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    Suspicious IIS Worker Child Process

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    Tim Peck@timpeck
    •updated May 4, 2026•2•0•192

    Detects the IIS worker process (w3wp.exe) spawning anomalous or administrative child processes (e.g., rundll32.exe, csvde.exe, nltest.exe), indicative of post-exploitation web shell activity associated with SHADOW-EARTH-053.

    Cortex XDR

    Tags

    TA0002 - ExecutionT1505.003 - Web ShellT1059.003 - Windows Command ShellG1006 - Earth LuscaTA0003 - PersistenceProcess CreationCommand ExecutionWindowsMicrosoft Iis

    Found in

    • SHADOW-EARTH-053 Cyberespionage Against Asian Government SectorsLast updated May 4, 2026

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