Add the Azure connected machine agent #5036
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Summary of the Pull Request
Update of the rule pipe_created_powershell_alternate_host_pipe.
The Azure Connected Machine Agent process has been added to the filters.
The Azure Connected Machine Agent is used by Windows machines to download and sync Windows policy in Azure environments.
As described in differents resources, the agent (gc_worker.exe) normally spawn Powershell related processes / hosts to run commands.
In the logs we are analyzing we have noise and several FP related this process.
Changelog
update: Alternate PowerShell Hosts Pipe - Add optional filter for
AzureConnectedMachineAgent
and update old filters to be more accurateExample Log Event
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Fixed Issues
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