Malicious Powershell Executed As A Service

Description

Automatically categorized datasets in directory malicious_powershell_executed_as_a_service

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1569.002 Service Execution Execution

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory malicious_powershell_executed_as_a_service
Test Date 2025-08-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Xml

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1569.002/malicious_powershell_executed_as_a_service/windows-xml.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:System

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Malicious Powershell Executed As A Service TTP Endpoint T1569.002 Compromised Windows Host, Rhysida Ransomware, Malicious PowerShell

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1569.002/malicious_powershell_executed_as_a_service/windows-xml.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0