title: T1086 Non Interactive PowerShell
description: Detects non-interactive PowerShell activity by looking at powershell.exe with not explorer.exe as a parent.
status: experimental
date: 2019/09/12
modified: 2019/11/10
author: Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g (rule), oscd.community (improvements)
references:
    - https://github.com/Cyb3rWard0g/ThreatHunter-Playbook/tree/master/playbooks/windows/02_execution/T1086_powershell/basic_powershell_execution.md
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection: 
        Image|endswith: '\powershell.exe'
    filter:
        ParentImage|endswith: '\explorer.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: critical