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HackTool - PurpleSharp Execution

Severity
critical
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects the execution of the PurpleSharp adversary simulation tool

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Resource DevelopmentT1587 Develop Capabilities

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: 1 of selection_img

or:
Image|contains: '\purplesharp'
OriginalFileName: PurpleSharp.exe

Stage 2: 1 of selection_cli

or:
CommandLine|contains: PurpleSharp
CommandLine|contains: xyz123456.exe

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
CommandLinematch
  • PurpleSharp
  • xyz123456.exe
Imagematch
  • \purplesharp
OriginalFileNameeq
  • PurpleSharp.exe