DPAPI Domain Master Key Backup Attempt
Detects anyone attempting a backup for the DPAPI Master Key. This events gets generated at the source and not the Domain Controller.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
Known benign triggers
- If a computer is a member of a domain, DPAPI has a backup mechanism to allow unprotection of the data. Which will trigger this event.
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| threathunterplaybook.com/hunts/windows/190620-DomainDPAPIBackupKeyExtraction/notebook.html | 4from 2 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 39a94fd1-8c9a-4ff6-bf22-c058762f8014
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.credential-access
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1