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Stop Windows Service Via PowerShell Stop-Service

Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the PowerShell Cmdlet "Stop-Service"

MITRE ATT&CK

impact

Detection Query

selection_sc_net_img:
  - OriginalFileName:
      - PowerShell.EXE
      - pwsh.dll
  - Image|endswith:
      - \powershell.exe
      - \pwsh.exe
selection_cli:
  CommandLine|contains: "Stop-Service "
condition: all of selection_*

Author

Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Created

2023-03-05

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/stop-service?view=powershell-7.4

Tags

attack.impactattack.t1489

Raw Content

title: Stop Windows Service Via PowerShell Stop-Service
id: c49c5062-0966-4170-9efd-9968c913a6cf
related:
    - id: eb87818d-db5d-49cc-a987-d5da331fbd90
      type: obsolete
status: test
description: Detects the stopping of a Windows service via the PowerShell Cmdlet "Stop-Service"
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/stop-service?view=powershell-7.4
author: Jakob Weinzettl, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-03-05
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1489
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_sc_net_img:
        - OriginalFileName:
              - 'PowerShell.EXE'
              - 'pwsh.dll'
        - Image|endswith:
              - '\powershell.exe'
              - '\pwsh.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains: 'Stop-Service '
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - There are many legitimate reasons to stop a service. This rule isn't looking for any suspicious behaviour in particular. Filter legitimate activity accordingly
level: low