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title: Suspicious command involving Public folder
layout: page
date: 2025-09-21
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References: [1](https://thedfirreport.com/2025/09/08/blurring-the-lines-intrusion-shows-connection-with-three-major-ransomware-gangs/#execution)
SPL:

```spl
| tstats summariesonly=true allow_old_summaries=true count FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Processes WHERE index="windows" Processes.signature_id=4688 Processes.process="*C:\\Users\\Public\\*" BY index, host, Processes.signature_id, Processes.signature, Processes.process, Processes.user, _time span=1s
| rename Processes.* AS *, signature_id AS EventCode, signature AS EventDescription
| eval Time = strftime(_time, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z")
| lookup ad_users sAMAccountName AS user OUTPUT displayName AS Name, mail AS Email
| table Time, index, host, EventCode, EventDescription, process, user, Name, Email
```