NTDS.DIT Creation By Uncommon Process

Detects creation of a file named "ntds.dit" (Active Directory Database) by an uncommon process or a process located in a suspicious directory

Detection logic

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

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
adsecurity.org/?p=2398	Security research	Only this detection cites it
stealthbits.com/blog/extracting-password-hashes-from-the-ntds-dit-file/	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it