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Suspicious CertUtil Commands

Identifies suspicious commands being used with certutil.exe. CertUtil is a native Windows component which is part of Certificate Services. CertUtil is often abused by attackers to live off the land for stealthier command and control or data exfiltration.

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Detection Logic

process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
  (process.name : "certutil.exe" or ?process.pe.original_file_name == "CertUtil.exe") and
  process.args : ("?decode", "?encode", "?urlcache", "?verifyctl", "?encodehex", "?decodehex", "?exportPFX")

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