HackTool - Hydra Password Bruteforce Execution — Sigma Rule

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Author: Vasiliy Burov. Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2020-10-05 / 2023-02-04.

{
  "category": "process_creation",
  "product": "windows"
}

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Source SHA-256: c45843063a8dc6a10a028e337fd59800154a7d78a5c24ec4620c517c7f4b6b67

Detection logic

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title: HackTool - Hydra Password Bruteforce Execution
id: aaafa146-074c-11eb-adc1-0242ac120002
status: test
description: Detects command line parameters used by Hydra password guessing hack tool
references:
    - https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra
author: Vasiliy Burov
date: 2020-10-05
modified: 2023-02-04
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1110
    - attack.t1110.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '-u '
            - '-p '
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '^USER^'
            - '^PASS^'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Software that uses the caret encased keywords PASS and USER in its command line
level: high

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False positives

• Software that uses the caret encased keywords PASS and USER in its command line

Source references

• https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra