Potential Invoke-Mimikatz PowerShell Script

Detects Invoke-Mimikatz PowerShell script and alike. Mimikatz is a credential dumper capable of obtaining plaintext Windows account logins and passwords.

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 1title: Potential Invoke-Mimikatz PowerShell Script
 2id: 189e3b02-82b2-4b90-9662-411eb64486d4
 3status: test
 4description: Detects Invoke-Mimikatz PowerShell script and alike. Mimikatz is a credential dumper capable of obtaining plaintext Windows account logins and passwords.
 5references:
 6    - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/potential-invoke-mimikatz-powershell-script.html#potential-invoke-mimikatz-powershell-script
 7author: Tim Rauch, Elastic (idea)
 8date: 2022-09-28
 9tags:
10    - attack.credential-access
11    - attack.t1003
12logsource:
13    category: ps_script
14    product: windows
15detection:
16    selection_1:
17        ScriptBlockText|contains|all:
18            - 'DumpCreds'
19            - 'DumpCerts'
20    selection_2:
21        ScriptBlockText|contains: 'sekurlsa::logonpasswords'
22    selection_3:
23        ScriptBlockText|contains|all:
24            - 'crypto::certificates'
25            - 'CERT_SYSTEM_STORE_LOCAL_MACHINE'
26    condition: 1 of selection*
27falsepositives:
28    - Mimikatz can be useful for testing the security of networks
29level: high

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