Potential PowerShell HackTool Script by Author

Last updated 2 months ago on 2025-03-20
Created a year ago on 2024-05-08

About

Detects known PowerShell offensive tooling author's name in PowerShell scripts. Attackers commonly use out-of-the-box offensive tools without modifying the code, which may still contain the author artifacts. This rule identifies common author handles found in popular PowerShell scripts used for red team exercises.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: ExecutionData Source: PowerShell LogsLanguage: kuery
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Execution (TA0002)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
winlogbeat-*logs-windows.powershell*
Related Integrations

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
host.os.type:windows and event.category:process and
  powershell.file.script_block_text : (
      "mattifestation" or "JosephBialek" or
      "harmj0y" or "ukstufus" or
      "SecureThisShit" or "Matthew Graeber" or
      "secabstraction" or "mgeeky" or
      "oddvarmoe" or "am0nsec" or
      "obscuresec" or "sixdub" or
      "darkoperator" or "funoverip" or
      "rvrsh3ll" or "kevin_robertson" or
      "dafthack" or "r4wd3r" or
      "danielhbohannon" or "OneLogicalMyth" or
      "cobbr_io" or "xorrior" or
      "PetrMedonos" or "citronneur" or
      "eladshamir" or "RastaMouse" or
      "enigma0x3" or "FuzzySec" or
      "424f424f" or "jaredhaight" or
      "fullmetalcache" or "Hubbl3" or
      "curi0usJack" or "Cx01N" or
      "itm4n" or "nurfed1" or
      "cfalta" or "Scott Sutherland" or
      "_nullbind" or "_tmenochet" or
      "jaredcatkinson" or "ChrisTruncer" or
      "monoxgas" or "TheRealWover" or
      "splinter_code"
  )

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Potential PowerShell HackTool Script by Author in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).