Suspicious Process Patterns NTDS.DIT Exfil
Detects suspicious process patterns used in NTDS.DIT exfiltration
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
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
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 |
|---|---|
| blog.talosintelligence.com/2022/08/recent-cyber-attack.html?m=1 | 3 |
| github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/d297adcebb5c1df6fe30b12ca79b161deb71571c/data/post/powershell/NTDSgrab.ps1 | Only this detection cites it |
| github.com/samratashok/nishang/blob/414ee1104526d7057f9adaeee196d91ae447283e/Gather/Copy-VSS.ps1 | 2 |
| github.com/zcgonvh/NTDSDumpEx | Only this detection cites it |
| pentestlab.blog/tag/ntds-dit/ | 2 |
| www.ired.team/offensive-security/credential-access-and-credential-dumping/ntds.dit-enumeration | 5 |
| www.n00py.io/2022/03/manipulating-user-passwords-without-mimikatz/ | 3 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 8bc64091-6875-4881-aaf9-7bd25b5dda08
- 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