PowerShell Download Pattern
Detects a Powershell process that contains download commands in its command line string
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
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
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 |
|---|---|
| blog.redteam.pl/2020/06/black-kingdom-ransomware.html | Only this detection cites it |
| hatching.io/blog/powershell-analysis/ | Only this detection cites it |
| lab52.io/blog/winter-vivern-all-summer/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 3b6ab547-8ec2-4991-b9d2-2b06702a48d7
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.execution
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Version
- 2