Suspicious Audio Capture through PowerShell (via process_creation)
This rule detects audio capture via PowerShell Cmdlet.
SigmamediumWindowsv1
sigma
suspicious-audio-capture-through-powershell-via-process-creation
title: Suspicious Audio Capture through PowerShell (via process_creation)
id: 83c09164-d79c-55f4-a22b-8061b5aee267
status: stable
description: This rule detects audio capture via PowerShell Cmdlet.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1123/
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1123/T1123.md
- https://eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/ab7a6ef4-0983-4275-a4f1-5c6bd3c31c23.html
- https://github.com/frgnca/AudioDeviceCmdlets
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-04-10
tags:
- attack.collection
- attack.t1123
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'WindowsAudioDevice-Powershell-Cmdlet'
- 'Toggle-AudioDevice'
- 'Get-AudioDevice '
- 'Set-AudioDevice '
- 'Write-AudioDevice '
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
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.