Sigma rule: RottenPotato Like Attack Pattern

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-730e44744f29, updated 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
RottenPotato Like Attack Pattern
Status
test
Level
high
Author
@SBousseaden, Florian Roth
Date
2019-11-15
Modified
2022-12-22
File
rules/windows/builtin/security/account_management/win_security_susp_rottenpotato.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects logon events that have characteristics of events generated during an attack with RottenPotato and the like

Log source

product
windows
service
security

Detection

selection:
    EventID: 4624
    LogonType: 3
    TargetUserName: 'ANONYMOUS LOGON'
    WorkstationName: '-'
    IpAddress:
        - '127.0.0.1'
        - '::1'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.collection
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1557.001

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

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

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "RottenPotato Like Attack Pattern" by @SBousseaden, Florian Roth (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/security/account_management/win_security_susp_rottenpotato.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: RottenPotato Like Attack Pattern",
entity page, dataset version ref-730e44744f29, updated 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/16f5d8ca-44bd-47c8-acbe-6fc95a16c12f (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 16f5d8ca-44bd-47c8-acbe-6fc95a16c12f, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

Pages change. The dataset version identifies the data, but no archive of old versions is kept, so this citation cannot be replayed later.