Query: alert when Detects the dump of highly sensitive files such as "NTDS.DIT" and "SECURITY" hive. Attackers can leverage the "wbadmin"
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects the dump of highly sensitive files such as "NTDS.DIT" and "SECURITY" hive. Attackers can leverage the "wbadmin". Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Sensitive File Recovery From Backup Via Wbadmin.EXE id: 84972c80-251c-4c3a-9079-4f00aad93938 related: - id: 6fe4aa1e-0531-4510-8be2-782154b73b48 type: derived status: test description: 'Detects the dump of highly sensitive files such as "NTDS.DIT" and "SECURITY" hive. Attackers can leverage the "wbadmin" utility in order to dump sensitive files that might contain credential or sensitive information. ' references: - https://github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/blob/2cc01b01132b5c304027a658c698ae09dd6a92bf/yml/OSBinaries/Wbadmin.yml - https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Wbadmin/ - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wbadmin-start-recovery - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wbadmin-start-backup author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), frack113 date: 2024-05-10 tags: - attack.credential-access - attack.t1003.003 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_img: - Image|endswith: \wbadmin.exe - OriginalFileName: WBADMIN.EXE selection_backup: CommandLine|contains|all: - ' recovery' - recoveryTarget - itemtype:File CommandLine|contains: - \config\SAM - \config\SECURITY - \config\SYSTEM - \Windows\NTDS\NTDS.dit condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects Commandlet names and arguments from the Nishang exploitation framework. Logsource: windows / ps_script. Rule: title: Malicious Nishang PowerShell Commandlets id: f772cee9-b7c2-4cb2-8f07-49870adc02e0 status: test description: Detects Commandlet names and arguments from the Nishang exploitation framework references: - https://github.com/samratashok/nishang author: Alec Costello date: 2019-05-16 modified: 2023-01-16 tags: - attack.execution - attack.t1059.001 logsource: product: windows category: ps_script definition: 'Requirements: Script Block Logging must be enabled' detection: selection: ScriptBlockText|contains: - Add-ConstrainedDelegationBackdoor - Copy-VSS - Create-MultipleSessions - DataToEncode - DNS_TXT_Pwnage - Do-Exfiltration-Dns - Download_Execute - Download-Execute-PS - DownloadAndExtractFromRemoteRegistry - DumpCerts - DumpCreds - DumpHashes - Enable-DuplicateToken - Enable-Duplication - Execute-Command-MSSQL - Execute-DNSTXT-Code - Execute-OnTime - ExetoText - exfill - ExfilOption - FakeDC - FireBuster - FireListener - 'Get-Information ' - Get-PassHints - Get-Web-Credentials - Get-WebCredentials - Get-WLAN-Keys - HTTP-Backdoor - Invoke-AmsiBypass - Invoke-BruteForce - Invoke-CredentialsPhish - Invoke-Decode - Invoke-Encode - Invoke-Interceptor - Invoke-JSRatRegsvr - Invoke-JSRatRundll - Invoke-MimikatzWDigestDowngrade - Invoke-NetworkRelay - Invoke-PowerShellIcmp - Invoke-PowerShellUdp - Invoke-Prasadhak - Invoke-PSGcat - Invoke-PsGcatAgent - Invoke-SessionGopher - Invoke-SSIDExfil - LoggedKeys - Nishang - NotAllNameSpaces - Out-CHM - OUT-DNSTXT - Out-HTA - Out-RundllCommand - Out-SCF - Out-SCT - Out-Shortcut - Out-WebQuery - Out-Word - Parse_Keys - Password-List - Powerpreter - Remove-Persistence - Remove-PoshRat - Remove-Update - Run-EXEonRemote - Set-DCShadowPermissions - Set-RemotePSRemoting - Set-RemoteWMI - Shellcode32 - Shellcode64 - StringtoBase64 - TexttoExe condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: high