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HackTool - Covenant PowerShell Launcher

Detects suspicious command lines used in Covenant luanchers

MITRE ATT&CK

executiondefense-evasion

Detection Query

selection_1:
  CommandLine|contains|all:
    - -Sta
    - -Nop
    - -Window
    - Hidden
  CommandLine|contains:
    - -Command
    - -EncodedCommand
selection_2:
  CommandLine|contains:
    - "sv o (New-Object IO.MemorySteam);sv d "
    - mshta file.hta
    - GruntHTTP
    - -EncodedCommand cwB2ACAAbwAgA
condition: 1 of selection_*

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community

Created

2020-06-04

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://posts.specterops.io/covenant-v0-5-eee0507b85ba

Tags

attack.executionattack.defense-evasionattack.t1059.001attack.t1564.003

Raw Content

title: HackTool - Covenant PowerShell Launcher
id: c260b6db-48ba-4b4a-a76f-2f67644e99d2
status: test
description: Detects suspicious command lines used in Covenant luanchers
references:
    - https://posts.specterops.io/covenant-v0-5-eee0507b85ba
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Jonhnathan Ribeiro, oscd.community
date: 2020-06-04
modified: 2023-02-21
tags:
    - attack.execution
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1059.001
    - attack.t1564.003
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_1:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '-Sta'
            - '-Nop'
            - '-Window'
            - 'Hidden'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '-Command'
            - '-EncodedCommand'
    selection_2:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'sv o (New-Object IO.MemorySteam);sv d '
            - 'mshta file.hta'
            - 'GruntHTTP'
            - '-EncodedCommand cwB2ACAAbwAgA'
    condition: 1 of selection_*
level: high