Sigma rule: DeviceCredentialDeployment Execution

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-2f9206a54636, updated 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
DeviceCredentialDeployment Execution
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-08-19
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_device_credential_deployment.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of DeviceCredentialDeployment to hide a process from view.

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection:
    Image|endswith: '\DeviceCredentialDeployment.exe'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely

Tags

  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1218

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_device_credential_deployment.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "DeviceCredentialDeployment Execution" by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_device_credential_deployment.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: DeviceCredentialDeployment Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-2f9206a54636, updated 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/b8b1b304-a60f-4999-9a6e-c547bde03ffd (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b8b1b304-a60f-4999-9a6e-c547bde03ffd, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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