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    Suspicious GUP.exe Child Process

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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/)
    J S@jsh0x
    •updated Feb 2, 2026•17•1•243

    Detects the Notepad++ updater process (gup.exe) spawning unusual child processes. Attackers have been observed hijacking the update process to execute malicious payloads.

    Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)

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    T1574.001 - DLLT1204.002 - Malicious FileTA0003 - PersistenceTA0004 - Privilege EscalationTA0005 - Defense EvasionTA0002 - ExecutionProcess CreationWindowsWindows Defender Atpkql

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