Powercat Download
Powercat is a PowerShell implementation of netcat. Whilst it can be used as a legitimate administrative tool it can be abused by attackers to exfiltrate data. This query looks for command line activity downloading…
Description
Powercat is a PowerShell implementation of netcat. Whilst it can be used as a legitimate administrative tool it can be abused by attackers to exfiltrate data. This query looks for command line activity downloading PowerCat.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- LinuxmacOSWindows
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
- c2112ca3-aae0-4079-9bff-d74c54bb5fe5
- Tagged by the source as
- Exfiltration
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1