Analytics BIOC Low

Suspicious PowerShell Command Line

Attackers often leverage PowerShell one-liners, in which PowerShell is executed with suspicious options on the command line.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Execution (TA0002)
ATT&CK techniques: Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell (T1059.001)
Attacker's goals:

Gain code execution on the host.

Investigative actions:

Check whether the command line executed is benign or normal for the host and/or user performing it. For example, the command line may be an administrative script.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day