Suspicious PowerSploit's recon module (PowerView) used to search for exposed hosts

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
ATT&CK Tactic	Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote System Discovery (T1018)
Severity	Medium

Description

An attacker may use PowerSploit to reconnaissance the network for exposed hosts to move laterally to.

Attacker's Goals

Collect information about the host, network and user configuration for lateral movement and privilege escalation.

Investigative actions

• Verify that the relevant function was indeed run by PowerSploit (https://powersploit.readthedocs.io/#recon).
• Understand what information the attacker had gathered from the command and investigate relevant assets.