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MediumSigmaHQ Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Windows PowerShell User Agent

Detects Windows PowerShell Web Access

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: ESXi Linux macOS Network Devices Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source category: proxy

Known benign triggers

Administrative scripts that download files from the Internet
Administrative scripts that retrieve certain website contents

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/reference/5.1/microsoft.powershell.utility/Invoke-WebRequest	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it

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