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    PowerShell PPID Spoofing via Process Creation APIs

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Jorden Smith@Jorden
    •updated Jan 8, 2026•0•41

    Detects PowerShell scripts using Windows API calls for parent process ID spoofing, enabling malicious processes to masquerade as legitimate system processes.

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    T1134.004 - Parent PID SpoofingT1059.001 - PowerShellT1106 - Native APITA0005 - Defense EvasionTA0004 - Privilege EscalationTA0002 - ExecutionPowershell Script ExecutionCommand ExecutionWindowsWindows Eventlog Powershellattack.defense-evasionattack.t1134.004attack.executionattack.t1059.001

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