LemonDuck Registration Function
LemonDuck is a malware primarily known for its botnet and cryptocurrency mining objectives. First discovered in 2019, LemonDuck has since adopted more sophisticated behavior and escalated its operations in 2021.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- microsoftthreatprotection
- Log source service
- deviceevents
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 147c4c0a-7241-4ce9-9b71-0aecb8a2b59f
- Tagged by the source as
- CommandAndControlExecutionLateralMovementPersistence
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1