Rule Library

Sigma Rules

1,701 rules found

3,707Total
3,116Detection
451Emerging
137Hunting
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HackTool - CobaltStrike BOF Injection Pattern

Detects a typical pattern of a CobaltStrike BOF which inject into other processes

WindowsProcess Access
TA0002 · ExecutionT1106 · Native APITA0005 · Defense EvasionT1562.001 · Disable or Modify Tools
Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)Wed Aug 04windows
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HackTool - Generic Process Access

Detects process access requests from hacktool processes based on their default image name

WindowsProcess Access
TA0006 · Credential AccessT1003.001 · LSASS MemoryS0002 · Mimikatz
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Mon Nov 27windows
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HackTool - HandleKatz Duplicating LSASS Handle

Detects HandleKatz opening LSASS to duplicate its handle to later dump the memory without opening any new handles

WindowsProcess Access
TA0002 · ExecutionT1106 · Native APITA0005 · Defense EvasionT1003.001 · LSASS Memory+1
Bhabesh RajMon Jun 27windows
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HackTool - LittleCorporal Generated Maldoc Injection

Detects the process injection of a LittleCorporal generated Maldoc.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0002 · ExecutionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1204.002 · Malicious File+1
Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)Mon Aug 09windows
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HackTool - SysmonEnte Execution

Detects the use of SysmonEnte, a tool to attack the integrity of Sysmon

WindowsProcess Access
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1562.002 · Disable Windows Event Logging
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Sep 07windows
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Lsass Memory Dump via Comsvcs DLL

Detects adversaries leveraging the MiniDump export function from comsvcs.dll via rundll32 to perform a memory dump from lsass.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0006 · Credential AccessT1003.001 · LSASS Memory
Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g)+1Tue Oct 20windows
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LSASS Memory Access by Tool With Dump Keyword In Name

Detects LSASS process access requests from a source process with the "dump" keyword in its image name.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0006 · Credential AccessT1003.001 · LSASS MemoryS0002 · Mimikatz
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Thu Feb 10windows
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Credential Dumping Activity By Python Based Tool

Detects LSASS process access for potential credential dumping by a Python-like tool such as LaZagne or Pypykatz.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0006 · Credential AccessT1003.001 · LSASS MemoryS0349 · S0349
Bhabesh Raj+1Mon Nov 27windows
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Remote LSASS Process Access Through Windows Remote Management

Detects remote access to the LSASS process via WinRM. This could be a sign of credential dumping from tools like mimikatz.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0006 · Credential AccessTA0002 · ExecutionT1003.001 · LSASS MemoryT1059.001 · PowerShell+3
Patryk Prauze - ING TechMon May 20windows
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Suspicious LSASS Access Via MalSecLogon

Detects suspicious access to LSASS handle via a call trace to "seclogon.dll" with a suspicious access right.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0006 · Credential AccessT1003.001 · LSASS Memory
Samir Bousseaden (original elastic rule)+1Wed Jun 29windows
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Credential Dumping Attempt Via WerFault

Detects process LSASS memory dump using Mimikatz, NanoDump, Invoke-Mimikatz, Procdump or Taskmgr based on the CallTrace pointing to ntdll.dll, dbghelp.dll or dbgcore.dll for win10, server2016 and up.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0006 · Credential AccessT1003.001 · LSASS MemoryS0002 · Mimikatz
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Jun 27windows
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LSASS Access From Potentially White-Listed Processes

Detects a possible process memory dump that uses a white-listed filename like TrolleyExpress.exe as a way to dump the LSASS process memory without Microsoft Defender interference

WindowsProcess Access
TA0006 · Credential AccessT1003.001 · LSASS MemoryS0002 · Mimikatz
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Thu Feb 10windows
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Suspicious Process Access to LSASS with Dbgcore/Dbghelp DLLs

Detects suspicious process access to LSASS.exe from processes located in uncommon locations with dbgcore.dll or dbghelp.dll in the call trace. These DLLs contain functions like MiniDumpWriteDump that can be abused for credential dumping purposes. While modern tools like Mimikatz have moved to using ntdll.dll, dbgcore.dll and dbghelp.dll are still used by basic credential dumping utilities and legacy tools for LSASS memory access and process suspension techniques.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0006 · Credential AccessT1003.001 · LSASS MemoryTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1562.001 · Disable or Modify Tools
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu Nov 27windows
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Credential Dumping Attempt Via Svchost

Detects when a process tries to access the memory of svchost to potentially dump credentials.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1548 · Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Florent LabouyrieFri Apr 30windows
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Suspicious Svchost Process Access

Detects suspicious access to the "svchost" process such as that used by Invoke-Phantom to kill the thread of the Windows event logging service.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1562.002 · Disable Windows Event Logging
Tim BurrellThu Jan 02windows
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UAC Bypass Using WOW64 Logger DLL Hijack

Detects the pattern of UAC Bypass using a WoW64 logger DLL hijack (UACMe 30)

WindowsProcess Access
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1548.002 · Bypass User Account Control
Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)Mon Aug 23windows
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Suspicious Process Access of MsMpEng by WerFaultSecure - EDR-Freeze

Detects process access events where WerFaultSecure accesses MsMpEng.exe with dbgcore.dll or dbghelp.dll in the call trace, indicating potential EDR freeze techniques. This technique leverages WerFaultSecure.exe running as a Protected Process Light (PPL) with WinTCB protection level to call MiniDumpWriteDump and suspend EDR/AV processes, allowing malicious activity to execute undetected during the suspension period.

WindowsProcess Access
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1562.001 · Disable or Modify Tools
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu Nov 27windows
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Suspicious AddinUtil.EXE CommandLine Execution

Detects execution of the Add-In deployment cache updating utility (AddInutil.exe) with suspicious Addinroot or Pipelineroot paths. An adversary may execute AddinUtil.exe with uncommon Addinroot/Pipelineroot paths that point to the adversaries Addins.Store payload.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1218 · System Binary Proxy Execution
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+2Mon Sep 18windows
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Potential Adplus.EXE Abuse

Detects execution of "AdPlus.exe", a binary that is part of the Windows SDK that can be used as a LOLBIN in order to dump process memory and execute arbitrary commands.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0002 · ExecutionTA0006 · Credential AccessT1003.001 · LSASS Memory
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Thu Jun 09windows
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Suspicious AgentExecutor PowerShell Execution

Detects execution of the AgentExecutor.exe binary. Which can be abused as a LOLBIN to execute powershell scripts with the ExecutionPolicy "Bypass" or any binary named "powershell.exe" located in the path provided by 6th positional argument

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1218 · System Binary Proxy Execution
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Sat Dec 24windows
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Windows AMSI Related Registry Tampering Via CommandLine

Detects tampering of AMSI (Anti-Malware Scan Interface) related registry values via command line tools such as reg.exe or PowerShell. AMSI provides a generic interface for applications and services to integrate with antimalware products. Adversaries may disable AMSI to evade detection of malicious scripts and code execution.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1562.001 · Disable or Modify ToolsT1562.006 · Indicator Blocking
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu Dec 25windows
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Suspicious ArcSOC.exe Child Process

Detects script interpreters, command-line tools, and similar suspicious child processes of ArcSOC.exe. ArcSOC.exe is the process name which hosts ArcGIS Server REST services. If an attacker compromises an ArcGIS Server system and uploads a malicious Server Object Extension (SOE), they can send crafted requests to the corresponding service endpoint and remotely execute code from the ArcSOC.exe process.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0002 · ExecutionT1059 · Command and Scripting InterpreterT1203 · Exploitation for Client Execution
Micah BabinskiTue Nov 25windows
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Suspicious Child Process of AspNetCompiler

Detects potentially suspicious child processes of "aspnet_compiler.exe".

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1127 · Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Mon Aug 14windows
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Potentially Suspicious ASP.NET Compilation Via AspNetCompiler

Detects execution of "aspnet_compiler.exe" with potentially suspicious paths for compilation.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1127 · Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Mon Aug 14windows
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Interactive AT Job

Detects an interactive AT job, which may be used as a form of privilege escalation.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0003 · PersistenceTA0002 · ExecutionTA0004 · Privilege EscalationT1053.002 · At
E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections+2Thu Oct 24windows
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Set Suspicious Files as System Files Using Attrib.EXE

Detects the usage of attrib with the "+s" option to set scripts or executables located in suspicious locations as system files to hide them from users and make them unable to be deleted with simple rights. The rule limits the search to specific extensions and directories to avoid FPs

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1564.001 · Hidden Files and Directories
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Jun 28windows
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Audit Policy Tampering Via NT Resource Kit Auditpol

Threat actors can use an older version of the auditpol binary available inside the NT resource kit to change audit policy configuration to impair detection capability. This can be carried out by selectively disabling/removing certain audit policies as well as restoring a custom policy owned by the threat actor.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1562.002 · Disable Windows Event Logging
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Sat Dec 18windows
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Audit Policy Tampering Via Auditpol

Threat actors can use auditpol binary to change audit policy configuration to impair detection capability. This can be carried out by selectively disabling/removing certain audit policies as well as restoring a custom policy owned by the threat actor.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1562.002 · Disable Windows Event Logging
Janantha MarasingheTue Feb 02windows
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Suspicious Autorun Registry Modified via WMI

Detects suspicious activity where the WMIC process is used to create an autorun registry entry via reg.exe, which is often indicative of persistence mechanisms employed by malware.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0004 · Privilege EscalationTA0002 · ExecutionTA0003 · PersistenceT1547.001 · Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder+1
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Mon Feb 17windows
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Suspicious BitLocker Access Agent Update Utility Execution

Detects the execution of the BitLocker Access Agent Update Utility (baaupdate.exe) which is not a common parent process for other processes. Suspicious child processes spawned by baaupdate.exe could indicate an attempt at lateral movement via BitLocker DCOM & COM Hijacking.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1218 · System Binary Proxy ExecutionTA0008 · Lateral MovementT1021.003 · Distributed Component Object Model
andrewdanis+1Sat Oct 18windows
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Boot Configuration Tampering Via Bcdedit.EXE

Detects the use of the bcdedit command to tamper with the boot configuration data. This technique is often times used by malware or attackers as a destructive way before launching ransomware.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0040 · ImpactT1490 · Inhibit System Recovery
E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections+2Thu Oct 24windows
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Suspicious Child Process Of BgInfo.EXE

Detects suspicious child processes of "BgInfo.exe" which could be a sign of potential abuse of the binary to proxy execution via external VBScript

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0002 · ExecutionT1059.005 · Visual BasicTA0005 · Defense EvasionT1218 · System Binary Proxy Execution+1
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Aug 16windows
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Suspicious Download From Direct IP Via Bitsadmin

Detects usage of bitsadmin downloading a file using an URL that contains an IP

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceT1197 · BITS JobsS0190 · S0190+1
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Tue Jun 28windows
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Suspicious Download From File-Sharing Website Via Bitsadmin

Detects usage of bitsadmin downloading a file from a suspicious domain

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceT1197 · BITS JobsS0190 · S0190+3
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Tue Jun 28windows
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File With Suspicious Extension Downloaded Via Bitsadmin

Detects usage of bitsadmin downloading a file with a suspicious extension

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceT1197 · BITS JobsS0190 · S0190+3
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)+1Tue Jun 28windows
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File Download Via Bitsadmin To A Suspicious Target Folder

Detects usage of bitsadmin downloading a file to a suspicious target folder

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0003 · PersistenceT1197 · BITS JobsS0190 · S0190+3
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)+1Tue Jun 28windows
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Potential Data Stealing Via Chromium Headless Debugging

Detects chromium based browsers starting in headless and debugging mode and pointing to a user profile. This could be a sign of data stealing or remote control

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0006 · Credential AccessTA0009 · CollectionT1185 · Browser Session Hijacking+1
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Fri Dec 23windows
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File Download with Headless Browser

Detects execution of chromium based browser in headless mode using the "dump-dom" command line to download files

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionTA0011 · Command and ControlT1105 · Ingress Tool TransferT1564.003 · Hidden Window
Sreeman+1Tue Jan 04windows
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Chromium Browser Headless Execution To Mockbin Like Site

Detects the execution of a Chromium based browser process with the "headless" flag and a URL pointing to the mockbin.org service (which can be used to exfiltrate data).

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0002 · Execution
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)Mon Sep 11windows
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Suspicious Chromium Browser Instance Executed With Custom Extension

Detects a suspicious process spawning a Chromium based browser process with the 'load-extension' flag to start an instance with a custom extension

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0003 · Persistenceattack.t1176.001
Aedan Russell+2Sun Jun 19windows
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Tor Client/Browser Execution

Detects the use of Tor or Tor-Browser to connect to onion routing networks

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0011 · Command and ControlT1090.003 · Multi-hop Proxy
François HubautSun Feb 20windows
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Suspicious Calculator Usage

Detects suspicious use of 'calc.exe' with command line parameters or in a suspicious directory, which is likely caused by some PoC or detection evasion.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1036 · Masquerading
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Sat Feb 09windows
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File Download From IP Based URL Via CertOC.EXE

Detects when a user downloads a file from an IP based URL using CertOC.exe

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0011 · Command and ControlTA0002 · ExecutionT1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Oct 18windows
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Suspicious DLL Loaded via CertOC.EXE

Detects when a user installs certificates by using CertOC.exe to load the target DLL file.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1218 · System Binary Proxy Execution
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Feb 15windows
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Suspicious CertReq Command to Download

Detects a suspicious CertReq execution downloading a file. This behavior is often used by attackers to download additional payloads or configuration files. Certreq is a built-in Windows utility used to request and retrieve certificates from a certification authority (CA). However, it can be abused by threat actors for malicious purposes.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0011 · Command and ControlT1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer
Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)Wed Nov 24windows
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File Decoded From Base64/Hex Via Certutil.EXE

Detects the execution of certutil with either the "decode" or "decodehex" flags to decode base64 or hex encoded files. This can be abused by attackers to decode an encoded payload before execution

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1027 · Obfuscated Files or Information
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)+2Wed Feb 15windows
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Suspicious File Downloaded From Direct IP Via Certutil.EXE

Detects the execution of certutil with certain flags that allow the utility to download files from direct IPs.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1027 · Obfuscated Files or InformationTA0011 · Command and ControlT1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Feb 15windows
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Suspicious File Downloaded From File-Sharing Website Via Certutil.EXE

Detects the execution of certutil with certain flags that allow the utility to download files from file-sharing websites.

WindowsProcess Creation
TA0005 · Defense EvasionT1027 · Obfuscated Files or InformationTA0011 · Command and ControlT1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Feb 15windows