Sigma rule: HackTool - Rubeus Execution

Rule

Title

HackTool - Rubeus Execution

Status

stable

Level

critical

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Date

2018-12-19

Modified

2023-04-20

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_rubeus.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of the hacktool Rubeus via PE information of command line parameters

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    - Image|endswith: '\Rubeus.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'Rubeus.exe'
    - Description: 'Rubeus'
    - CommandLine|contains:
          - 'asreproast '
          - 'dump /service:krbtgt '
          - 'dump /luid:0x'
          - 'kerberoast '
          - 'createnetonly /program:'
          - 'ptt /ticket:'
          - '/impersonateuser:'
          - 'renew /ticket:'
          - 'asktgt /user:'
          - 'harvest /interval:'
          - 's4u /user:'
          - 's4u /ticket:'
          - 'hash /password:'
          - 'golden /aes256:'
          - 'silver /user:'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unlikely

Tags

• attack.credential-access
• attack.t1003
• attack.t1558.003
• attack.lateral-movement
• attack.t1550.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1003
• T1550.003
• T1558.003

Related rules

• 7ec2c172-dceb-4c10-92c9-87c1881b7e18 (similar)

References

• https://blog.harmj0y.net/redteaming/from-kekeo-to-rubeus
• https://m0chan.github.io/2019/07/31/How-To-Attack-Kerberos-101.html
• https://github.com/GhostPack/Rubeus

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_rubeus.yml