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HighSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

HackTool - PowerTool Execution

Detects the execution of the tool PowerTool which has the ability to kill a process, delete its process file, unload drivers, and delete the driver files

Detection logic

Detection requirements

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

Known benign triggers

Unlikely

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
thedfirreport.com/2022/11/28/emotet-strikes-again-lnk-file-leads-to-domain-wide-ransomware/	Threat report	12from 2 sources
twitter.com/gbti_sa/status/1249653895900602375?lang=en	Social post	Only this detection cites it
www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/ithurricane-PowerTool.shtml	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/i/play-ransomware-s-attack-playbook-unmasks-it-as-another-hive-aff.html	Threat report	Only this detection cites it

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