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HackTool - HandleKatz LSASS Dumper Execution

Detects the use of HandleKatz, a tool that demonstrates the usage of cloned handles to Lsass in order to create an obfuscated memory dump of the same

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Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Created Thu Aug 18Updated Sat Nov 23ca621ba5-54ab-4035-9942-d378e6fcde3cwindows

Log Source

WindowsProcess Creation

ProductWindows← raw: windows

CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection_loader_img:
        Image|endswith: '\loader.exe'
        CommandLine|contains: '--pid:'
    selection_loader_imphash:
        Hashes|contains:
            - 'IMPHASH=38D9E015591BBFD4929E0D0F47FA0055'
            - 'IMPHASH=0E2216679CA6E1094D63322E3412D650'
    selection_flags:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '--pid:'
            - '--outfile:'
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '.dmp'
            - 'lsass'
            - '.obf'
            - 'dump'
    condition: 1 of selection_*