Detections

Explore public detection logic contributed by the community across SIEM and rule languages.

4,009 detections

Detects a Windows script host (wscript.exe or cscript.exe) spawning a Java process to execute a JAR file, a behavior observed in STRRAT malware delivery chains.
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nomit vyas@xoxo
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Detections.ai Community
9 months ago
0022
Detects PowerShell scripts that query the system's total physical memory and compare it against common low-resource thresholds (e.g., < 4GB). This is a known sandbox evasion technique used by malware to identify and avoid analysis environments, which are often configured with limited RAM.
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Aaron Beardslee@abeardslee
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Securonix Threat Research
9 months ago
1024
Detects the execution of a VBScript file named 'windows_api.vbs' from common public or appdata directories, a characteristic behavior of the GOGITTER malware as part of the Gopher Strike campaign.
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BigDog Sparkles@MrSparkles
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Detections.ai Community
9 months ago
0137
Detects the execution of a Python script with a specific command-line pattern used to inject AsyncRAT into memory. The pattern involves an input binary file, a key file argument, and a text file containing the key. This behavior is associated with a multi-stage AsyncRAT campaign.
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Parth Parmar@Cipherom
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Detections.ai Community
9 months ago
30131
Detects the execution of a Python script with a specific command-line pattern used to inject AsyncRAT into memory. The pattern involves an input binary file, a key file argument, and a text file containing the key. This behavior is associated with a multi-stage AsyncRAT campaign.
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Parth Parmar@Cipherom
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Detections.ai Community
9 months ago
40116
Detects the SmarterMail service process ('MailService.exe') spawning command-line interpreters to execute reconnaissance commands. This behavior is highly indicative of remote code execution following the exploitation of vulnerabilities like CVE-2026-23760.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
9 months ago
1035
Detects the execution of a piped command chain typical of 'ClickFix' lures used by the MacSync infostealer. The malware tricks users into pasting a command into the terminal which uses curl to download a payload, decodes it with base64, and pipes it directly into a shell (zsh, sh) or osascript for execution, bypassing macOS security controls like Gatekeeper.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
9 months ago
82167
Detects the use of a command injection vulnerability in the legitimate Windows script 'SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs' to execute arbitrary code. As seen in the ClearFake campaign, attackers can append a semicolon to the command-line arguments to execute subsequent malicious PowerShell commands.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
9 months ago
3156
Detects a Python process executing a binary from an in-memory file descriptor via the /proc filesystem. This technique was observed in the malicious 'sympy-dev' PyPI package, which used it to execute a cryptominer from memory, bypassing some file-based detections.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
9 months ago
9067
Detects the execution of a PowerShell command that reads a file's byte stream and performs a XOR operation on it. This technique is used by the KONNI APT group to decrypt and execute an embedded payload in memory, as seen in their 2026 campaign involving AI-generated backdoors.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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SecOps Signals
9 months ago
2044
This rule detects attempts to establish persistence by modifying the 'RunMRU' registry key to execute malicious commands. It specifically looks for the presence of common scripting and download utilities (powershell, pwsh, mshta, certutil, bitsadmin, curl, wget) combined with indicators of remote execution or code download (http, iex, Invoke-Expression, DownloadString, iwr, Invoke-WebRequest) within the registry data.
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Lacey Cochrane@NullVectorX
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XQL Threat Forge
10 months ago
212402
This rule detects attempts to use the Windows registry key 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TypedPaths' to execute potentially malicious commands. It specifically looks for the presence of 'powershell', 'mshta', 'certutil', 'curl', 'bitsadmin', or 'wget' within the registry data associated with this key. This technique can be used for persistence or execution of malicious payloads.
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Lacey Cochrane@NullVectorX
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XQL Threat Forge
10 months ago
172396
Detects Remcos RAT payloads and commands
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Daniel Jeremiah@daniyyell
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Detections.ai Community
10 months ago
7264
Detects the execution of a JScript file by cscript.exe using a legacy NTFS 8.3 shortname format. This is a specific behavior observed in Gootloader's persistence mechanism, where a .LNK file in the Startup folder executes a second-stage script.
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
9 months ago
4134
Detects the execution of PowerShell with command-line arguments containing keywords indicative of in-memory download and execution, such as '-enc' or '-EncodedCommand' used in conjunction with 'IEX' (Invoke-Expression) or 'DownloadString'. This pattern is a common TTP for initial access and second-stage payload delivery, and was observed in the exploitation of CVE-2025-55182 (React2Shell).
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Ethan Andrews@eandrews
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Federal Signal Detections
10 months ago
71131
Detects the execution of a Python script from a non-standard user directory, using command-line parameters consistent with a tool used for Asynchronous Procedure Call (APC) injection. This specific command was observed in an AsyncRAT campaign where a script named 'ne.py' was used to inject a payload ('new.bin') into the explorer.exe process.
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Elgonad .@elgonad
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Detections.ai Community
10 months ago
52143
Detects the SHADOW#REACTOR process execution chain of wscript.exe spawning powershell.exe, which in turn spawns MSBuild.exe.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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SecOps Signals
10 months ago
6077
Detects AI/ML model configuration files (e.g., config.json, model_config.yaml) containing a suspicious '_target_' value, which could indicate an attempt to exploit a Hydra instantiation vulnerability for remote code execution (RCE).
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nomit vyas@xoxo
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Detections.ai Community
10 months ago
3076
Detects PowerShell commands that utilize string normalization obfuscation techniques before Base64 decoding. This rule identifies a generic pattern where one or two placeholder characters are replaced with a literal character, a technique used by malware like SHADOW#REACTOR to bypass static string analysis of the encoded payload.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
10 months ago
50116
Detects the use of PowerShell to download and/or expand a Python environment from the official python.org website. This technique has been observed in AsyncRAT campaigns to stage a legitimate interpreter for executing malicious Python code, bypassing defenses that might block known malicious executables.
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Elgonad .@elgonad
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Detections.ai Community
10 months ago
101106
Detects suspicious commands written to the Windows RunMRU registry key, which stores the history of commands executed via the Windows Run dialog (Win+R). This activity is often associated with the "ClickFix" social engineering technique, where users are tricked into pasting and running malicious commands. The rule identifies various suspicious indicators, including fake verification messages, PowerShell commands with obfuscation or download cradles, mshta, wscript, curl, wget, rundll32, bitsadmin, ssh proxy abuse, and obfuscated command line arguments.
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Rudra Verma@Rudraverma
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CyberHawk Consultancy
10 months ago
70108
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