MediumSigmaHQ Ilyas Ochkov +1

New or Renamed User Account with '$' Character

Detects the creation of a user with the "$" character. This can be used by attackers to hide a user or trick detection systems that lack the parsing mechanisms.

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Detection requirements

Platform: Containers ESXi Linux macOS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source service: security

Known benign triggers

Unknown

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1387743867663958021	Social post	2

Detection rules

New or Renamed User Account with '$' Character

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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Detection rules