title: Malicious Nishang PowerShell Commandlets
id: f772cee9-b7c2-4cb2-8f07-49870adc02e0
status: experimental
description: Detects Commandlet names and arguments from the Nishang exploitation framework
date: 2019/05/16
references:
    - https://github.com/samratashok/nishang
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059.001
    - attack.t1086  #an old one
author: Alec Costello
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: powershell
    definition: It is recommanded to use the new "Script Block Logging" of PowerShell v5 https://adsecurity.org/?p=2277
detection:
    keywords:
        - Add-ConstrainedDelegationBackdoor
        - Set-DCShadowPermissions
        - DNS_TXT_Pwnage
        - Execute-OnTime
        - HTTP-Backdoor
        - Set-RemotePSRemoting
        - Set-RemoteWMI
        - Invoke-AmsiBypass
        - Out-CHM
        - Out-HTA
        - Out-SCF
        - Out-SCT
        - Out-Shortcut
        - Out-WebQuery
        - Out-Word
        - Enable-Duplication
        - Remove-Update
        - Download-Execute-PS
        - Download_Execute
        - Execute-Command-MSSQL
        - Execute-DNSTXT-Code
        - Out-RundllCommand
        - Copy-VSS
        - FireBuster
        - FireListener
        - Get-Information
        - Get-PassHints
        - Get-WLAN-Keys
        - Get-Web-Credentials
        - Invoke-CredentialsPhish
        - Invoke-MimikatzWDigestDowngrade
        - Invoke-SSIDExfil
        - Invoke-SessionGopher
        - Keylogger
        - Invoke-Interceptor
        - Create-MultipleSessions
        - Invoke-NetworkRelay
        - Run-EXEonRemote
        - Invoke-Prasadhak
        - Invoke-BruteForce
        - Password-List
        - Invoke-JSRatRegsvr
        - Invoke-JSRatRundll
        - Invoke-PoshRatHttps
        - Invoke-PowerShellIcmp
        - Invoke-PowerShellUdp
        - Invoke-PSGcat
        - Invoke-PsGcatAgent
        - Remove-PoshRat
        - Add-Persistance
        - ExetoText
        - Invoke-Decode
        - Invoke-Encode
        - Parse_Keys
        - Remove-Persistence
        - StringtoBase64
        - TexttoExe
        - Powerpreter
        - Nishang
        - EncodedData
        - DataToEncode
        - LoggedKeys
        - OUT-DNSTXT
        - Jitter
        - ExfilOption
        - Tamper
        - DumpCerts
        - DumpCreds
        - Shellcode32
        - Shellcode64
        - NotAllNameSpaces
        - exfill
        - FakeDC
        - Exploit
    condition: keywords
falsepositives:
    - Penetration testing
level: high