Potential PowerShell HackTool Script by Author

Last updated a month ago on 2026-02-09
Created 2 years ago on 2024-05-08

About

Identifies PowerShell script block content containing known offensive-tool author handles or attribution strings (for example, public tool author names). Attackers often run public PowerShell tooling with minimal changes, leaving author artifacts in comments or headers.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: ExecutionData Source: PowerShell LogsLanguage: kuery
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

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

Query
text code block:
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" ) and not powershell.file.script_block_text : ("Get-UEFIDatabaseSigner" or "Posh-SSH")

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(external, opens in a new tab or window).