Sigma rule: HackTool - SOAPHound Execution

Rule

Title

HackTool - SOAPHound Execution

Status

test

Level

high

Author

@kostastsale

Date

2024-01-26

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_hktl_soaphound_execution.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the execution of SOAPHound, a .NET tool for collecting Active Directory data, using specific command-line arguments that may indicate an attempt to extract sensitive AD information.

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_1:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - ' --buildcache '
        - ' --bhdump '
        - ' --certdump '
        - ' --dnsdump '
selection_2:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - ' -c '
        - ' --cachefilename '
        - ' -o '
        - ' --outputdirectory'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.discovery
• attack.t1087

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1087

References

• https://github.com/FalconForceTeam/SOAPHound
• https://medium.com/falconforce/soaphound-tool-to-collect-active-directory-data-via-adws-165aca78288c

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_soaphound_execution.yml