John The Ripper

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects JohnTheRipper, an opensource tool used for password cracking.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME contains "john" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "bitlocker2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "hccap2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "keepass2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "putty2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "racf2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "rar2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "pdf2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "uaf2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "wpapcap2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "zip2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "kirbi2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "john-avx" OR COMMANDLINE contains "john-sse" OR COMMANDLINE contains "john-xop" OR COMMANDLINE contains "dmg2john" OR COMMANDLINE contains "gpg2john")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows