hightestEmerging Threat
Potential Devil Bait Malware Reconnaissance
Detects specific process behavior observed with Devil Bait samples
windowsprocess_creation
2025-10-19
Devil Bait is tracked here as a malware family or toolset with 3 Sigma detections spanning 2021. Coverage centers on proxy, windows / file_event, windows / process_creation.
Detects specific process behavior observed with Devil Bait samples
Detects potential C2 communication related to Devil Bait malware
Detects the creation of ".xml" and ".txt" files in folders of the "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft" directory by uncommon processes. This behavior was seen common across different Devil Bait samples and stages as described by the NCSC