
title: PowerShell as a Service in Registry
author: oscd.community, Natalia Shornikova
date: 2020/10/06
description: Detects that a powershell code is written to the registry as a service.
detection:
  SELECTION_1:
    EventID: 12
  SELECTION_2:
    EventID: 13
  SELECTION_3:
    EventID: 14
  SELECTION_4:
    TargetObject: '*\Services\\*'
  SELECTION_5:
    TargetObject: '*\ImagePath'
  SELECTION_6:
    Details:
    - '*powershell*'
    - '*pwsh*'
  condition: ((SELECTION_1 or SELECTION_2 or SELECTION_3) and SELECTION_4 and SELECTION_5
    and SELECTION_6)
falsepositives:
- Unknown
id: 4a5f5a5e-ac01-474b-9b4e-d61298c9df1d
level: high
logsource:
  category: registry_event
  product: windows
modified: 2021/05/21
references:
- https://speakerdeck.com/heirhabarov/hunting-for-powershell-abuse
status: experimental
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1569.002
ruletype: SIGMA
