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Imported from mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills (skills/analyzing-powershell-script-block-logging/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills --skill analyzing-powershell-script-block-logging. Copyright stays with the author (Apache-2.0).

Analyzing PowerShell Script Block Logging

Name: analyzing-powershell-script-block-logging
Author: mukul975

When to Use

When investigating security incidents that require analyzing powershell script block logging
When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

Prerequisites

Familiarity with security operations concepts and tools
Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
Appropriate authorization for any testing activities

Instructions

Install dependencies: pip install python-evtx lxml
Collect PowerShell Operational logs: Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell%4Operational.evtx
Parse Event ID 4104 entries using python-evtx to extract ScriptBlockText, ScriptBlockId, and MessageNumber/MessageTotal for multi-part script reconstruction.
Apply detection heuristics:
- Base64-encoded commands (-EncodedCommand, FromBase64String)
- Download cradles (DownloadString, DownloadFile, Invoke-WebRequest, Net.WebClient)
- AMSI bypass patterns (AmsiUtils, amsiInitFailed)
- Obfuscation indicators (high entropy, tick-mark insertion, string concatenation)
Generate a report with reconstructed scripts, risk scores, and MITRE ATT&CK mappings.

python scripts/agent.py --evtx-file /path/to/PowerShell-Operational.evtx --output ps_analysis.json

Examples

Detect Encoded Command Execution

import base64
if "-encodedcommand" in script_text.lower():
    encoded = script_text.split()[-1]
    decoded = base64.b64decode(encoded).decode("utf-16-le")

Reconstruct Multi-Block Script

Scripts split across multiple 4104 events share a ScriptBlockId. Concatenate blocks ordered by MessageNumber to recover the full script.

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml

targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-analyzing-powers-61cf88/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-analyzing-powers-61cf88.ocm.jsonjson

{
  "ocm": "1",
  "id": "mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-analyzing-powers-61cf88",
  "kind": "skill",
  "name": "analyzing-powershell-script-block-logging",
  "description": "Parse Windows PowerShell Script Block Logs (Event ID 4104) from EVTX files to detect obfuscated commands, encoded payloads, and living-off-the-land techniques. Uses python-evtx to extract and reconstruct multi-block scripts, applies entropy analysis and pattern matching for Base64-encoded commands, Invoke-Expression abuse, download cradles, and AMSI bypass attempts.",
  "publisher": "mukul975",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "domains": [
      "coding"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
      "powershell",
      "script-block-logging",
      "event-id-4104",
      "obfuscation-detection",
      "windows-forensics",
      "endpoint-security",
      "skills-sh"
    ],
    "languages": [
      "en"
    ]
  },
  "quality_prior": 0.6,
  "examples": [
    "Parse Windows PowerShell Script Block Logs (Event ID 4104) from EVTX files to detect obfuscated commands, encoded payloads, and living-off-the-land techniques. Uses python-evtx to extract and reconstruct multi-block scripts, applies entropy analysis and pattern matching for Base64-encoded commands, Invoke-Expression abuse, download cradles, and AMSI bypass attempts."
  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "skills.sh",
      "repository": "https://github.com/mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills",
      "path": "skills/analyzing-powershell-script-block-logging/SKILL.md",
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "url": "https://github.com/mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/analyzing-powershell-script-block-logging/SKILL.md",
      "key": "mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills/skills/analyzing-powershell-script-block-logging/SKILL.md"
    },
    "license": "Apache-2.0"
  },
  "instructions": "# Analyzing PowerShell Script Block Logging\n\n\n## When to Use\n\n- When investigating security incidents that require analyzing powershell script block logging\n- When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain\n- When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type\n- When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques\n\n## Prerequisites\n\n- Familiarity with security operations concepts and tools\n- Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution\n- Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed\n- Appropriate authorization for any t",
  "cost": {
    "context_tokens": 470
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-analyzing-powers-61cf88/manifest?version=1.0.0

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