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Non Interactive PowerShell Process Spawned

Detects non-interactive PowerShell activity by looking at the "powershell" process with a non-user GUI process such as "explorer.exe" as a parent.

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

  • Likely. Many admin scripts and tools leverage PowerShell in their BAT or VB scripts which may trigger this rule often. It is best to add additional filters or use this to hunt for anomalies

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