Uncommon File Created by Notepad++ Updater Gup.EXE

sigmaDRL-1.1from SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects when the Notepad++ updater (gup.exe) creates files in suspicious or uncommon locations. This could indicate potential exploitation of the updater component to deliver unwanted malware or unwarranted files.

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ATT&CK techniques

T1195.002 T1557

rule sourcelocked

title: ████████████████████████
id: ████████-████-████-████-████████████
status: ██████████
description: ██████████████████████████████████████████
             ████████████████████████████████████████
author: ████████
tags:
  - attack.████
  - attack.████
logsource:
  product: ████████
  category: ████████████
detection:
  selection:
    Image|endswith: '████████████████'
    CommandLine|contains:
      - '████████████████████████'
      - '████████████████████████'
      - '██████████████████'
  condition: selection
level: ████████
falsepositives:
  - ████████████████████

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