Sigma rule: Suspicious Get-ADDBAccount Usage

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-b7b2b62acb11, updated 2022-03-16T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Suspicious Get-ADDBAccount Usage
Status: test
Level: high
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2022-03-16
File: rules/windows/powershell/powershell_module/posh_pm_get_addbaccount.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects suspicious invocation of the Get-ADDBAccount script that reads from a ntds.dit file and may be used to get access to credentials without using any credential dumpers

Log source

product: windows
category: ps_module
definition: 0ad03ef1-f21b-4a79-8ce8-e6900c54b65b

Detection

selection:
    Payload|contains|all:
        - 'Get-ADDBAccount'
        - 'BootKey '
        - 'DatabasePath '
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1003.003

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/powershell/powershell_module/posh_pm_get_addbaccount.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Suspicious Get-ADDBAccount Usage" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/powershell/powershell_module/posh_pm_get_addbaccount.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: Suspicious Get-ADDBAccount Usage",
entity page, dataset version ref-b7b2b62acb11, updated 2022-03-16T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/b140afd9-474b-4072-958e-2ebb435abd68 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b140afd9-474b-4072-958e-2ebb435abd68, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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