Hashcat detection

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects new process creation to crack password hashes with the use of hashcat tool

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((COMMANDLINE contains "-m" AND COMMANDLINE contains "-a") AND (PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" OR PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "Windows\SysWow64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" OR PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "WINNT\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" OR PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "Windows\System32\cmd.exe" OR PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "Windows\SysWow64\cmd.exe" OR PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "WINNT\System32\cmd.exe") AND PROCESSNAME contains "hashcat") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows