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Active Rule
Nslookup PowerShell Download Cradle - ProcessCreation
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Nslookup PowerShell Download Cradle - ProcessCreation
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Nslookup PowerShell Download Cradle - ProcessCreation
id: 1b3b01c7-84e9-4072-86e5-fc285a41ff23
related:
- id: 72671447-4352-4413-bb91-b85569687135
type: obsolete
- id: 999bff6d-dc15-44c9-9f5c-e1051bfc86e1
type: similar
status: test
description: Detects suspicious powershell download cradle using nslookup. This cradle uses nslookup to extract payloads from DNS records
references:
- https://twitter.com/Alh4zr3d/status/1566489367232651264
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-09-05
modified: 2022-12-19
tags:
- attack.defense-evasion
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|contains: '\nslookup.exe'
- OriginalFileName: '\nslookup.exe'
selection_cmd:
ParentImage|endswith:
- '\powershell.exe'
- '\pwsh.exe'
CommandLine|contains:
- ' -q=txt '
- ' -querytype=txt '
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_nslookup_poweshell_download.yml