Methods for Downloading Files with PowerShell

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Identifies PowerShell downloading files from external sources, a common malware delivery technique. Covers Invoke-WebRequest, Invoke-RestMethod and Start-BitsTransfer, the curl and wget aliases, and .NET classes System.Net.WebClient and HttpClient.

Attribute Value
Type Hunting Query
Solution Intel471
ID c7b320fb-ac67-45b0-92c4-b0f1e10b4e46
Tactics CommandAndControl, Execution
Techniques T1059.001, T1105
Required Connectors SecurityEvents, WindowsSecurityEvents
Source View on GitHub

Tables Used

This content item queries data from the following tables:

Table Selection Criteria Transformations Ingestion API Lake-Only
SecurityEvent CommandLine has_any "Invoke-WebRequest"
NewProcessName has_any "powershell.exe"
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