Sigma rule: Registry Dump of SAM Creds and Secrets

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-d5c79def61da, updated 2023-02-04T00:00:00.000Z.

SigmaHQ marks this rule as deprecated.

Rule

Title
Registry Dump of SAM Creds and Secrets
Status
deprecated
Level
high
Author
frack113
Date
2022/01/05
Modified
2023/02/04
File
deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_reg_dump_sam.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_reg:
    CommandLine|contains: ' save '
selection_key:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - HKLM\sam
        - HKLM\system
        - HKLM\security
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.credential_access
  • attack.t1003.002

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_reg_dump_sam.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Registry Dump of SAM Creds and Secrets" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_reg_dump_sam.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Registry Dump of SAM Creds and Secrets",
entity page, dataset version ref-d5c79def61da, updated 2023-02-04T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/038cd51c-3ad8-41c5-ba8f-5d1c92f3cc1e (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 038cd51c-3ad8-41c5-ba8f-5d1c92f3cc1e, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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