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4,464 detections

Detects the execution of PowerShell or PWSH with command-line arguments often used to obfuscate scripts or hide activity, such as encoded commands (-enc), base64 decoding, or running the process with a hidden window.
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Ankit Mehta@Secvyn
Bharat Cyber Guardians
2 months ago
303
Detects instances where common web browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari) or related desktop applications spawn shell interpreters (PowerShell on Windows, bash/zsh/sh on macOS) with command-line arguments indicative of malicious activity, such as base64-encoded payloads, hidden windows, or remote script downloading.
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Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
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Detections.ai Community
1 month ago
001
Detects ClickFix-style activity where a web browser or common application launcher spawns a terminal or PowerShell process to execute obfuscated, copied, or piped commands. This behavior often indicates a social engineering attack where a user is tricked into manually executing a malicious command script.
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Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
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Detections.ai Community
1 month ago
001
Detects indicators of the FamousSparrow threat actor, including the creation of known malicious files (e.g., DotNetNuke.ashx, start.bat), unauthorized .ashx file writes in web application directories, and suspicious command execution chains (start.bat execution or w3wp.exe spawning command-line utilities) following the creation of .ashx files.
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Ankit Mehta@Secvyn
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Detections.ai Community
1 month ago
001
Detects uncommon or suspicious child processes spawning from a WSL process. This could indicate an attempt to evade parent/child relationship detections or persistence attempts via cron using WSL.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Midnight Slayer
2 months ago
005
This rule detects potentially suspicious file deletion activity originating from PowerShell processes (powershell.exe or pwsh.exe). It monitors for commands targeting temporary directories and specific file extensions (such as .vbs, .lnk, .js, or .ps1) combined with recursive deletion arguments. Additionally, it highlights scenarios where these PowerShell commands are executed by potentially unusual parent processes such as script engines (wscript.exe, cscript.exe, mshta.exe) or other command-line utilities.
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F S@Fsdr
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Detections.ai Community
2 months ago
406
Detects PowerShell command execution that uses bitwise XOR operations combined with the .NET [IO.File]::WriteAllBytes method. This pattern is commonly used by malware, such as AsyncRAT, to deobfuscate and drop secondary payloads or modules onto the file system during execution.
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Kaung Khant Ko@kaungkhantko
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Detections.ai Community
2 months ago
002
This rule detects PowerShell commands that exhibit signs of obfuscation by searching for specific string manipulation methods commonly used to hide malicious code. Specifically, it identifies the use of base64 decoding (FromBase64String) or string concatenation combined with character replacement techniques (Replace) on the command line, which are often used by threat actors to execute encoded payloads while bypassing simple string-based signatures.
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Kaung Khant Ko@kaungkhantko
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Detections.ai Community
2 months ago
202
Detects web server processes (e.g., w3wp.exe, nginx.exe, tomcat.exe) spawning command-line interpreters or utilities that could indicate remote code execution, web shell activity, or post-exploitation discovery/download attempts.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Hunters
2 months ago
102
Detects web server processes (e.g., w3wp.exe, nginx.exe, tomcat.exe) spawning command-line interpreters or utilities that could indicate remote code execution, web shell activity, or post-exploitation discovery/download attempts.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detections.ai Community
2 months ago
102
Detects the silent installation of remote monitoring and management (RMM) software using 'msiexec.exe' initiated by scripting engines (powershell.exe, wscript.exe, or cscript.exe). The rule targets installations occurring in user-writable directories, such as Temp or Downloads, which are common staging locations for malicious droppers, while excluding known legitimate software deployment paths.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Hunters
2 months ago
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Detects the execution of base64 encoded PowerShell commands initiated by conhost.exe with the --headless flag. The decoded command contains specific suspicious patterns, including accessing environment variables, reading file content, and deleting files, which is characteristic of malicious scripts attempting to stealthily interact with the environment.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detection & Hunting Community
1 month ago
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Detects the execution of base64 encoded PowerShell commands initiated by conhost.exe with the --headless flag. The decoded command contains specific suspicious patterns, including accessing environment variables, reading file content, and deleting files, which is characteristic of malicious scripts attempting to stealthily interact with the environment.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
Defender - KQL
1 month ago
000
Detects the execution of PowerShell with encoded commands, specifically when initiated by a 'conhost.exe' process running with the '--headless' flag. The rule further inspects the decoded command to identify patterns indicative of .NET reflection-based code execution, often used in malicious activity such as reflective assembly loading.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
Defender - KQL
1 month ago
000
Detects the execution of PowerShell with encoded commands, specifically when initiated by a 'conhost.exe' process running with the '--headless' flag. The rule further inspects the decoded command to identify patterns indicative of .NET reflection-based code execution, often used in malicious activity such as reflective assembly loading.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Midnight Slayer
1 month ago
000
Detects the execution of PowerShell with encoded commands, specifically when initiated by a 'conhost.exe' process running with the '--headless' flag. The rule further inspects the decoded command to identify patterns indicative of .NET reflection-based code execution, often used in malicious activity such as reflective assembly loading.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detection & Hunting Community
1 month ago
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Detects in-memory tampering of the EtwEventWrite function within ntdll.dll, a technique commonly used by malware and loaders to disable Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) telemetry to avoid detection by security products.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detection & Hunting Community
1 month ago
000
Detects in-memory tampering of the EtwEventWrite function within ntdll.dll, a technique commonly used by malware and loaders to disable Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) telemetry to avoid detection by security products.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Midnight Slayer
1 month ago
000
Detects in-memory tampering of the EtwEventWrite function within ntdll.dll, a technique commonly used by malware and loaders to disable Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) telemetry to avoid detection by security products.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Detections.ai Community
1 month ago
000
Detects anomalous activity originating from PostgreSQL processes, including the spawning of shells (cmd, powershell, sh, bash), access to sensitive files (e.g., /etc/shadow, SSH keys), and file creation outside the standard PostgreSQL data directories, which is consistent with the abuse of SQL functionality like pg_read_file() or lo_export().
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Hunters
2 months ago
004
Detects the execution of PowerShell commands that utilize base64-encoded strings, window style arguments for obfuscation, and subsequent decoding to reveal suspicious indicators such as network downloading commands or archive manipulation, indicative of potential fileless malware staging.
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Arnold Chan@slaz
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Hunters
2 months ago
004
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