Powershell History Modification or Deletion
Adversaries may attempt to clear the command history of compromised hosts to conceal the actions that they have performed during an attack. This content will detect if PowerShell's history was cleared, disabled, or…
Description
Adversaries may attempt to clear the command history of compromised hosts to conceal the actions that they have performed during an attack. This content will detect if PowerShell's history was cleared, disabled, or modified.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- securityeventswindowssecurityevents
- Log source service
- securityevent
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- ccdd03de-8fbf-436b-99ba-00dfee83d42f
- Tagged by the source as
- DefenseEvasion
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1