Gzip Archive Decode Via PowerShell
Detects attempts of decoding encoded Gzip archives via PowerShell.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate administrative scripts may use this functionality. Use "ParentImage" in combination with the script names and allowed users and applications to filter legitimate executions
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 |
|---|---|
| www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/onenote-growing-threat-malware-distribution | 6 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 98767d61-b2e8-4d71-b661-e36783ee24c1
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.command-and-control
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1