ATT&CK Technique · Execution
T1059.001 PowerShellMapped by 15 reports, 21 detection rules and 12 tracked actors on The Hunters Ledger. Technique page on attack.mitre.org.
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Reports
Each report maps this technique in its own ATT&CK table, at the confidence the report states. The link opens that table.
Report
Quasar + XWorm + PowerShell
Detection rules
Rules whose ATT&CK coverage line names this technique, by detection page. The link opens the page's coverage table.
Detection rules
FACEIT ClickFix Pages Point CS2 Players to a Script URL That VirusTotal Ties to a Steam-Focused ExecutableClickFix PowerShell Stager Pasted Into Run Dialog Downloading a Script Then Running It (SIGMA, Hunting); PowerShell Writing a Script Into a Roaming Profile Subfolder (SIGMA, Hunting)
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Carrier Credential Harvesting Through a Customer's RouterCommand Shell Spawned by a Web Server or Application Server Process (SIGMA, Detection)
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CloudSync: An Assembler's Intrusion ToolkitIIS Worker Process Spawning A Command Shell (SIGMA, Detection)
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GOCLOUD Multi-Service CryptojackingPowerShell IEX Download Cradle From Remote Host (SIGMA, Hunting)
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Russian Gemini CLI Credential Mill (213.165.51.115)PowerShell WindowsUpdateManager Stealer Loader (YARA, Detection)
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Turkish ARPA AI-Augmented Observability Compromise (209.38.205.158)Rule 1: PowerShell Instana Local Collector (YARA, Detection); Sigma Rule 1: PowerShell Process Invoking Instana API with Stored JWT Bearer Token (SIGMA, Detection)
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HijackLoader / Penguish / Rugmi to AsyncRAT Multi-Vector Phishing CampaignHijackLoader GrimResource MMC Spawning PowerShell Adding Defender Exclusion (SIGMA, Detection)
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AdaptixC2 Open Directory Exposure (45.130.148.125)AdaptixC2 PowerShell Loader: AMSI Bypass and SI Injector Invocation (YARA, Hunting); AdaptixC2 PowerShell Loader: AMSI Bypass and SI Injector Invocation (SIGMA, Hunting); Potential AMSI Bypass via Reflection Over Assembly Types and Private Field Zeroing (SIGMA, Hunting)
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Chaos Ransomware (TorBrowserTor) Multi-Stage Loader (94.103.1.13)Batch Dropper Structural Anchors (YARA, Detection)
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Open Directory at 193.56.255.154 — XiebroC2 v3.1 & Covenant C2Covenant PowerShell Fileless Loader: GruntHTTP.ps1 (YARA, Detection); Shell Process Spawned from main.exe (XiebroC2 Implant Parent-Child Pattern) (SIGMA, Hunting); PowerShell Fileless Loader: Deflate Decode with Reflective Assembly Load (SIGMA, Hunting)
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ZeroTrace Multi-Family MaaS Operation (74.0.42.25)Fileless PowerShell PE Dropper ExecutionPolicy Bypass from Non-Standard Parent (SIGMA, Hunting)
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Sliver C2 Toolchain with ScareCrow Loader (45.94.31.220)Sliver Stager PowerShell AMSI Bypass via Reflection (SIGMA, Detection); PowerShell WebClient DownloadFile Execution (Sliver Stager Download Pattern) (SIGMA, Hunting); PowerShell Drops Executable to TEMP Directory (SIGMA, Hunting)
Detection rules
Quasar + XWorm + PowerShellVBScript-Spawned PowerShell In-Memory Payload Download (SIGMA, Hunting)
Tracked actors
Designations whose reports map this technique.
- UTA-2026-001: Sliver C2 operator with an automated ScareCrow, Donut and SysWhispers3 build pipeline
- UTA-2026-002: XiebroC2 and Covenant operator working from a Chinese-language build environment
- UTA-2026-004: Developer of the OpenStrike multi-implant C2 toolkit, with a cracked Cobalt Strike arsenal
- UTA-2026-005: Chaos ransomware builder user with a private five-stage crypter
- UTA-2026-006: Stock AdaptixC2 operator with an operator-written PowerShell and .NET injection chain
- UTA-2026-007: HijackLoader customer running a 15-month multi-vector phishing campaign into an AsyncRAT-class RAT
- UTA-2026-012: AI-augmented credential-mill operator using an LLM for per-target password mutation
- UTA-2026-013: Espionage-flavoured operator harvesting a state-affiliated insurer's observability stack through an AI agent platform
- UTA-2026-020: Self-branded commodity cryptojacking operator mass-exploiting exposed Chinese enterprise software
- UTA-2026-021: Assembler-model intrusion operator staging other actors' tooling against one German victim forest
- UTA-2026-023: Telecom-focused operator reaching a carrier's credential plane through a customer's managed router
- UTA-2026-024: Windows post-exploitation intrusion set with Sliver and a blockchain-resolved implant
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