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Active Rule
Suspicious PowerShell Download - Powershell Script
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk SPL & tstats data model queries
Format Mode
Default
Plain SPL queries
Conversion Output
Suspicious PowerShell Download - Powershell Script
Using Splunk · Default · sigma-cli 2.0.2
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BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion2.0.2
title: Suspicious PowerShell Download - Powershell Script
id: 403c2cc0-7f6b-4925-9423-bfa573bed7eb
related:
- id: 65531a81-a694-4e31-ae04-f8ba5bc33759
type: derived
status: test
description: Detects suspicious PowerShell download command
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.net.webclient.downloadstring?view=net-8.0
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.net.webclient.downloadfile?view=net-8.0
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2017-03-05
modified: 2022-12-02
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1059.001
logsource:
product: windows
category: ps_script
definition: 'Requirements: Script Block Logging must be enabled'
detection:
webclient:
ScriptBlockText|contains: 'System.Net.WebClient'
download:
ScriptBlockText|contains:
- '.DownloadFile('
- '.DownloadFileAsync('
- '.DownloadString('
- '.DownloadStringAsync('
condition: webclient and download
falsepositives:
- PowerShell scripts that download content from the Internet
level: medium
CLI command
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sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/powershell/powershell_script/posh_ps_susp_download.yml