Backupoperatortoda.exe Official

This file had read the security group membership from the domain controller.

Once an attacker has compromised a member of the group, they can use backupoperatortoda.exe to pivot to Domain Admin via the following path: backupoperatortoda.exe

: With the computer account hash, the attacker can perform a DCSync attack to request the NTDS.dit database , effectively dumping every user hash in the domain, including the Domain Administrator. This file had read the security group membership

Open Task Manager, right-click the process, and select "Open file location." If it takes you to a Temp or AppData folder rather than C:\Windows , it is almost certainly malicious. right-click the process