Synopsis
Activation Period |
14 Days |
Training Period |
30 Days |
Test Period |
N/A (single event) |
Deduplication Period |
1 Hour |
Required Data |
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Detection Modules |
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Detector Tags |
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ATT&CK Tactic |
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ATT&CK Technique |
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Severity |
Informational |
Description
An attacker is using the DSC feature with PowerShell to remotely modify / execute content / components on the machine.
Attacker's Goals
Execute malicious content on and move laterally across machine in the network.
Investigative actions
- Search for suspicious WinRM sessions and the user created them, can be found at Event ID: 4102.
- Additionally, search for the DSC resource executed and related IOC, can be found at Event IDs: 400 or 4104.
Variations
DSC (Desired State Configuration) lateral movement using PowerShell to execute a scriptDSC (Desired State Configuration) lateral movement using PowerShell to execute a new service
DSC (Desired State Configuration) lateral movement using PowerShell to modify the registry