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feat(rules): New Potential shellcode injection via Windows Debugging API rule#574

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What is the purpose of this PR / why it is needed?

Identifies shellcode injection using the Windows Debugging API and shared memory section. Attackers avoid writing and reading remote memory directly, instead employ context manipulation to force the target process to load and execute the payload itself via shared file mapping.

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/kind breaking (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected

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/kind improvement

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/area instrumentation

/area telemetry

/area rule-engine

/area filters

/area yara

/area event

/area captures

/area alertsenders

/area outputs

/area rules

/area filaments

/area config

/area cli

/area tests

/area ci

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@rabbitstack rabbitstack added the rules Anything related to detection rules label Jan 26, 2026
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Identifies shellcode injection using the Windows Debugging API and shared memory section. Attackers avoid writing and reading remote memory directly, instead employ context manipulation to force the target process to load and execute the payload itself via shared file mapping.
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