Registry SAM Hive Dump via reg save
highWindowsSingle eventexperimentalsigma.registry_sam_hive_dump_via_reg_save · v1.0.0
What it detects
Flags activity matching the SigmaHQ rule “Registry SAM Hive Dump via reg save” — MITRE ATT&CK T1003.002, OS Credential Dumping: Security Account Manager.
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- T1003.002OS Credential Dumping: Security Account Manager· Credential Access
False positives and triage
Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
The rule
Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 70%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.registry_sam_hive_dump_via_reg_save.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.
id: sigma.registry_sam_hive_dump_via_reg_save
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: high
confidence: 0.7
platforms:
- windows
mitre_techniques:
- T1003.002
description: Registry SAM Hive Dump via reg save (Sigma sample)
match:
event_category: process
process_path_contains_any:
- \reg.exe
command_line_contains_any:
- save
- sam
false_positive_guidance: Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
Adapted from the SigmaHQ rule “Registry SAM Hive Dump via reg save”, distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. SigmaHQ.
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