Suspicious Kernel Dump Using Dtrace

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects suspicious way to dump the kernel on Windows systems using dtrace.exe, which is available on Windows systems since Windows 10 19H1

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\dtrace.exe" AND COMMANDLINE contains "lkd(0)") OR (COMMANDLINE contains "syscall:::return" AND COMMANDLINE contains "lkd(") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)