.. /dotnet-counters.exe
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.NET diagnostic tool for monitoring performance counters of .NET applications in real-time. Installed via ‘dotnet tool install –global dotnet-counters’ (.NET SDK required).

Paths:

C:\Users\<user>\.dotnet\tools\dotnet-counters.exe

Resources:

Acknowledgements:

Iván Cabrera (@ivancabrera02)

Detections:

IOC: Process creation with command line containing "dotnet-counters collect" and "–"

Execute

Launches the specified executable as a child process while collecting performance counter data for 1 second.
```
dotnet-counters.exe collect --duration 1 -- {PATH:.exe}
```
Use case
Execute a child process under the guise of a legitimate .NET diagnostic tool.

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Operating systems
Windows 10, Windows 11

ATT&CK® technique
T1127
Tags
Execute: EXE