function Ransomware:AppendChildProcesses()

in ransomware/artifact.lua [3629:3664]

• 22 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

function Ransomware:AppendChildProcesses(parentProcessData, ransomwareChildProcesses)
    
    if nil == parentProcessData then
        return false
    end

    
    local counter = 0
    for k, _ in pairs(parentProcessData.children) do
        
        if counter >= globals.MAX_CHILD_PROCESSES then
            break
        end

        local childProcessData = self.processDataTable[k]
        
        if nil ~= childProcessData and 0.0 ~= childProcessData.totalScore then
            
            local childProcessTable = {}
            childProcessTable.pid = childProcessData.processId
            childProcessTable.score = childProcessData.totalScore
            childProcessTable.alert_files = {}

            
            alert.GenerateElasticAlert(childProcessTable, childProcessData)

            
            table.insert(ransomwareChildProcesses, childProcessTable)

            
            counter = counter + 1
        end
    end

    return true
end