Suspicious PowerShell in Registry Run Keys for Persistence

Google SecOps@GoogleSecOps

•updated Jun 25, 2025•0•31

This rule detects attempts to establish persistence by modifying Windows Registry Run keys to execute PowerShell commands or scripts. It specifically looks for modifications to common Run key paths (CurrentVersion\Run, Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, Policies\Explorer\Run) that contain keywords indicative of PowerShell execution, such as 'powershell', 'pwsh', 'frombase64string', download functions, hidden window styles, no profile, encoded commands, execution policy bypass, and various Invoke- commands (Invoke-Expression, Invoke-Command, Invoke-WebRequest).