Sigma detection rules, expert-reviewed
Each one is checked against the reporting it came from before it is published, and shows the ATT&CK technique it covers, the telemetry it needs and where it falls short.
87 rules
Windows Security: Suspicious AccessMask on LSASS Handle Requests (4656/4663)
Flags processes requesting potentially credential-dumping-related access to LSASS based on Security Event 4656/4663.
Roberto Rodriguez, Teymur Kheirkhabarov, Dimitrios Slamaris, Mark Russinovich, Aleksey Potapov, oscd.community (update), Huntrule TeamWindowssecurityMedium264Free2019-11-01Windows Process Creation: LSASS .dmp/related Dump Keywords in Command Line
Alerts on Windows command lines containing LSASS dump keywords and .dmp/MDMP/zip/rar variants.
E.M. Anhaus, Tony Lambert, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Huntrule TeamWindowsprocess_creationHigh152Free2019-10-24Uncommon Outbound Kerberos Port 88 Network Connections (Windows Security Event 5156)
Alerts on rare outbound Kerberos (port 88) connections from non-browser/non-lsass processes using Windows Event 5156.
Ilyas Ochkov, oscd.community, Huntrule TeamWindowssecurityMedium3410Free2019-10-24Windows: Unsigned DLL/EXE Image Loaded Into lsass.exe
Alerts on image loads into lsass.exe where the loaded image is unsigned.
Teymur Kheirkhabarov, oscd.community, Huntrule TeamWindowsimage_loadMedium191Free2019-10-22Windows Security Event LSASS Process Access by Non-Computer Account
Alerts on suspicious LSASS access attempts (4663/4656) targeting lsass.exe by non-system processes using flagged access masks.
Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Huntrule TeamWindowssecurityMedium4810Free2019-06-20WinRM Remote Access to LSASS via wsmprovhost.exe (Windows Process Access)
Flags remote WinRM (wsmprovhost.exe) process-access to lsass.exe, a high-risk credential-access behavior.
Patryk Prauze - ING Tech, Huntrule TeamWindowsprocess_accessHigh389Free2019-05-20Windows Process Creation: Alert on Suspicious Parent of Core System Executables
Flags when core Windows executables (e.g., svchost, lsass, winlogon) are spawned by suspicious parent processes.
vburov, Huntrule TeamWindowsprocess_creationLow212Free2019-02-23Windows ProcDump Command Lines Targeting LSASS Memory Dumps
Identifies suspicious ProcDump usage with dump flags and LSASS-related markers to indicate potential credential harvesting.
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Huntrule TeamWindowsprocess_creationHigh222Free2018-10-30Windows LSASS process access blocked by Attack Surface Reduction (Windows Defender event 1121)
Alerts on windefend EventID 1121 for blocked access to lsass.exe, excluding common benign process callers.
Markus Neis, Huntrule TeamWindowswindefendHigh301Free2018-08-26Windows: SafetyKatz LSASS dump default file indicator (Temp\debug.bin)
Flags Windows file events with a target path ending in \Temp\debug.bin, consistent with SafetyKatz LSASS dump output.
Markus Neis, Huntrule TeamWindowsfile_eventHigh283Free2018-07-24Windows LSASS Remote Thread Creation Indicative of Password Dumping
Flags Windows remote thread creation targeting lsass.exe, a common pattern in password dumping activity.
Thomas Patzke, Huntrule TeamWindowscreate_remote_threadHigh507Free2017-02-19Windows Security: Detect LSASS handle access for SAM_DOMAIN (0x705)
Flags handle opens to lsass.exe with access mask 0x705 targeting SAM_DOMAIN, indicative of credential dumping.
sigma, Huntrule TeamWindowssecurityHigh122Free2017-02-12