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Malicious PowerShell Commandlets - ProcessCreation

Detects Commandlet names from well-known PowerShell exploitation frameworks

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Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Created Mon Jan 02Updated Wed Dec 1002030f2f-6199-49ec-b258-ea71b07e03dcwindows

Log Source

WindowsProcess Creation

ProductWindows← raw: windows

CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection:
        # Note: Please ensure alphabetical order when adding new entries
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'Add-Exfiltration'
            - 'Add-Persistence'
            - 'Add-RegBackdoor'
            - 'Add-RemoteRegBackdoor'
            - 'Add-ScrnSaveBackdoor'
            - 'Check-VM'
            - 'ConvertTo-Rc4ByteStream'
            - 'Decrypt-Hash'
            - 'Disable-ADIDNSNode'
            - 'Disable-MachineAccount'
            - 'Do-Exfiltration'
            - 'Enable-ADIDNSNode'
            - 'Enable-MachineAccount'
            - 'Enabled-DuplicateToken'
            - 'Exploit-Jboss'
            - 'Export-ADR'
            - 'Export-ADRCSV'
            - 'Export-ADRExcel'
            - 'Export-ADRHTML'
            - 'Export-ADRJSON'
            - 'Export-ADRXML'
            - 'Find-Fruit'
            - 'Find-GPOLocation'
            - 'Find-TrustedDocuments'
            - 'Get-ADIDNS' # Covers: Get-ADIDNSNodeAttribute, Get-ADIDNSNodeOwner, Get-ADIDNSNodeTombstoned, Get-ADIDNSPermission, Get-ADIDNSZone
            - 'Get-ApplicationHost'
            - 'Get-ChromeDump'
            - 'Get-ClipboardContents'
            - 'Get-FoxDump'
            - 'Get-GPPPassword'
            - 'Get-IndexedItem'
            - 'Get-KerberosAESKey'
            - 'Get-Keystrokes'
            - 'Get-LSASecret'
            - 'Get-MachineAccountAttribute'
            - 'Get-MachineAccountCreator'
            - 'Get-PassHashes'
            - 'Get-RegAlwaysInstallElevated'
            - 'Get-RegAutoLogon'
            - 'Get-RemoteBootKey'
            - 'Get-RemoteCachedCredential'
            - 'Get-RemoteLocalAccountHash'
            - 'Get-RemoteLSAKey'
            - 'Get-RemoteMachineAccountHash'
            - 'Get-RemoteNLKMKey'
            - 'Get-RickAstley'
            - 'Get-Screenshot'
            - 'Get-SecurityPackages'
            - 'Get-ServiceFilePermission'
            - 'Get-ServicePermission'
            - 'Get-ServiceUnquoted'
            - 'Get-SiteListPassword'
            - 'Get-System'
            - 'Get-TimedScreenshot'
            - 'Get-UnattendedInstallFile'
            - 'Get-Unconstrained'
            - 'Get-USBKeystrokes'
            - 'Get-VaultCredential'
            - 'Get-VulnAutoRun'
            - 'Get-VulnSchTask'
            - 'Grant-ADIDNSPermission'
            - 'Gupt-Backdoor'
            - 'HTTP-Login'
            - 'Install-ServiceBinary'
            - 'Install-SSP'
            - 'Invoke-ACLScanner'
            - 'Invoke-ADRecon'
            - 'Invoke-ADSBackdoor'
            - 'Invoke-AgentSmith'
            - 'Invoke-AllChecks'
            - 'Invoke-ARPScan'
            - 'Invoke-AzureHound'
            - 'Invoke-BackdoorLNK'
            - 'Invoke-BadPotato'
            - 'Invoke-BetterSafetyKatz'
            - 'Invoke-BypassUAC'
            - 'Invoke-Carbuncle'
            - 'Invoke-Certify'
            - 'Invoke-ConPtyShell'
            - 'Invoke-CredentialInjection'
            - 'Invoke-DAFT'
            - 'Invoke-DCSync'
            - 'Invoke-DinvokeKatz'
            - 'Invoke-DllInjection'
            - 'Invoke-DNSUpdate'
            - 'Invoke-DNSExfiltrator'
            - 'Invoke-DomainPasswordSpray'
            - 'Invoke-DowngradeAccount'
            - 'Invoke-EgressCheck'
            - 'Invoke-Eyewitness'
            - 'Invoke-FakeLogonScreen'
            - 'Invoke-Farmer'
            - 'Invoke-Get-RBCD-Threaded'
            - 'Invoke-Gopher'
            - 'Invoke-Grouper' # Also Covers Invoke-GrouperX
            - 'Invoke-HandleKatz'
            - 'Invoke-ImpersonatedProcess'
            - 'Invoke-ImpersonateSystem'
            - 'Invoke-InteractiveSystemPowerShell'
            - 'Invoke-Internalmonologue'
            - 'Invoke-Inveigh'
            - 'Invoke-InveighRelay'
            - 'Invoke-KrbRelay'
            - 'Invoke-LdapSignCheck'
            - 'Invoke-Lockless'
            - 'Invoke-MalSCCM'
            - 'Invoke-Mimikatz'
            - 'Invoke-Mimikittenz'
            - 'Invoke-MITM6'
            - 'Invoke-NanoDump'
            - 'Invoke-NetRipper'
            - 'Invoke-Nightmare'
            - 'Invoke-NinjaCopy'
            - 'Invoke-OfficeScrape'
            - 'Invoke-OxidResolver'
            - 'Invoke-P0wnedshell'
            - 'Invoke-Paranoia'
            - 'Invoke-PortScan'
            - 'Invoke-PoshRatHttp' # Also Covers Invoke-PoshRatHttps
            - 'Invoke-PostExfil'
            - 'Invoke-PowerDump'
            - 'Invoke-PowerDPAPI'
            - 'Invoke-PowerShellTCP'
            - 'Invoke-PowerShellWMI'
            - 'Invoke-PPLDump'
            - 'Invoke-PsExec'
            - 'Invoke-PSInject'
            - 'Invoke-PsUaCme'
            - 'Invoke-ReflectivePEInjection'
            - 'Invoke-ReverseDNSLookup'
            - 'Invoke-Rubeus'
            - 'Invoke-RunAs'
            - 'Invoke-SafetyKatz'
            - 'Invoke-SauronEye'
            - 'Invoke-SCShell'
            - 'Invoke-Seatbelt'
            - 'Invoke-ServiceAbuse'
            - 'Invoke-ShadowSpray'
            - 'Invoke-Sharp' # Covers all "Invoke-Sharp" variants
            - 'Invoke-Shellcode'
            - 'Invoke-SMBScanner'
            - 'Invoke-Snaffler'
            - 'Invoke-Spoolsample'
            - 'Invoke-SpraySinglePassword'
            - 'Invoke-SSHCommand'
            - 'Invoke-StandIn'
            - 'Invoke-StickyNotesExtract'
            - 'Invoke-SystemCommand'
            - 'Invoke-Tasksbackdoor'
            - 'Invoke-Tater'
            - 'Invoke-Thunderfox'
            - 'Invoke-ThunderStruck'
            - 'Invoke-TokenManipulation'
            - 'Invoke-Tokenvator'
            - 'Invoke-TotalExec'
            - 'Invoke-UrbanBishop'
            - 'Invoke-UserHunter'
            - 'Invoke-VoiceTroll'
            - 'Invoke-Whisker'
            - 'Invoke-WinEnum'
            - 'Invoke-winPEAS'
            - 'Invoke-WireTap'
            - 'Invoke-WmiCommand'
            - 'Invoke-WMIExec'
            - 'Invoke-WScriptBypassUAC'
            - 'Invoke-Zerologon'
            - 'MailRaider'
            - 'New-ADIDNSNode'
            - 'New-DNSRecordArray'
            - 'New-HoneyHash'
            - 'New-InMemoryModule'
            - 'New-MachineAccount'
            - 'New-SOASerialNumberArray'
            - 'Out-Minidump'
            - 'Port-Scan'
            - 'PowerBreach'
            - 'powercat '
            - 'PowerUp'
            - 'PowerView'
            - 'Remove-ADIDNSNode'
            - 'Remove-MachineAccount'
            - 'Remove-Update'
            - 'Rename-ADIDNSNode'
            - 'Revoke-ADIDNSPermission'
            - 'Set-ADIDNSNode' # Covers: Set-ADIDNSNodeAttribute, Set-ADIDNSNodeOwner
            - 'Set-MacAttribute'
            - 'Set-MachineAccountAttribute'
            - 'Set-Wallpaper'
            - 'Show-TargetScreen'
            - 'Start-CaptureServer'
            - 'Start-Dnscat2'
            - 'Start-WebcamRecorder'
            - 'Veeam-Get-Creds'
            - 'VolumeShadowCopyTools'
    condition: selection