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reference_key: mitre-t1059-001
title: "MITRE ATT&CK T1059.001 --- PowerShell"
url: "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001/"
availability: available
capture_method: primary
captured_at: 2026-06-23T03:32:14Z
document_id: REF-mitre-t1059-001
---

# MITRE ATT&CK T1059.001 --- PowerShell

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Reference key** | `mitre-t1059-001` |
| **Availability** | AVAILABLE |
| **Capture method** | `primary` |
| **Source type** | remote_url |
| **URL / path** | https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001/ |
| **Captured (UTC)** | 2026-06-23T03:32:14Z |
| **Content type** | text/html; charset=utf-8 |
| **HTTP status** | 200 |

## Boardroom Citation Context

Red/Blue LotL PowerShell detection P4-03.

## Source Location

https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001/





## Captured Content

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Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell, Sub-technique T1059.001 - Enterprise | MITRE ATT&CK Matrices Enterprise Mobile ICS Tactics Enterprise Mobile ICS Techniques Enterprise Mobile ICS Defenses Mitigations Enterprise Mobile ICS Assets Detections Detection Strategies Analytics Data Components CTI Groups Software Campaigns Resources Get Started Learn More about ATT&CK ATT&CK Advisory Council ATT&CKcon ATT&CK Data & Tools FAQ Engage with ATT&CK Version History Updates Legal & Branding Benefactors Contribute Blog Search ATT&CKcon 7.0 is coming October 27-28, 2026. Learn more about ATT&CKcon 7.0 and submit your proposal . Home Techniques Enterprise Command and Scripting Interpreter PowerShell Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell Other sub-techniques of Command and Scripting Interpreter (13) ID Name T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.002 AppleScript T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1059.004 Unix Shell T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.006 Python T1059.007 JavaScript T1059.008 Network Device CLI T1059.009 Cloud API T1059.010 AutoHotKey & AutoIT T1059.011 Lua T1059.012 Hypervisor CLI T1059.013 Container CLI/API Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution. PowerShell is a powerful interactive command-line interface and scripting environment included in the Windows operating system. [1] Adversaries can use PowerShell to perform a number of actions, including discovery of information and execution of code. Examples include the Start-Process cmdlet which can be used to run an executable and the Invoke-Command cmdlet which runs a command locally or on a remote computer (though administrator permissions are required to use PowerShell to connect to remote systems). PowerShell may also be used to download and run executables from the Internet, which can be executed from disk or in memory without touching disk. A number of PowerShell-based offensive testing tools are available, including Empire , PowerSploit , PoshC2 , and PSAttack. Attack. Retrieved September 27, 2024."data-reference="Github PSAttack"> [2] PowerShell commands/scripts can also be executed without directly invoking the powershell.exe binary through interfaces to PowerShell's underlying System.Management.Automation assembly DLL exposed through the .NET framework and Windows Common Language Interface (CLI). [3] [4] [5] ID: T1059.001 Sub-technique of: T1059  Tactic: Execution  Platforms: Windows Contributors: Mayuresh Dani, Qualys; Praetorian; Ross Brittain Version: 1.5 Created: 09 March 2020 Last Modified: 12 May 2026 Version Permalink Live Version Procedure Examples ID Name Description C0025 2016 Ukraine Electric Power Attack During the 2016 Ukraine Electric Power Attack , Sandworm Team used PowerShell scripts to run a credential harvesting tool in memory to evade defenses. [6] C0034 2022 Ukraine Electric Power Attack During the 2022 Ukraine Electric Power Attack , Sandworm Team utilized a PowerShell utility called TANKTRAP to spread and launch a wiper using Windows Group Policy. [7] S0677 AADInternals AADInternals is written and executed via PowerShell. [8] S1129 Akira Akira will execute PowerShell commands to delete system volume shadow copies. [9] [10] G1024 Akira Akira has used PowerShell scripts for credential harvesting and privilege escalation. [11] S0622 AppleSeed AppleSeed has the ability to execute its payload via PowerShell. [12] G0099 APT-C-36 APT-C-36 has used PowerShell in malware execution including as part of fileless attack chains to download additional payloads. [13] [14] G0073 APT19 APT19 used PowerShell commands to execute payloads. [15] G0007 APT28 APT28 downloads and executes PowerShell scripts and performs PowerShell commands. [16] [17] [18] C0051 APT28 Nearest Neighbor Campaign During APT28 Nearest Neighbor Campaign , APT28 used PowerShell cmdlet Get-ChildItem to access credentials, among other PowerShell functions deployed. [19] G0016 APT29 APT29 has used encoded PowerShell scripts uploaded to CozyCar installations to download and install SeaDuke . [20] [21] [22] [23] G0022 APT3 APT3 has used PowerShell on victim systems to download and run payloads after exploitation. [24] G0050 APT32 APT32 has used PowerShell-based tools, PowerShell one-liners, and shellcode loaders for execution. [25] [26] [27] G0064 APT33 APT33 has utilized PowerShell to download files from the C2 server and run various scripts. [28] [29] G0082 APT38 APT38 has used PowerShell to execute commands and other operational tasks. [30] G0087 APT39 APT39 has used PowerShell to execute malicious code. [31] [32] G0096 APT41 APT41 leveraged PowerShell to deploy malware families in victims environments. [33] [34] G1044 APT42 APT42 has downloaded and executed PowerShell payloads. [35] G1023 APT5 APT5 has used PowerShell to accomplish tasks within targeted environments. [36] G0143 Aquatic Panda Aquatic Panda has downloaded additional scripts and executed Base64 encoded commands in PowerShell. [37] S0129 AutoIt backdoor AutoIt backdoor downloads a PowerShell script that decodes to a typical shellcode loader. [38] S1081 BADHATCH BADHATCH can utilize powershell.exe to execute commands on a compromised host. [39] [40] S0234 Bandook Bandook has used PowerShell loaders as part of execution. [41] S0534 Bazar Bazar can execute a PowerShell script received from C2. [42] [43] S1070 Black Basta Black Basta has used PowerShell scripts for discovery and to execute files over the network. [44] [45] [46] G1043 BlackByte BlackByte used encoded PowerShell commands during operations. [47] BlackByte has used remote PowerShell commands in victim networks. [48] S0521 BloodHound BloodHound can use PowerShell to pull Active Directory information from the target environment. [49] G0108 Blue Mockingbird Blue Mockingbird has used PowerShell reverse TCP shells to issue interactive commands over a network connection. [50] S0360 BONDUPDATER BONDUPDATER is written in PowerShell. [51] [52] G0060 BRONZE BUTLER BRONZE BUTLER has used PowerShell for execution. [53] S1039 Bumblebee Bumblebee can use PowerShell for execution. [54] C0018 C0018 During C0018 , the threat actors used encoded PowerShell scripts for execution. [55] [56] C0021 C0021 During C0021 , the threat actors used obfuscated PowerShell to extract an encoded payload from within an .LNK file. [57] [58] C0032 C0032 During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used PowerShell to perform timestomping. [59] S0674 CharmPower CharmPower can use PowerShell for payload execution and C2 communication. [60] G0114 Chimera Chimera has used PowerShell scripts to execute malicious payloads and the DSInternals PowerShell module to make use of Active Directory features. [61] [62] S1149 CHIMNEYSWEEP CHIMNEYSWEEP can invoke the PowerShell command [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile(\\"%s\\") $i=\\"\\" $r=[%s]::%s(\\"%s\\",[ref] $i) echo $r,$i  to execute secondary payloads. [63] G1021 Cinnamon Tempest Cinnamon Tempest has used PowerShell to communicate with C2, download files, and execute reconnaissance commands. [64] S0660 Clambling The Clambling dropper can use PowerShell to download the malware. [65] G0080 Cobalt Group Cobalt Group has used powershell.exe to download and execute scripts. [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] S0154 Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike can execute a payload on a remote host with PowerShell. This technique does not write any data to disk. [72] [73] Cobalt Strike can also use PowerSploit and other scripting frameworks to perform execution. [74] [75] [76] [77] S0126 ComRAT ComRAT has used PowerShell to load itself every time a user logs in to the system. ComRAT can execute PowerShell scripts loaded into memory or from the file system. [78] [79] G0142 Confucius Confucius has used PowerShell to execute malicious files and payloads. [80] S0591 ConnectWise ConnectWise can be used to execute PowerShell commands on target machines. [81] G0052 CopyKittens CopyKittens has used PowerShell Empire. [82] S1155 Covenant Covenant can create PowerShell-based launchers for Grunt installation. [83] S0488 CrackMapExec CrackMapExec can execute PowerShell commands via WMI. [84] S1023 CreepyDrive CreepyDrive can use Powershell for execution, including the cmdlets Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-Expression . [85] S1024 CreepySnail CreepySnail can use PowerShell for execution, including the cmdlets Invoke-WebRequst and Invoke-Expression . [85] S0625 Cuba Cuba has been dropped onto systems and used for lateral movement via obfuscated PowerShell scripts. [86] G1012 CURIUM CURIUM has leveraged PowerShell scripts for initial process execution and data gathering in victim environments. [87] G1034 Daggerfly Daggerfly used PowerShell to download and execute remote-hosted files on victim systems. [88] S1111 DarkGate DarkGate has used PowerShell to create a remote shell. [89] G0079 DarkHydrus DarkHydrus leveraged PowerShell to download and execute additional scripts for execution. [90] [91] G0105 DarkVishnya DarkVishnya used PowerShell to create shellcode loaders. [92] S0673 DarkWatchman DarkWatchman can execute PowerShell commands and has used PowerShell to execute a keylogger. [93] G0009 Deep Panda Deep Panda has used PowerShell scripts to download and execute programs in memory, without writing to disk. [94] S0354 Denis Denis has a version written in PowerShell. [27] S0695 Donut Donut can generate shellcode outputs that execute via PowerShell. [95] S0186 DownPaper DownPaper uses PowerShell for execution. [96] G0035 Dragonfly Dragonfly has used PowerShell scripts for execution. [97] [98] G1006 Earth Lusca Earth Lusca has used PowerShell to execute commands. [99] S0554 Egregor Egregor has used an encoded PowerShell command by a service created by Cobalt Strike for lateral movement. [100] G1003 Ember Bear Ember Bear has used PowerShell commands to gather information from compromised systems, such as email servers. [101] S0367 Emotet Emotet has used Powershell to retrieve the malicious payload and download additional resources like Mimikatz . [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] S0363 Empire Empire leverages PowerShell for the majority of its client-side agent tasks. Empire also contains the ability to conduct PowerShell remoting with the Invoke-PSRemoting module. [107] [108] S0512 FatDuke FatDuke has the ability to execute PowerShell scripts. [109] S0679 Ferocious Ferocious can use PowerShell scripts for execution. [110] G0051 FIN10 FIN10 uses PowerShell for execution as well as PowerShell Empire to establish persistence. [111] [107] G1016 FIN13 FIN13 has used PowerShell commands to obtain DNS data from a compromised network. [112] G0037 FIN6 FIN6 has used PowerShell to gain access to merchant's networks, and a Metasploit PowerShell module to download and execute shellcode and to set up a local listener. [113] [114] [115] G0046 FIN7 FIN7 used a PowerShell script to launch shellcode that retrieved an additional payload. [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] Additionally, FIN7 has executed a custom obfuscation of the shellcode invoker in PowerSploit called POWERTRASH. [121] G0061 FIN8 FIN8 's malicious spearphishing payloads are executed as PowerShell . FIN8 has also used PowerShell for lateral movement and credential access. [122] [123] [124] [125] S0381 FlawedAmmyy FlawedAmmyy has used PowerShell to execute commands. [126] G0117 Fox Kitten Fox Kitten has used PowerShell scripts to access credential data. [127] C0001 Frankenstein During Frankenstein , the threat actors used PowerShell to run a series of Base64-encoded commands that acted as a stager and enumerated hosts. [128] G0093 GALLIUM GALLIUM used PowerShell for execution to assist in lateral movement as well as for dumping credentials stored on compromised machines. [129] G0084 Gallmaker Gallmaker used PowerShell to download additional payloads and for execution. [130] G0047 Gamaredon Group Gamaredon Group has used obfuscated PowerShell scripts for staging. [131] [132] Additionally, (LinkById : G0047) has used PowerShell based tools later in its attack chain. [133] Additionally, Gamaredon Group has used the PowerShell cmdlet Get-Command to download and execute the next stage payload. [134] S1117 GLASSTOKEN GLASSTOKEN can use PowerShell for command execution. [135] G0115 GOLD SOUTHFIELD GOLD SOUTHFIELD has staged and executed PowerShell scripts on compromised hosts. [136] S1138 Gootloader Gootloader can use an encoded PowerShell stager to write to the Registry for persistence. [137] [138] G0078 Gorgon Group Gorgon Group malware can use PowerShell commands to download and execute a payload and open a decoy document on the victims machine. [139] S0417 GRIFFON GRIFFON has used PowerShell to execute the Meterpreter downloader TinyMet. [140] G0125 HAFNIUM HAFNIUM has used the Exchange Power Shell module Set-OabVirtualDirectoryPowerShell to export mailbox data. [141] [142] S0151 HALFBAKED HALFBAKED can execute PowerShell scripts. [116] S0037 HAMMERTOSS HAMMERTOSS is known to use PowerShell. [143] S0499 Hancitor Hancitor has used PowerShell to execute commands. [144] S1229 Havoc Havoc can facilitate the execution of PowerShell commands. [145] S0170 Helminth One version of Helminth uses a PowerShell script. [146] G1001 HEXANE HEXANE has used PowerShell-based tools and scripts for discovery and collection on compromised hosts. [147] [148] [149] C0038 HomeLand Justice During HomeLand Justice , threat actors used PowerShell cmdlets New-MailboxSearch and Get-Recipient for discovery. [150] [151] G0100 Inception Inception has used PowerShell to execute malicious commands and payloads. [152] [153] G0119 Indrik Spider Indrik Spider has used PowerShell Empire for execution of malware. [154] [155] S1245 InvisibleFerret InvisibleFerret has utilized a PowerShell script created in the victims home directory named "conf.ps1" that is used to modify configuration files for AnyDesk remote services. [156] S1132 IPsec Helper IPsec Helper can run arbitrary PowerShell commands passed to it. [157] S0389 JCry JCry has used PowerShell to execute payloads. [158] S0648 JSS Loader JSS Loader has the ability to download and execute PowerShell scripts. [159] C0044 Juicy Mix During Juicy Mix , OilRig used a PowerShell script to steal credentials. [160] S0387 KeyBoy KeyBoy uses PowerShell commands to download and execute payloads. [161] S0526 KGH_SPY KGH_SPY can execute PowerShell commands on the victim's machine. [162] G0094 Kimsuky Kimsuky has executed a variety of PowerShell scripts including Invoke-Mimikatz. [163] [164] [165] [166] [167] [168] Kimsuky has also utilized PowerShell scripts for execution, persistence, and defense evasion. [169] Kimsuky has leveraged PowerShells cmdlet Expand-Archive to extract contents of zip files into the same directory. [168] Kimsuky has employed ClickFix type tactics enticing victims to copy and paste malicious PowerShell commands and scripts, where the scripts ultimately led to QuasarRAT . [170] S0250 Koadic Koadic has used PowerShell to establish persistence. [171] S0669 KOCTOPUS KOCTOPUS has used PowerShell commands to download additional files. [171] S0356 KONNI KONNI used PowerShell to download and execute a specific 64-bit version of the malware. [172] [173] G0032 Lazarus Group Lazarus Group has used PowerShell to execute commands and malicious code. [174] G0140 LazyScripter LazyScripter has used PowerShell scripts to execute malicious code. [171] S9039 LazyWiper LazyWiper has used PowerShell to enable data destruction on targeted systems. [175] G0065 Leviathan Leviathan has used PowerShell for execution. [176] [177] [178] [179] S0680 LitePower LitePower can use a PowerShell script to execute commands. [110] S0681 Lizar Lizar has used PowerShell scripts. [180] S1199 LockBit 2.0 LockBit 2.0 can use the PowerShell module InvokeGPUpdate to modify Group Policy. [181] [182] S1202 LockBit 3.0 LockBit 3.0 can use PowerShell to apply Group Policy changes. [183] S0447 Lokibot Lokibot has used PowerShell commands embedded inside batch scripts. [184] S9036 LP-Notes LP-Notes has been downloaded and executed by PowerShells Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-Expression cmdlets. [185] S1213 Lumma Stealer Lumma Stealer has used PowerShell for initial user execution and other fuctions. [186] [187] [188] [189] S1141 LunarWeb LunarWeb has the ability to run shell commands via PowerShell. [190] S1060 Mafalda Mafalda can execute PowerShell commands on a compromised machine. [191] G0059 Magic Hound Magic Hound has used PowerShell for execution and privilege escalation. [192] [193] [194] [195] [196] G1051 Medusa Group Medusa Group has leveraged PowerShell for execution and defense evasion. [197] [198] [199] Medusa Group has also utilized PowerShell to execute a bitsadmin transfer from file hosting site. [200] S1244 Medusa Ransomware Medusa Ransomware has launched PowerShell scripts for execution and defense evasion. [200] [201] G0045 menuPass menuPass uses PowerSploit to inject shellcode into PowerShell. [202] [203] S0688 Meteor Meteor can use PowerShell commands to disable the network adapters on a victim machines. [204] S0553 MoleNet MoleNet can use PowerShell to set persistence. [205] G0021 Molerats Molerats used PowerShell implants on target machines. [206] S0256 Mosquito Mosquito can launch PowerShell Scripts. [207] G1019 MoustachedBouncer MoustachedBouncer has used plugins to execute PowerShell scripts. [208] S9032 MuddyViper MuddyViper has used PowerShell.exe to launch a reverse shell. [185] G0069 MuddyWater MuddyWater has used PowerShell for execution. [209] [210] [211] [212] [213] [214] [215] [216] [217] [218] [170] G0129 Mustang Panda Mustang Panda has used malicious PowerShell scripts to enable execution. [219] [220] [221] S0457 Netwalker Netwalker has been written in PowerShell and executed directly in memory, avoiding detection. [222] [223] S0198 NETWIRE The NETWIRE binary has been executed via PowerShell script. [224] S0385 njRAT njRAT has executed PowerShell commands via auto-run registry key persistence. [225] G0133 Nomadic Octopus Nomadic Octopus has used PowerShell for execution. [226] G0049 OilRig OilRig has used PowerShell scripts for execution, including use of a macro to run a PowerShell command to decode file contents. [51] [227] [228] [229] C0060 Operation AkaiRyu During Operation AkaiRyu , MirrorFace used PowerShell in execution chains to drop additional files such as embedded CAB files. [230] [231] C0022 Operation Dream Job During Operation Dream Job , Lazarus Group used PowerShell commands to explore the environment of compromised victims. [232] C0014 Operation Wocao During Operation Wocao , threat actors used PowerShell on compromised systems. [233] S0352 OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D uses PowerShell scripts. [234] G0040 Patchwork Patchwork used PowerSploit to download payloads, run a reverse shell, and execute malware on the victim's machine. [235] [236] C0036 Pikabot Distribution February 2024 Pikabot Distribution February 2024 passed execution from obfuscated JavaScript files to PowerShell scripts to download and install Pikabot . [237] S0517 Pillowmint Pillowmint has used a PowerShell script to install a shim database. [238] G1040 Play Play has used Base64-encoded PowerShell scripts to disable Microsoft Defender. [239] G0033 Poseidon Group The Poseidon Group 's Information Gathering Tool (IGT) includes PowerShell components. [240] S0150 POSHSPY POSHSPY uses PowerShell to execute various commands, one to execute its payload. [241] S1173 PowerExchange PowerExchange can use PowerShell to execute commands received from C2. [242] S1012 PowerLess PowerLess is written in and executed via PowerShell without using powershell.exe. [243] S0685 PowerPunch PowerPunch has the ability to execute through PowerShell. [131] S0441 PowerShower PowerShower is a backdoor written in PowerShell. [152] S0145 POWERSOURCE POWERSOURCE is a PowerShell backdoor. [244] [245] S0194 PowerSploit PowerSploit modules are written in and executed via PowerShell . [246] [247] S0393 PowerStallion PowerStallion uses PowerShell loops to iteratively check for available commands in its OneDrive C2 server. [248] S0223 POWERSTATS POWERSTATS uses PowerShell for obfuscation and execution. [249] [213] [250] [217] S0371 POWERTON POWERTON is written in PowerShell. [251] S1046 PowGoop PowGoop has the ability to use PowerShell scripts to execute commands. [217] S0184 POWRUNER POWRUNER is written in PowerShell. [51] S1058 Prestige Prestige can use PowerShell for payload execution on targeted systems. [252] S0613 PS1 PS1 can utilize a PowerShell loader. [253] S0196 PUNCHBUGGY PUNCHBUGGY has used PowerShell scripts. [254] S0192 Pupy Pupy has a module for loading and executing PowerShell scripts. [255] S9019 PureCrypter PureCrypter can execute PowerShell commands to exclude files from EDR and to self-delete. [256] [257] S1032 PyDCrypt PyDCrypt has attempted to execute with PowerShell. [258] S0583 Pysa Pysa has used Powershell scripts to deploy its ransomware. [259] S0650 QakBot QakBot can use PowerShell to download and execute payloads. [260] S1242 Qilin Qilin has been deployed on VMware vCenter and ESXi servers via custom PowerShell script. [261] [262] Qilin has also used PowerShell for discovery in vCenter and Active Directory environments. [263] S0269 QUADAGENT QUADAGENT uses PowerShell scripts for execution. [264] S1212 RansomHub RansomHub can use PowerShell to delete volume shadow copies. [265] S0241 RATANKBA There is a variant of RATANKBA that uses a PowerShell script instead of the traditional PE form. [266] [267] G1039 RedCurl RedCurl has used PowerShell to execute commands and to download malware. [268] [269] [270] C0047 RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations Mustang Panda used LNK files to execute PowerShell commands leading to eventual PlugX installation during RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations . [271] S0511 RegDuke RegDuke can extract and execute PowerShell scripts from C2 communications. [109] S0379 Revenge RAT Revenge RAT uses the PowerShell command Reflection.Assembly to load itself into memory to aid in execution. [272] S0496 REvil REvil has used PowerShell to delete volume shadow copies and download files. [273] [274] [275] [276] S0270 RogueRobin RogueRobin uses a command prompt to run a PowerShell script from Excel. [90] To assist in establishing persistence, RogueRobin creates %APPDATA%\\OneDrive.bat and saves the following string to it: powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -exec bypass -File "%APPDATA%\\OneDrive.ps1" . [277] [90] G1031 Saint Bear Saint Bear relies extensively on PowerShell execution from malicious attachments and related content to retrieve and execute follow-on payloads. [278] S1018 Saint Bot Saint Bot has used PowerShell for execution. [278] G0034 Sandworm Team Sandworm Team has used PowerShell scripts to run a credential harvesting tool in memory to evade defenses. [279] [6] S1085 Sardonic Sardonic has the ability to execute PowerShell commands on a compromised machine. [280] G1015 Scattered Spider Scattered Spider has used the PowerShell cmdlet Get-ADUser. [281] S0053 SeaDuke SeaDuke uses a module to execute Mimikatz with PowerShell to perform Pass the Ticket . [20] S0382 ServHelper ServHelper has the ability to execute a PowerShell script to get information from the infected host. [282] S9008 Shai-Hulud Shai-Hulud has utilized PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest to download and install the malicious payload. [283] C0058 SharePoint ToolShell Exploitation During SharePoint ToolShell Exploitation , threat actors used PowerShell to execute attacker-controlled encoded commands. [284] [285] [286] [287] S0546 SharpStage SharpStage can execute arbitrary commands with PowerShell. [205] [288] S0450 SHARPSTATS SHARPSTATS has the ability to employ a custom PowerShell script. [250] S1178 ShrinkLocker ShrinkLocker uses PowerShell to disable protectors used to secure the BitLocker encryption key on victim machines and then delete the key from the system. [289] G0121 Sidewinder Sidewinder has used PowerShell to drop and execute malware loaders. [290] G0091 Silence Silence has used PowerShell to download and execute payloads. [291] [292] S0692 SILENTTRINITY SILENTTRINITY can use PowerShell to execute commands. [293] S0633 Sliver Sliver has built-in functionality to launch a Powershell command prompt. [294] S0649 SMOKEDHAM SMOKEDHAM can execute Powershell commands sent from its C2 server. [295] S1086 Snip3 Snip3 can use a PowerShell script for second-stage execution. [296] [297] S0273 Socksbot Socksbot can write and execute PowerShell scripts. [236] C0024 SolarWinds Compromise During the SolarWinds Compromise , APT29 used PowerShell to create new tasks on remote machines, identify configuration settings, exfiltrate data, and execute other commands. [298] [299] [300] S1140 Spica Spica can use an obfuscated PowerShell command to create a scheduled task for persistence. [301] S0390 SQLRat SQLRat has used PowerShell to create a Meterpreter session. [302] S1030 Squirrelwaffle Squirrelwaffle has used PowerShell to execute its payload. [303] [304] G0038 Stealth Falcon Stealth Falcon malware uses PowerShell commands to perform various functions, including gathering system information via WMI and executing commands from its C2 server. [305] G1053 Storm-0501 Storm-0501 has leveraged PowerShell to execute commands and scripts. [306] [307] G1046 Storm-1811 Storm-1811 has used PowerShell for multiple purposes, such as using PowerShell scripts executing in an infinite loop to create an SSH connection to a command and control server. [308] S1183 StrelaStealer StrelaStealer variants have used PowerShell scripts to download or drop payloads, including obfuscated variants to connect to a WebDAV server to download and executed an encrypted DLL for installation. [309] S0491 StrongPity StrongPity can use PowerShell to add files to the Windows Defender exclusions list. [310] S9001 SystemBC SystemBC has used hidden scheduled tasks to execute PowerShell commands by adding the following: -WindowStyle Hidden -ep bypass -file . [311] G1018 TA2541 TA2541 has used PowerShell to download files and to inject into various Windows processes. [312] G0062 TA459 TA459 has used PowerShell for execution of a payload. [313] G0092 TA505 TA505 has used PowerShell to download and execute malware and reconnaissance scripts. [314] [315] [316] [317] S1193 TAMECAT TAMECAT has used PowerShell to download and run additional content. [318] G0139 TeamTNT TeamTNT has executed PowerShell commands in batch scripts. [319] G0027 Threat Group-3390 Threat Group-3390 has used PowerShell for execution. [320] [65] G0076 Thrip Thrip leveraged PowerShell to run commands to download payloads, traverse the compromised networks, and carry out reconnaissance. [321] G1022 ToddyCat ToddyCat has used Powershell scripts to perform post exploit collection. [322] G0131 Tonto Team Tonto Team has used PowerShell to download additional payloads. [323] S1201 TRANSLATEXT TRANSLATEXT has used PowerShell to collect system information and to upload the collected data to a Github repository. [324] S0266 TrickBot TrickBot has been known to use PowerShell to download new payloads, open documents, and upload data to command and control servers. [325] C0030 Triton Safety Instrumented System Attack In the Triton Safety Instrumented System Attack , TEMP.Veles used a publicly available PowerShell-based tool, WMImplant. [326] S1196 Troll Stealer Troll Stealer creates and executes a PowerShell script to delete itself. [327] S9034 Tsundere Botnet Tsundere Botnet has been distributed via a PowerShell script. [328] [329] G0010 Turla Turla has used PowerShell to execute commands/scripts, in some cases via a custom executable or code from Empire 's PSInject. [330] [248] [331] Turla has also used PowerShell scripts to load and execute malware in memory. G1048 UNC3886 UNC3886 has used a PowerShell script to search memory dumps for credentials. [332] S0386 Ursnif Ursnif droppers have used PowerShell in download cradles to download and execute the malware's full executable payload. [333] S0476 Valak Valak has used PowerShell to download additional modules. [334] G1055 VOID MANTICORE VOID MANTICORE has utilized PowerShell to execute malware in victim environments. [335] [336] G1017 Volt Typhoon Volt Typhoon has used PowerShell including for remote system discovery. [337] [338] [339] S0670 WarzoneRAT WarzoneRAT can use PowerShell to download files and execute commands. [340] [341] S0514 WellMess WellMess can execute PowerShell scripts received from C2. [342] [343] S0689 WhisperGate WhisperGate can use PowerShell to support multiple actions including execution and defense evasion. [344] [345] [346] G1035 Winter Vivern Winter Vivern passed execution from document macros to PowerShell scripts during initial access operations. [347] Winter Vivern used batch scripts that called PowerShell commands as part of initial access and installation operations. [348] G0090 WIRTE WIRTE has used PowerShell for script execution. [349] G0102 Wizard Spider Wizard Spider has used macros to execute PowerShell scripts to download malware on victim's machines. [350] It has also used PowerShell to execute commands and move laterally through a victim network. [351] [352] [353] [354] S1065 Woody RAT Woody RAT can execute PowerShell commands and scripts with the use of .NET DLL, WoodyPowerSession . [355] S0341 Xbash Xbash can use scripts to invoke PowerShell to download a malicious PE executable or PE DLL for execution. [356] S1151 ZeroCleare ZeroCleare can use a malicious PowerShell script to bypass Windows controls. [357] S0330 Zeus Panda Zeus Panda uses PowerShell to download and execute the payload. [358] Mitigations ID Mitigation Description M1049 Antivirus/Antimalware Anti-virus can be used to automatically quarantine suspicious files. M1045 Code Signing Set PowerShell execution policy to execute only signed scripts. M1042 Disable or Remove Feature or Program It may be possible to remove PowerShell from systems when not needed, but a review should be performed to assess the impact to an environment, since it could be in use for many legitimate purposes and administrative functions. Disable/restrict the WinRM Service to help prevent uses of PowerShell for remote execution. M1038 Execution Prevention Use application control where appropriate. PowerShell Constrained Language mode can be used to restrict access to sensitive or otherwise dangerous language elements such as those used to execute arbitrary Windows APIs or files (e.g., Add-Type ). [359] M1026 Privileged Account Management When PowerShell is necessary, consider restricting PowerShell execution policy to administrators. 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