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+title: PowerShell Encoded Character Syntax
+id: e312efd0-35a1-407f-8439-b8d434b438a6
+status: experimental
+description: Detects suspicious encoded character syntax often used for defense evasion
+references:
+    - https://twitter.com/0gtweet/status/1281103918693482496
+tags:
+    - attack.execution
+    - attack.defense_evasion
+    - attack.t1027
+    - attack.t1086
+    - attack.t1059.001
+author: Florian Roth
+date: 2020/07/09
+logsource:
+    category: process_creation
+    product: windows
+detection:
+    selection:
+        CommandLine: '(WCHAR)0x'
+    condition: selection
+falsepositives:
+    - Unknown
+level: high