{"id":"a34f79a3-8e5f-4cc3-b765-de00695452c2","title":"HackTool - PowerTool Execution","description":"Detects the execution of the tool PowerTool which has the ability to kill a process, delete its process file, unload drivers, and delete the driver files","author":"Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)","status":"test","level":"high","date":"2022-11-29","modified":"2023-02-04","tags":["attack.defense-impairment","attack.t1685"],"technique_ids":["T1685"],"logsource":{"product":"windows","category":"process_creation"},"falsepositives":["Unlikely"],"references":["https://thedfirreport.com/2022/11/28/emotet-strikes-again-lnk-file-leads-to-domain-wide-ransomware/","https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/i/play-ransomware-s-attack-playbook-unmasks-it-as-another-hive-aff.html","https://twitter.com/gbti_sa/status/1249653895900602375?lang=en","https://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/ithurricane-PowerTool.shtml"],"source_path":"rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_powertool.yml","source_sha256":"ec9670b7d567c8809411cefbe3a7c100a95040ebc53dc7517191eaeecf7e6a59","source_url":"https://github.com/anpa1200/sigma/blob/b249e9683190cffdcaf188ccbfb90bf4759844e1/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_powertool.yml","license":"Detection Rule License 1.1","license_url":"https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License/blob/main/LICENSE.Detection.Rules.md","yaml":"title: HackTool - PowerTool Execution\nid: a34f79a3-8e5f-4cc3-b765-de00695452c2\nstatus: test\ndescription: Detects the execution of the tool PowerTool which has the ability to kill a process, delete its process file, unload drivers, and delete the driver files\nreferences:\n    - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/11/28/emotet-strikes-again-lnk-file-leads-to-domain-wide-ransomware/\n    - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/i/play-ransomware-s-attack-playbook-unmasks-it-as-another-hive-aff.html\n    - https://twitter.com/gbti_sa/status/1249653895900602375?lang=en\n    - https://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/ithurricane-PowerTool.shtml\nauthor: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)\ndate: 2022-11-29\nmodified: 2023-02-04\ntags:\n    - attack.defense-impairment\n    - attack.t1685\nlogsource:\n    product: windows\n    category: process_creation\ndetection:\n    selection:\n        - Image|endswith:\n              - '\\PowerTool.exe'\n              - '\\PowerTool64.exe'\n        - OriginalFileName: 'PowerTool.exe'\n    condition: selection\nfalsepositives:\n    - Unlikely\nlevel: high\n","validation":"yaml_parsed_not_backend_compiled_or_live_validated","techniques":[{"key":"enterprise/T1685","id":"T1685","name":"Disable or Modify Tools","page":"techniques/enterprise/T1685/"}],"data_path":"data/detection-rules/a34f79a3-8e5f-4cc3-b765-de00695452c2.json","kind":"sigma"}