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API Reference: Detecting Fileless Attacks on Endpoints

Key Event Sources

Source Event ID Detection
PowerShell Script Block 4104 Malicious script content
Sysmon Process Create 1 Encoded command execution
Sysmon CreateRemoteThread 8 Reflective DLL injection
Sysmon WMI EventFilter 19 WMI persistence
Sysmon WMI EventConsumer 20 WMI persistence
Sysmon WMI Binding 21 WMI persistence

python-evtx Usage

import Evtx.Evtx as evtx
with evtx.Evtx("PowerShell-Operational.evtx") as log:
    for record in log.records():
        xml = record.xml()
        # Parse Event 4104 ScriptBlockText

Suspicious PowerShell Patterns

# Dynamic execution
r"Invoke-Expression|IEX\s*\("
# Reflective loading
r"System\.Reflection\.Assembly.*Load"
# Memory injection APIs
r"VirtualAlloc|VirtualProtect|CreateThread"
# WMI persistence
r"Register-WMI|__EventFilter|__EventConsumer"
# Encoded commands
r"-enc\s|-encodedcommand\s"

Splunk SPL - Fileless Detection

index=powershell EventCode=4104
| where match(ScriptBlockText, "(?i)(Invoke-Expression|IEX|VirtualAlloc|FromBase64)")
| stats count by ScriptBlockText, Computer, UserID

AMSI (Anti-Malware Scan Interface)

# Enable AMSI logging
Set-MpPreference -EnableNetworkProtection Enabled
# Check AMSI status
Get-MpComputerStatus | Select AMServiceEnabled, AntispywareEnabled

WMI Persistence Detection

# List WMI event subscriptions
Get-WMIObject -Namespace root\Subscription -Class __EventFilter
Get-WMIObject -Namespace root\Subscription -Class __EventConsumer
Get-WMIObject -Namespace root\Subscription -Class __FilterToConsumerBinding

CLI Usage

python agent.py --ps-log PowerShell-Operational.evtx
python agent.py --sysmon-log Sysmon.evtx --check-wmi --check-injection