HackTool - PowerTool Execution

 Original Source: [Sigma source]
Title: HackTool - PowerTool Execution
Status: test
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
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
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2022-11-29
modified:2023-02-04
Tags:
  • -'attack.defense-impairment'
  • -'attack.t1685'
Logsource:
  • product: windows
  • category: process_creation
Detection:
  selection:
    - Image|endswith:
      - '\PowerTool.exe'
      - '\PowerTool64.exe'
OriginalFileName:'PowerTool.exe'   condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Unlikely
Level: high