title: Suspicious XOR Encoded PowerShell Command Line
id: 812837bb-b17f-45e9-8bd0-0ec35d2e3bd6
description: Detects suspicious powershell process which includes bxor command, alternative obfuscation method to b64 encoded commands.
status: experimental
author: Teymur Kheirkhabarov, Harish Segar (rule)
date: 2020/06/29
tags:
  - attack.execution
  - attack.t1086
  - attack.t1059.001
logsource:
  product: windows
  service: powershell-classic
detection:
  selection:
    EventID: 400
    HostName: "ConsoleHost"
  filter:
    CommandLine|contains:
      - "bxor"
      - "join"
      - "char"
  condition: selection and filter
falsepositives:
  - unknown
level: medium