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Summary of the Pull Request

This pull requests contains new rules that detect the below:

  • Potential HTML Phishing Attachment campaigns
    
  • Potential Hex Staging Attack, that stages malicious payloads as detected in espionage campaigns in South East Asia.
    

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new: Potential Hex Staging Attack
new: Potential HTML Phishing Attachment Clicked

Example Log Event

Potential Hex Staging Attack sample event:
C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c >> C:\Users\test\malware.exe.tmp set /p="hex coded payload"

Potential HTML Phishing Attachment Clicked sample event
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --single-argument C:\Users\admin\Documents\MD564BJUY.htm

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@github-actions github-actions bot added Rules Windows Pull request add/update windows related rules labels Oct 2, 2025
@swachchhanda000 swachchhanda000 added the Author Input Required changes the require information from original author of the rules label Oct 9, 2025
@swachchhanda000 swachchhanda000 changed the title October Hunting rules Hunting rules for Hex Staging Attack and HTML Phishing Attachment Oct 14, 2025
@swachchhanda000 swachchhanda000 added 2nd Review Needed PR need a second approval and removed Author Input Required changes the require information from original author of the rules labels Oct 14, 2025
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skaynum commented Oct 16, 2025

Changes made.

@nasbench nasbench added the Author Input Required changes the require information from original author of the rules label Oct 19, 2025
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