title: PowerTool Execution
id: a34f79a3-8e5f-4cc3-b765-de00695452c2
status: experimental
description: Detects the execution of the tool PowerTool which has the ability to kill a process, delete its process file, unload drivers, and delete the driver files
references:
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/11/28/emotet-strikes-again-lnk-file-leads-to-domain-wide-ransomware/
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/i/play-ransomware-s-attack-playbook-unmasks-it-as-another-hive-aff.html
    - https://twitter.com/gbti_sa/status/1249653895900602375?lang=en
    - https://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/ithurricane-PowerTool.shtml
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali
date: 2022/11/29
tags:
    - attack.defense_evasion
    - attack.t1562.001
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: process_creation
detection:
    selection:
        - Image|endswith:
            - '\PowerTool.exe'
            - '\PowerTool64.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'PowerTool.exe'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high