Net Local Account Creation
mediumWindowsSingle eventexperimentalsigma.net_local_account_creation · v1.0.0
What it detects
Flags activity matching the SigmaHQ rule “Net Local Account Creation” — MITRE ATT&CK T1136.001, Create Account: Local Account.
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- T1136.001Create Account: Local Account· Persistence
False positives and triage
Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
The rule
Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 60%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.net_local_account_creation.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.
id: sigma.net_local_account_creation
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: medium
confidence: 0.6
platforms:
- windows
mitre_techniques:
- T1136.001
description: Net Local Account Creation (Sigma sample)
match:
event_category: process
process_path_contains_any:
- \net.exe
command_line_contains_any:
- 'user '
- /add
false_positive_guidance: Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
Adapted from the SigmaHQ rule “Net Local Account Creation”, distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. SigmaHQ.
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