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Identify Mango Sandstorm powershell commands

Author
Microsoft Security Research
Source
upstream

'The query below identifies powershell commands used by the threat actor Mango Sandstorm. Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/08/25/mercury-leveraging-log4j-2-vulnerabilities-in-unpatched-systems-to-target-israeli-organizations/'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Lateral MovementT1570 Lateral Tool Transfer

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Security-Auditing4688A new process has been created.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: source

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Stage 2: union

union of 3 branches

Stage 3: extend

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