Remote Thread Creation Via PowerShell In Uncommon Target

 1title: Remote Thread Creation Via PowerShell In Uncommon Target
 2id: 99b97608-3e21-4bfe-8217-2a127c396a0e
 3related:
 4    - id: eeb2e3dc-c1f4-40dd-9bd5-149ee465ad50
 5      type: similar
 6status: test
 7description: Detects the creation of a remote thread from a Powershell process in an uncommon target process
 8references:
 9    - https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/06/bring-your-own-land-novel-red-teaming-technique.html
10author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
11date: 2018-06-25
12modified: 2023-11-10
13tags:
14    - attack.defense-evasion
15    - attack.execution
16    - attack.t1218.011
17    - attack.t1059.001
18logsource:
19    product: windows
20    category: create_remote_thread
21detection:
22    selection:
23        SourceImage|endswith:
24            - '\powershell.exe'
25            - '\pwsh.exe'
26        TargetImage|endswith:
27            # Note: Please add additional potential interesting targets to increase coverage
28            - '\rundll32.exe'
29            - '\regsvr32.exe'
30    condition: selection
31falsepositives:
32    - Unknown
33level: medium