SenseCncProxy.exe

by Cybereason
Endpoint Security

Summary

Cybereason Sensor CnC Proxy - handles communication between the Cybereason sensor and the management server, proxying command and control traffic.

SenseCncProxy.exe is the 225th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 59,363 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection and it is most often launched by MsSense.exe.

225th
most commonly executed Windows program
59,363
observed executions
medium
statistical confidence

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection100%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • f7638bc83be3844b33777ac7e25f1e6ba34212b4b77d46fd8c1373546313056148.71%
  • 1c6b07fd3423a908b772c8b1594d4e40dd9d46530973dc8794364d56b9428e8a23.74%
  • 6696ee805d439adad7c8b76ab1218c4214ca59d48294867130d1000c1f30f7ec11.15%
  • f329ae1fab6c1d57f14610bf3950fdb655c85265e166e2ca6d4eead7cb2de8276.09%
  • 1172771f4099af022a487552202585069372512a9032e76ee902a2496ca53e904.6%
  • b3d54795be06c412cb93455550399c88536e369ae8f811c8016573506bdd9c663.46%
  • 5445986aeccefedf1b6258c4a69c3aa00badba84fc9380a14ea937198121eba41.2%
  • dca68ff288ee318709998b6a6c7bd111438d6b2431252a4c2c7596065620983f1.05%

Process Ancestry

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Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.

Security Analysis

What does SenseCncProxy.exe normally do?

Proxy component for Cybereason EDR sensor communication. Maintains persistent connection to Cybereason cloud/on-prem management console.

When is SenseCncProxy.exe suspicious?

Connecting to non-Cybereason infrastructure.

False positive notes

Normal Cybereason EDR communication.

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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.