Sigma rule: HackTool - HandleKatz LSASS Dumper Execution

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-b9da8256fa2c, updated 2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
HackTool - HandleKatz LSASS Dumper Execution
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2022-08-18
Modified
2024-11-23
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_handlekatz.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the use of HandleKatz, a tool that demonstrates the usage of cloned handles to Lsass in order to create an obfuscated memory dump of the same

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection_loader_img:
    Image|endswith: '\loader.exe'
    CommandLine|contains: '--pid:'
selection_loader_imphash:
    Hashes|contains:
        - 'IMPHASH=38D9E015591BBFD4929E0D0F47FA0055'
        - 'IMPHASH=0E2216679CA6E1094D63322E3412D650'
selection_flags:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - '--pid:'
        - '--outfile:'
    CommandLine|contains:
        - '.dmp'
        - 'lsass'
        - '.obf'
        - 'dump'
condition: 1 of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1003.001

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_hktl_handlekatz.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "HackTool - HandleKatz LSASS Dumper Execution" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_handlekatz.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: HackTool - HandleKatz LSASS Dumper Execution",
entity page, dataset version ref-b9da8256fa2c, updated 2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/ca621ba5-54ab-4035-9942-d378e6fcde3c (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule ca621ba5-54ab-4035-9942-d378e6fcde3c, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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