PowerShell Download Pattern

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects a Powershell process that contains download commands in its command line string

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "PowerShell.EXE,pwsh.dll") AND ((COMMANDLINE contains "new-object" AND COMMANDLINE contains "net.webclient)." AND COMMANDLINE contains "download") AND COMMANDLINE contains "string(,file(") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), oscd.community, Jonhnathan Ribeiro