Netskope Threat Labs

NSudo

ATP Sandbox Adv. HeuristicsAV

NSudo is a legitimate open source utility that runs programs with system level privileges on Windows. Cyberattackers abuse it to execute payloads with elevated permissions and bypass access controls, so defenders should triage its detections against authorized administrative use.

First seen
January 2023
Last seen
September 2026
Alert Name
DeepScan:Generic.Application.NSudo.A.49D80A37
Dropped:Generic.Application.NSudo.A.604BACCD
Generic.Application.NSudo.A.0300855E
Generic.Application.NSudo.A.0913B958
Generic.Application.NSudo.A.427552B8
Generic.Application.NSudo.A.4E66D5B7
Generic.Application.NSudo.A.6329A470
Generic.Application.NSudo.A.781016A2
Generic.Application.NSudo.A.8110495A
Generic.Application.NSudo.A.8A102BCA