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    CornFlake svchost32 Persistence Recreation After Removal (Non-System32 Artifact)

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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/)
    Duo Tech@duotech
    •updated Aug 6, 2026•0•0•5

    Detects recreation of svchost32/Cloud Sync Service persistence (registry Run key, Windows service, or scheduled task) within 15 minutes of removal, indicative of CornFlake backdoor re-installation following remediation.

    Cortex XDR

    Tags

    T1543.003 - Windows ServiceT1547.001 - Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderT1053.005 - Scheduled TaskTA0003 - PersistenceTA0002 - ExecutionPersistenceWindowsWindows Eventlog SystemWindows Eventlog Task Scheduler

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