low] Uncommon scheduled task created by an unsigned actor via schtasks.exe - Added
  * \[Low] Uncommon scheduled task created by an unsigned and rare actor via schtasks.exe - Added

### Modified Metadata

* \[Low] [A process queried the ADFS database decryption key via LDAP](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-process-queried-the-adfs-database-decryption-key-via-ldap)
* \[Low] [Unusual ADFS Remote Synchronization network connections from non-ADFS server](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-adfs-remote-synchronization-network-connections-from-non-adfs-server)
* \[Informational] [Invalid SAML Detected](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/invalid-saml-detected)
* \[Informational] [Near-empty email from an external sender](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/near-empty-email-from-an-external-sender)
* \[Informational] [Suspicious DKIM Result](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-dkim-result)


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