Possible New Service Creation Via PowerShell (via process_creation)
This rule detects the creation of a new service using powershell.
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possible-new-service-creation-via-powershell-via-process-creation
title: Possible New Service Creation Via PowerShell (via process_creation)
id: 56cda383-52fa-5620-b059-9962020754e0
status: stable
description: This rule detects the creation of a new service using powershell.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/003/
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1543.003/T1543.003.md
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-02-01
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1543.003
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains|all:
- 'New-Service'
- '-BinaryPathName'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: low
Known false positives
- Unknown
Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.