SenseCncProxy.exe
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.
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
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- MsSense.exe100%
Top Children
- conhost.exe65.91%
- find.exe10.23%
- powershell.exe3.41%
- ShoretelRegistry.exe3.41%
- WMIC.exe3.41%
- mscorsvw.exe2.27%
- NETSTAT.EXE2.27%
- tasklist.exe2.27%
- cmd.exe1.14%
- explorer.exe1.14%
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.