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    Suspicious Acrobat Reader Execution from Temp Directory

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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/)
    Kaung Khant Ko@kaungkhantko
    •updated Sep 19, 2026•0•0•5

    Detects Adobe Acrobat (Acrobat.exe) launched by a suspicious parent process (GRrte.exe) while opening a specific PDF document from the user's temporary directory. This pattern is indicative of a potential malicious document lure often associated with malware delivery.

    Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)

    Tags

    T1204.002 - Malicious FileT1566.001 - Spearphishing AttachmentTA0002 - ExecutionProcess CreationFile EventWindowsWindows Defender AtpkqlPlugX

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