Powershell Directory Enumeration

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects technique used by MAZE ransomware to enumerate directories using Powershell

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "PowerShell Script Block Logged" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "foreach" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "Get-ChildItem" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "-Path " AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "-ErrorAction " AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "SilentlyContinue" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "Out-File " AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "-append" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.SCRIPTEXECUTED

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113