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    Mshta Launching Certutil with Malicious HTA

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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/)
    Rajshekar Vijay@WazuhWhiz
    •updated Jul 6, 2025•11•6•126

    Detects suspicious use of mshta.exe to execute HTA files followed by certutil.exe for potential data decoding operations related to executable file downloads.

    Splunk (SPL)

    Tags

    T1218.005 - MshtaS0160 - certutilT1105 - Ingress Tool TransferTA0005 - Defense EvasionTA0011 - Command and ControlProcess CreationCommand ExecutionFile DownloadWindowsWindows Eventlog SecurityWindows Sysmonspl

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