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    GammaSteel WMI USB Monitoring via PowerShell

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Ethan Andrews@eandrews
    •updated Jun 4, 2026•2•0•12

    Detects PowerShell script execution utilizing WMI event subscription (Register-WmiEvent) explicitly targeting the creation of logical disks with DriveType 2 (USB drives). This technique is known to be used by the GammaSteel threat group to monitor and potentially steal data from physical media.

    Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)

    Tags

    TA0009 - CollectionT1059.001 - PowerShellT1120 - Peripheral Device DiscoveryT1025 - Data from Removable MediaT1546.003 - Windows Management Instrumentation Event SubscriptionTA0002 - ExecutionTA0007 - DiscoveryTA0004 - Privilege EscalationTA0003 - PersistenceScript ExecutionPowershell Script ExecutionWmi ActivityCommand ExecutionWindowsWindows Eventlog PowershellWindows Wmi Servicekql

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    • Gamaredon Unified Taxonomy and 2026 Espionage ArsenalLast updated Jun 4, 2026

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