Stop Windows Service Via PowerShell Stop-Service

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the PowerShell Cmdlet "Stop-Service"

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (ORIGINALFILENAME = "PowerShell.EXE,pwsh.dll" OR PROCESSNAME endswith "\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "Stop-Service " select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)