Host Process for Setting Synchronization
SettingSyncHost -LoadAndRunDiagScript anything
Execute file specified in %COMSPEC%
Can be used to evade defensive countermeasures or to hide as a persistence mechanism
C:\Windows\System32\SettingSyncHost.exe, C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SettingSyncHost.exe
Sigma: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/c04bef2fbbe8beff6c7620d5d7ea6872dbe7acba/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_settingsynchost.yml, IOC: SettingSyncHost.exe should not be run on a normal workstation
Adam (@hexacorn), Elliot Killick (@elliotkillick)