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Bad Opsec Powershell Code Artifacts

Severity
critical
Author
ok @securonix invrep_de, oscd.community
Source
upstream

focuses on trivial artifacts observed in variants of prevalent offensive ps1 payloads, including Cobalt Strike Beacon, PoshC2, Powerview, Letmein, Empire, Powersploit, and other attack payloads that often undergo minimal changes by attackers due to bad opsec.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ExecutionT1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
PowerShell4103Payload Context: ContextInfo User Data: UserData.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection_4103

or:
Payload|contains: '$DoIt'
Payload|contains: 0xdeadbeef
Payload|contains: _RastaMouse
Payload|contains: harmj0y
Payload|contains: mattifestation
Payload|contains: tifkin_

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
Payloadmatch
  • $DoIt
  • 0xdeadbeef
  • _RastaMouse
  • harmj0y
  • mattifestation
  • tifkin_