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Malicious Nishang PowerShell Commandlets

Detects Commandlet names and arguments from the Nishang exploitation framework

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Alec CostelloCreated Thu May 16Updated Mon Jan 16f772cee9-b7c2-4cb2-8f07-49870adc02e0windows

Log Source

WindowsPowerShell Script

ProductWindows← raw: windows

CategoryPowerShell Script← raw: ps_script

Definition

Requirements: Script Block Logging must be enabled

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection:
        ScriptBlockText|contains:
            - 'Add-ConstrainedDelegationBackdoor'
            # - 'Add-Persistence' # Covered in 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6
            # - 'Add-RegBackdoor' # Covered in 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6
            # - 'Add-ScrnSaveBackdoor' # Covered in 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6
            - 'Copy-VSS'
            - 'Create-MultipleSessions'
            - 'DataToEncode'
            - 'DNS_TXT_Pwnage'
            - 'Do-Exfiltration-Dns'
            - 'Download_Execute'
            - 'Download-Execute-PS'
            - 'DownloadAndExtractFromRemoteRegistry'
            - 'DumpCerts'
            - 'DumpCreds'
            - 'DumpHashes'
            - 'Enable-DuplicateToken'
            - 'Enable-Duplication'
            - 'Execute-Command-MSSQL'
            - 'Execute-DNSTXT-Code'
            - 'Execute-OnTime'
            - 'ExetoText'
            - 'exfill'
            - 'ExfilOption'
            - 'FakeDC'
            - 'FireBuster'
            - 'FireListener'
            - 'Get-Information ' # Space at the end is required. Otherwise, we get FP with Get-InformationBarrierReportDetails or Get-InformationBarrierReportSummary
            # - 'Get-PassHashes' # Covered in 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6
            - 'Get-PassHints'
            - 'Get-Web-Credentials'
            - 'Get-WebCredentials'
            - 'Get-WLAN-Keys'
            # - 'Gupt-Backdoor' # Covered in 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6
            - 'HTTP-Backdoor'
            # - 'Invoke-ADSBackdoor' # Covered in 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6
            - 'Invoke-AmsiBypass'
            - 'Invoke-BruteForce'
            - 'Invoke-CredentialsPhish'
            - 'Invoke-Decode'
            - 'Invoke-Encode'
            - 'Invoke-Interceptor'
            - 'Invoke-JSRatRegsvr'
            - 'Invoke-JSRatRundll'
            - 'Invoke-MimikatzWDigestDowngrade'
            - 'Invoke-NetworkRelay'
            # - 'Invoke-PortScan' # Covered in 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6
            # - 'Invoke-PoshRatHttp' # Covered in 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6
            - 'Invoke-PowerShellIcmp'
            - 'Invoke-PowerShellUdp'
            - 'Invoke-Prasadhak'
            - 'Invoke-PSGcat'
            - 'Invoke-PsGcatAgent'
            # - 'Invoke-PsUACme' # Covered in 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6
            - 'Invoke-SessionGopher'
            - 'Invoke-SSIDExfil'
            # - Jitter  # Prone to FPs
            # - 'Keylogger' # Too generic to be linked to Nishang
            - 'LoggedKeys'
            - 'Nishang'
            - 'NotAllNameSpaces' # This is param to "Set-RemoteWMI"
            - 'Out-CHM'
            - 'OUT-DNSTXT'
            - 'Out-HTA'
            - 'Out-RundllCommand'
            - 'Out-SCF'
            - 'Out-SCT'
            - 'Out-Shortcut'
            - 'Out-WebQuery'
            - 'Out-Word'
            - 'Parse_Keys'
            - 'Password-List'
            - 'Powerpreter'
            - 'Remove-Persistence'
            - 'Remove-PoshRat'
            - 'Remove-Update'
            - 'Run-EXEonRemote'
            - 'Set-DCShadowPermissions'
            - 'Set-RemotePSRemoting'
            - 'Set-RemoteWMI'
            - 'Shellcode32'
            - 'Shellcode64'
            - 'StringtoBase64'
            - 'TexttoExe'
    condition: selection