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

Make the rule more robust against false positives by checking that the process name is different from the base executable path, and also check the call stack to deduce that the process was created from the low-level API function. Use file.name/ps.name join links.

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…njection rule

Make the rule more robust against false positives
by checking that the process name is different than
the base executable path, and also check the callstack
to deduce the process is created from the low-level API
function.
@rabbitstack rabbitstack merged commit 0aada01 into master Jan 9, 2026
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@rabbitstack rabbitstack deleted the rename-and-improve-potential-process-doppelganging-rule branch January 9, 2026 23:02
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