Nslookup PowerShell Download Cradle

Detects a powershell download cradle using nslookup. This cradle uses nslookup to extract payloads from DNS records.

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: ps_classic_start

Known benign triggers

Unknown

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
twitter.com/Alh4zr3d/status/1566489367232651264	Social post	2

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Detection rules

Nslookup PowerShell Download Cradle

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules