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Explorer Process Tree Break (949f1ffb-6e85-4f00-ae1e-c3c5b190d605)

Detects a command line process that uses explorer.exe to launch arbitrary commands or binaries, which is similar to cmd.exe /c, only it breaks the process tree and makes its parent a new instance of explorer spawning from "svchost"

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Explorer Process Tree Break (949f1ffb-6e85-4f00-ae1e-c3c5b190d605) Sigma-Rules Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 1