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Detects suspicious PowerShell command execution patterns commonly associated with malicious activities, including base64-encoded commands, download cradles used to fetch external content, and various obfuscation techniques like character concatenation or backtick escaping to hide malicious intent.
This rule detects potentially malicious PowerShell activity by identifying common obfuscation patterns, including encoded commands (Base64), IEX (Invoke-Expression) download cradles, and execution with hidden windows. It triggers when multiple suspicious flags are present or when an unusually long encoded blob is identified in script blocks, command lines, or process arguments.
Detects a behavioral pattern associated with the NeedyMantis first-stage loader, which involves the loading of specific suspicious DLLs (masquerading as common software components) followed by the extraction or creation of an 'encryptbase64.ps1' second-stage loader within a short timeframe (10 minutes) on the same host.
Detects attempts to bypass the Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) in PowerShell by using reflection to modify internal AMSI-related structures and memory flags (e.g., AmsiUtils, amsiInitFailed). This technique involves manipulating system objects to neutralize AMSI's ability to inspect malicious script content.
Detects the creation or modification of WMI Event Subscriptions (Filters, Consumers, and Bindings) using administrative tools like wmic, powershell, or mofcomp. This behavior is commonly used by adversaries to establish persistence or facilitate execution via WMI event triggers.
This rule detects the creation of scheduled tasks using either 'schtasks.exe' or PowerShell ('powershell.exe', 'pwsh.exe') with suspicious parameters. It flags tasks created in temporary directories (e.g., AppData, Temp, ProgramData, Windows\Temp) or tasks executed with 'highest' privileges or hidden configurations, often used for persistence or lateral movement.
Detects potentially malicious PowerShell command-line activity by identifying patterns indicative of obfuscation, fileless execution, AMSI bypass, and downloading/executing remote payloads. The rule flags instances where long command lines are used with encoded flags, base64 decoding logic is paired with execution primitives, explicit AMSI bypass attempts, or combinations of encoded commands with web requests or hidden windows.
Detects attempts to disable, modify, or stop security software and endpoint protection services. The rule monitors for registry changes to Windows Defender settings, manual service management commands (sc, net) targeting security processes, and PowerShell execution using 'Set-MpPreference' to disable protection features.
Detects the use of PowerShell to download content from a remote URI and execute it using encoded commands or expression evaluation, a pattern commonly used by the FIN8 threat group (Syssphinx) to deploy the BADHATCH backdoor.
Detects the execution of PowerShell with a bypass execution policy that performs a download or web request to save content to a file in the user's temp directory, followed by the immediate execution of that file. This pattern is characteristic of multi-stage malware droppers or fileless attack techniques attempting to stage and execute malicious scripts from temporary locations.
Detects endpoint-based retrieval of potential malicious payloads or configurations from blockchain-hosted infrastructure (e.g., Infura, Alchemy, public RPC nodes) using web-based RPC calls, followed by the execution of a script interpreter (e.g., PowerShell, WScript, MSHTA). This pattern is characteristic of 'EtherHiding' campaigns where smart contracts are used as decentralized and takedown-resistant storage for second-stage delivery.
Detects unauthorized mass clearing of Windows Event Logs using wevtutil or PowerShell cmdlets. This behavior is often observed in ransomware campaigns (e.g., Nova, Gentlemen) as an anti-forensic measure to hinder incident response and investigation by removing audit trails across significant log channels like Security, System, and PowerShell.
Detects execution of common Windows utilities used by adversaries post-encryption to hinder system recovery and clear forensic evidence. This includes disabling the Windows Recovery Environment (ReAgentC), wiping disk free space (Cipher), clearing DNS caches, and clearing Windows Event Logs via Wevtutil or PowerShell.
Detects the execution of PowerShell commands that reflectively load .NET assemblies into memory, followed immediately by a process injection event targeting Chromium-based browsers (e.g., chrome.exe) or Firefox. This behavior is highly characteristic of credential harvesting tools like BoundSiphon, which injects code into browser processes to decrypt and extract App-Bound encryption keys.
This rule detects suspicious PowerShell command-line activity that uses '-ExecutionPolicy Bypass' in conjunction with network-fetching cmdlets like 'Invoke-RestMethod' or 'irm' to download files to a temporary directory, followed by potential script execution. This pattern is commonly used by adversaries for stage-1 payload delivery and fileless execution.
Detects PowerShell commands that load images (JPG/PNG) and parse their pixel data for encoded payloads. This technique, often associated with Invoke-PSImage, uses steganography to hide malicious scripts within image files, which are then extracted using GDI+ methods (GetPixel) or byte manipulation and executed in-memory via IEX or assembly reflection.
Detects the creation of a scheduled task using either the 'schtasks.exe' utility or PowerShell's 'Register-ScheduledTask' cmdlet where the task configuration is pulled from an XML file located on a remote network share or HTTP/HTTPS resource. This pattern is commonly used by adversaries to facilitate persistence or lateral movement by remotely deploying tasks.
Detects automated reconnaissance using WMI or PowerShell to perform broad queries for system environment, security products, network adapters, software, and hardware attributes. The detection focuses on clusters of distinct WMI reconnaissance categories occurring within a 15-minute window, which is often indicative of pre-C2 profiling by adversaries.
Detects suspicious PowerShell process creation patterns often associated with malicious activity. The rule identifies PowerShell execution invoked by common parent processes (like Office applications or scripting engines) or using highly suspicious command-line arguments such as encoded commands, hidden windows, or common download and execution patterns (e.g., IEX, WebClient).
Detects attempts to disable, stop, or reconfigure security software (Antivirus, EDR, Endpoint Protection) on Windows endpoints by abusing legitimate administrative utilities such as sc.exe, net.exe, taskkill.exe, wmic.exe, and PowerShell to tamper with service configurations or kill security-related processes.
Detects attempts to bypass or tamper with the Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) in-memory by monitoring command lines of common script-hosting processes (e.g., PowerShell, WScript, Rundll32) for strings indicative of AmsiScanBuffer patching, reflection, or manual configuration of AMSI initialization states.
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