Potential Binary Or Script Dropper Via PowerShell
Detects PowerShell creating a binary executable or a script file.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- file_event
Known benign triggers
- False positives will differ depending on the environment and scripts used. Apply additional filters accordingly.
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/onenote-growing-threat-malware-distribution | 6 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 7047d730-036f-4f40-b9d8-1c63e36d5e62
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistence
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1