New PowerShell History Defense Evasion Technique

Summary

This article from Black Hills Information Security details a new defense evasion technique involving PowerShell's command history functionality. The technique leverages how PowerShell writes executed commands to a file, which can be manipulated for malicious purposes.

IFF Assessment

FOE

This article describes a new technique that attackers can use to evade defenses, which is bad news for defenders.

Defender Context

This technique highlights the importance of monitoring and securing PowerShell execution environments, as attackers can exploit its built-in logging features. Defenders should consider implementing additional logging, detection rules, and potentially restricting or carefully auditing PowerShell history configurations.

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