title: Suspicious PowerShell Keywords
status: experimental
description: Detects keywords that could indicate the use of some PowerShell exploitation framework
date: 2019/02/11
author: Florian Roth
references:
    - https://posts.specterops.io/entering-a-covenant-net-command-and-control-e11038bcf462
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1086
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: powershell
    definition: 'It is recommended to use the new "Script Block Logging" of PowerShell v5 https://adsecurity.org/?p=2277'
detection:
    keywords:
        Message:
            - "*[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load*"
    condition: keywords
falsepositives:
    - Penetration tests
level: high