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adding detection rule to detect adfind activity to enumerate active directory objects

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(Processes.process_name=AdFind.exe OR Processes.original_file_name=AdFind.exe) Processes.process="* QUERY *"
Processes.process IN ("* -f *", "* -b *", "* attr *")
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We already have an AdFin analytic covering the most common use cases - https://github.com/splunk/security_content/blob/3caff36345a08e54a3eefc34e03746d40321055d/detections/endpoint/windows_adfind_exe.yml

Can you provide examples logs of what you are trying to cover here?

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@nasbench nasbench added the WIP DO NOT MERGE Work in Progress label Oct 16, 2025
@nasbench nasbench marked this pull request as draft October 17, 2025 14:58
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