title: Suspicious PowerShell Keywords
id: 1f49f2ab-26bc-48b3-96cc-dcffbc93eadf
status: experimental
description: Detects keywords that could indicate the use of some PowerShell exploitation framework
date: 2019/02/11
author: Florian Roth, Perez Diego (@darkquassar)
references:
    - https://posts.specterops.io/entering-a-covenant-net-command-and-control-e11038bcf462
    - https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit/blob/master/CodeExecution/Invoke-ReflectivePEInjection.ps1
    - https://github.com/hlldz/Invoke-Phant0m/blob/master/Invoke-Phant0m.ps1
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. Monitor for EventID 4104'
detection:
    keywords:
        Message:
            - "System.Reflection.Assembly.Load"
            - "[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load"
            - "[Reflection.Assembly]::Load"
            - "System.Reflection.AssemblyName"
            - "Reflection.Emit.AssemblyBuilderAccess"
            - "Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute"
            - "SuspendThread"
    condition: keywords
falsepositives:
    - Penetration tests
level: high