Suspicious Recon Behavior Via Get-LocalGroupMember Cmdlet (via process_creation)

title: Suspicious Recon Behavior Via Get-LocalGroupMember Cmdlet (via process_creation)
id: 272ae414-acc5-5d1b-871b-75af0d589dfe
status: stable
description: This rule detects anomalous reconnaissance command line behavior on Windows systems using the PowerShell Get-LocalGroupMember Cmdlet
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087/001/
    - https://www.absolomb.com/2018-01-26-Windows-Privilege-Escalation-Guide/
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-01-21
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1087.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_cmdlet:
        CommandLine|contains: 'Get-LocalGroupMember '
    selection_group:
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'domain admins'
            - ' administrator'
            - ' administrateur'
            - 'enterprise admins'
            - 'Exchange Trusted Subsystem'
            - 'Remote Desktop Users'
            - 'Utilisateurs du Bureau à distance'
            - 'Usuarios de escritorio remoto'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium