Windows Suspicious Defender Update Activity in INetCache — Detection Rule

Detects a non-Defender process writing mpam-fe*.exe to the Windows Internet Cache (INetCache). BlueHammer downloads the WD signature update package directly using WinINet as a low-privileged user. The [1].exe naming suffix is produced by Windows HTTP caching and is a reliable artifact of this download method.

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