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Powershell Suspicious Win32_PnPEntity
Adversaries may attempt to gather information about attached peripheral devices and components connected to a computer system.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Discovery | T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| PowerShell | Event ID 4104 | Creating Scriptblock text (MessageNumber of MessageTotal). |
Rule body yaml
title: Powershell Suspicious Win32_PnPEntity
id: b26647de-4feb-4283-af6b-6117661283c5
status: test
description: Adversaries may attempt to gather information about attached peripheral devices and components connected to a computer system.
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1120/T1120.md
author: frack113
date: 2021-08-23
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1120
logsource:
product: windows
category: ps_script
definition: 'Requirements: Script Block Logging must be enabled'
detection:
selection:
ScriptBlockText|contains: Win32_PnPEntity
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Admin script
level: low
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
ScriptBlockText|contains: Win32_PnPEntity
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
ScriptBlockText | match |
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