PowerShell Invoke-NinjaCopy script

Last updated 3 months ago on 2025-03-20
Created 2 years ago on 2023-01-23

About

Detects PowerShell scripts that contain the default exported functions used on Invoke-NinjaCopy. Attackers can use Invoke-NinjaCopy to read SYSTEM files that are normally locked, such as the NTDS.dit file or registry hives.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessData Source: PowerShell LogsLanguage: kuery
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

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

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(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
event.category:process and host.os.type:windows and
  powershell.file.script_block_text : (
    "StealthReadFile" or
    "StealthReadFileAddr" or
    "StealthCloseFileDelegate" or
    "StealthOpenFile" or
    "StealthCloseFile" or
    "StealthReadFile" or
    "Invoke-NinjaCopy"
   )
  and not user.id : "S-1-5-18"
  and not powershell.file.script_block_text : (
    "sentinelbreakpoints" and "Set-PSBreakpoint" and "PowerSploitIndicators"
  )

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect PowerShell Invoke-NinjaCopy script 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).