Sigma rule: Suspicious Bitsadmin Job via PowerShell

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-c6008c398aa1, updated 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z.

SigmaHQ marks this rule as deprecated.

Rule

Title
Suspicious Bitsadmin Job via PowerShell
Status
deprecated
Level
high
Author
Endgame, JHasenbusch (ported to sigma for oscd.community)
Date
2018/10/30
Modified
2022/11/21
File
deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_powershell_bitsjob.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detect download by BITS jobs via PowerShell

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection:
    Image|endswith:
        - '\powershell.exe'
        - '\pwsh.exe'
    CommandLine|contains: 'Start-BitsTransfer'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.defense_evasion
  • attack.persistence
  • attack.t1197

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/proc_creation_win_powershell_bitsjob.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Suspicious Bitsadmin Job via PowerShell" by Endgame, JHasenbusch (ported to sigma for oscd.community) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_powershell_bitsjob.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: Suspicious Bitsadmin Job via PowerShell",
entity page, dataset version ref-c6008c398aa1, updated 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/f67dbfce-93bc-440d-86ad-a95ae8858c90 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule f67dbfce-93bc-440d-86ad-a95ae8858c90, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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