Sigma rule: OpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-5bf8deb4f4ca, updated 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- OpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- Security Onion Solutions
- Date
- 2024-03-08
- File
- rules/application/opencanary/opencanary_mssql_login_winauth.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects instances where an MSSQL service on an OpenCanary node has had a login attempt using Windows Authentication.
Log source
- product
- opencanary
- category
- application
Detection
selection:
logtype: 9002
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unlikely
Tags
- attack.credential-access
- attack.collection
- attack.t1003
- attack.t1213
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
References
- https://opencanary.readthedocs.io/en/latest/starting/configuration.html#services-configuration
- https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/blob/a0896adfcaf0328cfd5829fe10d2878c7445138e/opencanary/logger.py#L52
Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/application/opencanary/opencanary_mssql_login_winauth.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"OpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication" by Security Onion Solutions (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/application/opencanary/opencanary_mssql_login_winauth.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: OpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication",
entity page, dataset version ref-5bf8deb4f4ca, updated 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/6e78f90f-0043-4a01-ac41-f97681613a66 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 6e78f90f-0043-4a01-ac41-f97681613a66, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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