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HackTool - PurpleSharp Execution
Detects the execution of the PurpleSharp adversary simulation tool
Known false positives
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Resource Development |
Telemetry coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
Rule body
title: HackTool - PurpleSharp Execution
id: ff23ffbc-3378-435e-992f-0624dcf93ab4
status: test
description: Detects the execution of the PurpleSharp adversary simulation tool
references:
- https://github.com/mvelazc0/PurpleSharp
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2021-06-18
modified: 2023-02-05
tags:
- attack.t1587
- attack.resource-development
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_img:
- Image|contains: '\purplesharp'
- OriginalFileName: 'PurpleSharp.exe'
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'xyz123456.exe'
- 'PurpleSharp'
condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: critical
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
1 of selection_*Stage 1: selection_img
selection_img:
- Image|contains: '\purplesharp'
- OriginalFileName: 'PurpleSharp.exe'
Stage 2: selection_cli
selection_cli:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'xyz123456.exe'
- 'PurpleSharp'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:match |
Image | match |
| field:"Image" kind:match value:"\purplesharp" |
OriginalFileName | eq |
| field:"OriginalFileName" kind:eq value:"PurpleSharp.exe" |