HackTool - SOAPHound Execution — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: @kostastsale. Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2024-01-26 / not supplied.

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

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Source SHA-256: 65d504e7bceda074481b5185d65e12bab1ee0fd24b496bcbcbe33f01520be1ea

Detection logic

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title: HackTool - SOAPHound Execution
id: e92a4287-e072-4a40-9739-370c106bb750
status: test
description: |
    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.
references:
    - https://github.com/FalconForceTeam/SOAPHound
    - https://medium.com/falconforce/soaphound-tool-to-collect-active-directory-data-via-adws-165aca78288c
author: '@kostastsale'
date: 2024-01-26
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1087
logsource:
    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_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high

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False positives

• Unknown

Source references

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