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    Potemkin Loader - Tar.exe Archive Extraction

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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/)
    nomit vyas@xoxo
    •updated Jun 25, 2026•0•0•7

    Detects the use of the native Windows tar.exe utility to silently extract ZIP archives into the AppData directory. This behavior is associated with the Potemkin Loader, which often uses this technique to stage malicious payloads after downloading them.

    Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)

    Tags

    T1105 - Ingress Tool TransferT1204.002 - Malicious FileTA0011 - Command and ControlTA0002 - ExecutionProcess CreationFile CreationData StagingCommand ExecutionWindowsWindows SysmonWindows Defender Atpkql

    Found in

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