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Fileless Malware Detection API Reference

Windows Event IDs for Fileless Detection

Event ID Log Description
4104 PowerShell Operational Script Block Logging (full script content)
4103 PowerShell Operational Module Logging
1 Sysmon Process Creation with command line
8 Sysmon CreateRemoteThread (injection)
10 Sysmon ProcessAccess (injection prep)
19/20/21 Sysmon WMI Event Filter/Consumer/Binding
7045 System New service installed

python-evtx - Parse Windows Event Logs

import Evtx.Evtx as evtx

with evtx.Evtx("Security.evtx") as log:
    for record in log.records():
        xml = record.xml()
        if "<EventID>4104</EventID>" in xml:
            print(record.timestamp(), xml[:500])

Volatility 3 Commands

# Detect injected code (RWX memory, PE headers in non-image VADs)
vol3 -f memory.dmp windows.malfind

# List processes
vol3 -f memory.dmp windows.pslist

# Scan for hidden processes
vol3 -f memory.dmp windows.psscan

# List loaded DLLs
vol3 -f memory.dmp windows.dlllist --pid 1234

# Extract injected code
vol3 -f memory.dmp windows.malfind --dump --pid 1234

LOLBins Detection Patterns (Sysmon)

<!-- Sysmon config for LOLBin monitoring -->
<RuleGroup groupRelation="or">
  <ProcessCreate onmatch="include">
    <Image condition="end with">mshta.exe</Image>
    <Image condition="end with">regsvr32.exe</Image>
    <Image condition="end with">certutil.exe</Image>
    <Image condition="end with">wmic.exe</Image>
    <Image condition="end with">cmstp.exe</Image>
    <Image condition="end with">msbuild.exe</Image>
  </ProcessCreate>
</RuleGroup>

Suspicious PowerShell Indicators

-enc / -EncodedCommand    → Base64-encoded command
IEX / Invoke-Expression   → Dynamic code execution
Net.WebClient             → Download cradle
DownloadString()          → Remote script fetch
Reflection.Assembly       → Reflective .NET loading
VirtualAlloc              → Shellcode allocation
FromBase64String          → Payload decoding

WMI Persistence Check

# 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