{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Suspicious PowerShell Keywords\n", "Detects keywords that could indicate the use of some PowerShell exploitation framework" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Rule Content\n", "```\n", "- title: Suspicious PowerShell Keywords\n", " id: 1f49f2ab-26bc-48b3-96cc-dcffbc93eadf\n", " status: experimental\n", " description: Detects keywords that could indicate the use of some PowerShell exploitation\n", " framework\n", " date: 2019/02/11\n", " author: Florian Roth\n", " references:\n", " - https://posts.specterops.io/entering-a-covenant-net-command-and-control-e11038bcf462\n", " tags:\n", " - attack.execution\n", " - attack.t1086\n", " logsource:\n", " product: windows\n", " service: powershell\n", " definition: It is recommended to use the new \"Script Block Logging\" of PowerShell\n", " v5 https://adsecurity.org/?p=2277\n", " category: null\n", " detection:\n", " keywords:\n", " Message:\n", " - '*[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load*'\n", " condition: keywords\n", " falsepositives:\n", " - Penetration tests\n", " level: high\n", "\n", "```" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Querying Elasticsearch" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Import Libraries" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch\n", "from elasticsearch_dsl import Search\n", "import pandas as pd" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Initialize Elasticsearch client" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "es = Elasticsearch(['http://helk-elasticsearch:9200'])\n", "searchContext = Search(using=es, index='logs-endpoint-winevent-powershell-*', doc_type='doc')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Run Elasticsearch Query" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "s = searchContext.query('query_string', query='Message.keyword:(*\\[System.Reflection.Assembly\\]\\:\\:Load*)')\n", "response = s.execute()\n", "if response.success():\n", " df = pd.DataFrame((d.to_dict() for d in s.scan()))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Show Results" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "df.head()" ] } ], "metadata": {}, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 4 }