Potential Impacket Execution
This hunting query identifies execution of Impacket tool. Impacket is a popular tool used by attackers for remote service execution, Kerberos manipulation and Windows credential dumping.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- IaaSLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 4 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- securityeventswindowssecurityevents
- Log source service
- securityevent
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 24ae555c-5e33-4b5d-827a-44206e39f6b4
- Tagged by the source as
- CredentialAccess
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 29, 2026
- Version
- 1