PowerShell Profile Modification
Detects the creation or modification of a powershell profile which could indicate suspicious activity as the profile can be used as a mean of persistence
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- file_event
Known benign triggers
- System administrator creating Powershell profile manually
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| persistence-info.github.io/Data/powershellprofile.html | Only this detection cites it |
| www.welivesecurity.com/2019/05/29/turla-powershell-usage/ | 3from 2 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- b5b78988-486d-4a80-b991-930eff3ff8bf
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1