Elastic Security Detection Rules

Potential Invoke-Mimikatz PowerShell Script

Last updated 19 days ago on 2025-01-17
Created 4 years ago on 2020-12-07

About

Mimikatz is a credential dumper capable of obtaining plaintext Windows account logins and passwords, along with many other features that make it useful for testing the security of networks. This rule detects Invoke-Mimikatz PowerShell script and alike.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessData Source: PowerShell LogsLanguage: kuery
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ OS Credential Dumping (T1003)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
winlogbeat-*logs-windows.powershell*
Related Integrations

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.category:process and host.os.type:windows and
powershell.file.script_block_text:(
  (DumpCreds and
  DumpCerts) or
  "sekurlsa::logonpasswords" or
  ("crypto::certificates" and
  "CERT_SYSTEM_STORE_LOCAL_MACHINE")
)

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Potential Invoke-Mimikatz PowerShell Script in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).