Sigma rule: AzureHound PowerShell Commands

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-f83c0c6ad68d, updated 2023-01-02T00:00:00.000Z.

SigmaHQ marks this rule as deprecated.

Rule

Title
AzureHound PowerShell Commands
Status
deprecated
Level
high
Author
Austin Songer (@austinsonger)
Date
2021/10/23
Modified
2023/01/02
File
deprecated/windows/posh_ps_azurehound_commands.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of AzureHound in PowerShell, a tool to gather data from Azure for BloodHound

Log source

product
windows
category
ps_script
definition
Script Block Logging must be enabled

Detection

selection:
    ScriptBlockText|contains: Invoke-AzureHound
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.discovery
  • attack.t1482
  • attack.t1087
  • attack.t1087.001
  • attack.t1087.002
  • attack.t1069.001
  • attack.t1069.002
  • attack.t1069

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/posh_ps_azurehound_commands.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "AzureHound PowerShell Commands" by Austin Songer (@austinsonger) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/posh_ps_azurehound_commands.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: AzureHound PowerShell Commands",
entity page, dataset version ref-f83c0c6ad68d, updated 2023-01-02T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/83083ac6-1816-4e76-97d7-59af9a9ae46e (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 83083ac6-1816-4e76-97d7-59af9a9ae46e, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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