Mimikatz Use
This method detects mimikatz keywords in different Eventlogs (some of them only appear in older Mimikatz version that are however still used by different threat groups)
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1title: Mimikatz Use
2id: 06d71506-7beb-4f22-8888-e2e5e2ca7fd8
3status: test
4description: This method detects mimikatz keywords in different Eventlogs (some of them only appear in older Mimikatz version that are however still used by different threat groups)
5references:
6 - https://tools.thehacker.recipes/mimikatz/modules
7author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), David ANDRE (additional keywords)
8date: 2017-01-10
9modified: 2022-01-05
10tags:
11 - attack.s0002
12 - attack.lateral-movement
13 - attack.credential-access
14 - car.2013-07-001
15 - car.2019-04-004
16 - attack.t1003.002
17 - attack.t1003.004
18 - attack.t1003.001
19 - attack.t1003.006
20logsource:
21 product: windows
22detection:
23 keywords:
24 - 'dpapi::masterkey'
25 - 'eo.oe.kiwi'
26 - 'event::clear'
27 - 'event::drop'
28 - 'gentilkiwi.com'
29 - 'kerberos::golden'
30 - 'kerberos::ptc'
31 - 'kerberos::ptt'
32 - 'kerberos::tgt'
33 - 'Kiwi Legit Printer'
34 - 'lsadump::'
35 - 'mimidrv.sys'
36 - '\mimilib.dll'
37 - 'misc::printnightmare'
38 - 'misc::shadowcopies'
39 - 'misc::skeleton'
40 - 'privilege::backup'
41 - 'privilege::debug'
42 - 'privilege::driver'
43 - 'sekurlsa::'
44 filter:
45 EventID: 15 # Sysmon's FileStream Events (could cause false positives when Sigma rules get copied on/to a system)
46 condition: keywords and not filter
47falsepositives:
48 - Naughty administrators
49 - AV Signature updates
50 - Files with Mimikatz in their filename
51level: high
52regression_tests_path: regression_data/rules/windows/builtin/win_alert_mimikatz_keywords/info.yml
References
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