MediumSigmaHQ Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) +1

LSA PPL Protection Setting Modification via CommandLine

Detects modification of LSA PPL protection settings via CommandLine. It may indicate an attempt to disable protection and enable credential dumping tools to access LSASS process memory.

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Platform: 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 category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Unlikely

References

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
github.com/shoober420/windows11-scripts/blob/38d83331738cd713ccb42f2c4557d17a27aefd98/Windows11Tweaks.bat#L1825	Tool	Only this detection cites it
thedfirreport.com/2022/03/21/apt35-automates-initial-access-using-proxyshell/	Threat report	4from 2 sources

Detection rules

LSA PPL Protection Setting Modification via CommandLine

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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