Potential Credential Dumping Attempt Via PowerShell

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects a PowerShell process requesting access to "lsass.exe", which can be indicative of potential credential dumping attempts

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "sa_process_accessed" AND PARENTPROCESSNAME endswith "\powershell.exe,\pwsh.exe" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\lsass.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.SRCUSER,Action1.TARGETUSER,Action1.CALLTRACE

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

oscd.community, Natalia Shornikova