Rule Library

Sigma Rules

3,132 rules found for "sigma"

3,731Total
3,132Detection
457Emerging
139Hunting
Detectionhightest

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
Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g)+1Tue Oct 20windows
Detectionhightest

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
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Thu Feb 10windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Credential Dumping Activity Via LSASS

Detects process access requests to the LSASS process with specific call trace calls and access masks. This behaviour is expressed by many credential dumping tools such as Mimikatz, NanoDump, Invoke-Mimikatz, Procdump and even the Taskmgr dumping feature.

WindowsProcess Access
Samir Bousseaden+1Wed Apr 03windows
Detectionhighstable

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
Bhabesh Raj+1Mon Nov 27windows
Detectionhighstable

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
Patryk Prauze - ING TechMon May 20windows
Detectionhightest

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
Samir Bousseaden (original elastic rule)+1Wed Jun 29windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potentially Suspicious GrantedAccess Flags On LSASS

Detects process access requests to LSASS process with potentially suspicious access flags

WindowsProcess Access
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)+9Mon Nov 22windows
Detectionhightest

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
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Wed Jun 27windows
Detectionhightest

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
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Thu Feb 10windows
Detectionlowtest

Uncommon Process Access Rights For Target Image

Detects process access request to uncommon target images with a "PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS" access mask.

WindowsProcess Access
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Mon May 27windows
Detectionhighexperimental

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
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu Nov 27windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Direct Syscall of NtOpenProcess

Detects potential calls to NtOpenProcess directly from NTDLL.

WindowsProcess Access
Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)+1Wed Jul 28windows
Detectionhightest

Credential Dumping Attempt Via Svchost

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

WindowsProcess Access
Florent LabouyrieFri Apr 30windows
Detectionhightest

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
Tim BurrellThu Jan 02windows
Detectionmediumtest

Function Call From Undocumented COM Interface EditionUpgradeManager

Detects function calls from the EditionUpgradeManager COM interface. Which is an interface that is not used by standard executables.

WindowsProcess Access
oscd.community+1Wed Oct 07windows
Detectionhightest

UAC Bypass Using WOW64 Logger DLL Hijack

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

WindowsProcess Access
Christian Burkard (Nextron Systems)Mon Aug 23windows
Detectionhighexperimental

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
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu Nov 27windows
Detectionmediumtest

7Zip Compressing Dump Files

Detects execution of 7z in order to compress a file with a ".dmp"/".dump" extension, which could be a step in a process of dump file exfiltration.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Sep 27windows
Detectionmediumtest

Compress Data and Lock With Password for Exfiltration With 7-ZIP

An adversary may compress or encrypt data that is collected prior to exfiltration using 3rd party utilities

WindowsProcess Creation
François HubautTue Jul 27windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential DLL Injection Via AccCheckConsole

Detects the execution "AccCheckConsole" a command-line tool for verifying the accessibility implementation of an application's UI. One of the tests that this checker can run are called "verification routine", which tests for things like Consistency, Navigation, etc. The tool allows a user to provide a DLL that can contain a custom "verification routine". An attacker can build such DLLs and pass it via the CLI, which would then be loaded in the context of the "AccCheckConsole" utility.

WindowsProcess Creation
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)Thu Jan 06windows
Detectionhightest

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
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+2Mon Sep 18windows
Detectionmediumtest

Uncommon Child Process Of AddinUtil.EXE

Detects uncommon child processes of the Add-In deployment cache updating utility (AddInutil.exe) which could be a sign of potential abuse of the binary to proxy execution via a custom Addins.Store payload.

WindowsProcess Creation
Michael McKinley+1Mon Sep 18windows
Detectionmediumtest

Uncommon AddinUtil.EXE CommandLine Execution

Detects execution of the Add-In deployment cache updating utility (AddInutil.exe) with uncommon 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
Michael McKinley+1Mon Sep 18windows
Detectionmediumtest

AddinUtil.EXE Execution From Uncommon Directory

Detects execution of the Add-In deployment cache updating utility (AddInutil.exe) from a non-standard directory.

WindowsProcess Creation
Michael McKinley+1Mon Sep 18windows
Detectionhightest

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
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Thu Jun 09windows
Detectionmediumtest

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
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Sat Dec 24windows
Detectionhightest

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
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)+1Sat Dec 24windows
Detectionhighexperimental

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
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu Dec 25windows
Detectionmediumtest

Uncommon Child Process Of Appvlp.EXE

Detects uncommon child processes of Appvlp.EXE Appvlp or the Application Virtualization Utility is included with Microsoft Office. Attackers are able to abuse "AppVLP" to execute shell commands. Normally, this binary is used for Application Virtualization, but it can also be abused to circumvent the ASR file path rule folder or to mark a file as a system file.

WindowsProcess Creation
SreemanFri Mar 13windows
Detectionhighexperimental

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
Micah BabinskiTue Nov 25windows
Detectionmediumtest

AspNetCompiler Execution

Detects execution of "aspnet_compiler.exe" which can be abused to compile and execute C# code.

WindowsProcess Creation
François HubautWed Nov 24windows
Detectionhightest

Suspicious Child Process of AspNetCompiler

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

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Mon Aug 14windows
Detectionhightest

Potentially Suspicious ASP.NET Compilation Via AspNetCompiler

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

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Mon Aug 14windows
Detectionmediumtest

Uncommon Assistive Technology Applications Execution Via AtBroker.EXE

Detects the start of a non built-in assistive technology applications via "Atbroker.EXE".

WindowsProcess Creation
Mateusz Wydra+1Mon Oct 12windows
Detectionmediumtest

Hiding Files with Attrib.exe

Detects usage of attrib.exe to hide files from users.

WindowsProcess Creation
Sami RuohonenWed Jan 16windows
Detectionhightest

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
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Jun 28windows
Detectionhightest

Interactive AT Job

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

WindowsProcess Creation
E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections+2Thu Oct 24windows
Detectionhightest

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
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Sat Dec 18windows
Detectionhightest

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
Janantha MarasingheTue Feb 02windows
Detectionhighexperimental

Windows EventLog Autologger Session Registry Modification Via CommandLine

Detects attempts to disable Windows EventLog autologger sessions via registry modification. The AutoLogger event tracing session records events that occur early in the operating system boot process. Applications and device drivers can use the AutoLogger session to capture traces before the user logs in. Adversaries may disable these sessions to evade detection and prevent security monitoring of early boot activities and system events.

WindowsProcess Creation
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu Dec 25windows
Detectionhighexperimental

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
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Mon Feb 17windows
Detectionhighexperimental

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
andrewdanis+1Sat Oct 18windows
Detectionmediumtest

Indirect Inline Command Execution Via Bash.EXE

Detects execution of Microsoft bash launcher with the "-c" flag. This can be used to potentially bypass defenses and execute Linux or Windows-based binaries directly via bash.

WindowsProcess Creation
François HubautWed Nov 24windows
Detectionmediumtest

Indirect Command Execution From Script File Via Bash.EXE

Detects execution of Microsoft bash launcher without any flags to execute the content of a bash script directly. This can be used to potentially bypass defenses and execute Linux or Windows-based binaries directly via bash.

WindowsProcess Creation
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Tue Aug 15windows
Detectionhighstable

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
E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections+2Thu Oct 24windows
Detectionmediumtest

Potential Ransomware or Unauthorized MBR Tampering Via Bcdedit.EXE

Detects potential malicious and unauthorized usage of bcdedit.exe

WindowsProcess Creation
@neu5ronThu Feb 07windows
Detectionmediumtest

Data Export From MSSQL Table Via BCP.EXE

Detects the execution of the BCP utility in order to export data from the database. Attackers were seen saving their malware to a database column or table and then later extracting it via "bcp.exe" into a file.

WindowsProcess Creation
Omar Khaled+2Tue Aug 20windows
Detectionhightest

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
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)Wed Aug 16windows