Windows PowerShell User Agent

 Original Source: [Sigma source]
Title: Windows PowerShell User Agent
Status: test
Description:Detects Windows PowerShell Web Access
References:
  -https://msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/reference/5.1/microsoft.powershell.utility/Invoke-WebRequest
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2017-03-13
modified:2021-11-27
Tags:
  • -'attack.command-and-control'
  • -'attack.t1071.001'
Logsource:
  • category: proxy
Detection:
  selection:
    c-useragent|contains: ' WindowsPowerShell/'
  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Administrative scripts that download files from the Internet
  -Administrative scripts that retrieve certain website contents
Level: medium