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HighSigmaHQ Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

LSASS Process Memory Dump Files

Detects creation of files with names used by different memory dumping tools to create a memory dump of the LSASS process memory, which contains user credentials.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: file_event

Known benign triggers

Unknown

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/CCob/MirrorDump	Tool	3from 2 sources
github.com/elastic/detection-rules/blob/c76a39796972ecde44cb1da6df47f1b6562c9770/rules/windows/credential_access_lsass_memdump_file_created.toml	Tool	2
github.com/helpsystems/nanodump	Tool	3
github.com/ricardojoserf/NativeDump/blob/01d8cd17f31f51f5955a38e85cd3c83a17596175/NativeDump/Program.cs#L258	Tool	Only this detection cites it
github.com/safedv/RustiveDump/blob/1a9b026b477587becfb62df9677cede619d42030/src/main.rs#L35	Tool	Only this detection cites it
medium.com/@markmotig/some-ways-to-dump-lsass-exe-c4a75fdc49bf	Unclassified	2
www.google.com/search?q=procdump+lsass	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
www.whiteoaksecurity.com/blog/attacks-defenses-dumping-lsass-no-mimikatz/	Unclassified	2

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