Detecting malicious PowerShell with script block logging
Turn PowerShell logs into detections: rebuild 4104 script blocks, use AMSI and engine events, spot obfuscation and unmanaged PowerShell, tune out admin noise.
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Turn PowerShell logs into detections: rebuild 4104 script blocks, use AMSI and engine events, spot obfuscation and unmanaged PowerShell, tune out admin noise.
Choose a Sysmon configuration, cut noise without creating blind spots, roll out updates safely across thousands of hosts and monitor Sysmon itself.
Windows Event Forwarding that holds up: collectors, source-initiated subscriptions, XPath queries, delivery tuning, Security log access and health checks.
A practical reference to the Windows event IDs worth collecting and alerting on: logons, failure codes, Kerberos, account changes, persistence and tampering.
Configure advanced audit policy subcategories, command-line capture, log sizes, Sysmon and Windows Event Forwarding so Windows logs can answer who, what, where and when.