MEDIUM Suspicious Process Creation

Prevented (Blocked) ID: #472 | Detected: 2026-01-01 08:06:07 | Malware
Alert Overview

Suspicious process creation detected

Unclassified
XDR Agent
New
DS:PANW/XDR Agent DOM:Security
Host Information
BOOK-R0BE6S1NC3
BOOK-R0BE6S1NC3\ubuntu
00:72:ee:3e:51:84
Process Information Process Execution
Actor Process (Executor)
Process Name python.exe
Path C:\Users\ubuntu\scoop\apps\python\3.13.2\python.exe
PID 18100
SHA256 7d96a4ed35d6e596cd9dd8933feafc66349cc21f75be3b15c89fd336e50140c1 VT
MD5 5b4a9fba45e770366c5a8f973f6c6ab1
Signature Python Software Foundation Signed
"C:\app\cortex-xdr-siem-test\.venv\Scripts\python.exe"  incident_generator.py --category credential 
Action Process (Target)
Process Name cmd.exe
SHA256 64afc6db3aad1289533662e2d79e27dd55c7dcdb8cd918b08e145ad82ad5acb4 VT
Signature Microsoft Windows Signed
C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -c "sekurlsa::logonpasswords""
Parent Process (Causality)
Process Name cmd.exe
Path C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
SHA256 64afc6db3aad1289533662e2d79e27dd55c7dcdb8cd918b08e145ad82ad5acb4 VT
MD5 6d109a3a00f210c1ab89c3b08399ed48
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\app\cortex-xdr-siem-test\xdr_incident_runner.bat""
Severity Analysis
MEDIUM

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Summary
Events 1
IP Addresses 1
Tags 2
File Artifacts Yes
Network Artifacts No
Registry Artifacts No
Analyst Verdict