Sigma rule: HackTool - Hashcat Password Cracker Execution

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-7dc7a04d08fc, updated 2023-02-04T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: HackTool - Hashcat Password Cracker Execution
Status: test
Level: high
Author: frack113
Date: 2021-12-27
Modified: 2023-02-04
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_hashcat.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Execute Hashcat.exe with provided SAM file from registry of Windows and Password list to crack against

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    Image|endswith: '\hashcat.exe'
selection_cli:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - '-a '
        - '-m 1000 '
        - '-r '
condition: 1 of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Tools that use similar command line flags and values

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1110.002

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_hashcat.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"HackTool - Hashcat Password Cracker Execution" by frack113 (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_hashcat.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: HackTool - Hashcat Password Cracker Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-7dc7a04d08fc, updated 2023-02-04T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/39b31e81-5f5f-4898-9c0e-2160cfc0f9bf (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 39b31e81-5f5f-4898-9c0e-2160cfc0f9bf, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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