Uncommon sensitive registry hive dump

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	OS Credential Dumping (T1003)
Severity	Low

Description

A sensitive registry hive was extracted, which is used for accessing credentials.

Attacker's Goals

• Adversary may attempt to extract credentials from the Windows Registry
• Credentials can then be used to perform lateral movement and access restricted information.

Investigative actions

• Investigate the process that tried to access the registry hive.
• Investigate the actions of the user for which his credentials were stored in the registry hive.

Variations

Uncommon sensitive registry hive dump by unsigned and rare process

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	OS Credential Dumping (T1003)
Severity	High

Description

A sensitive registry hive was extracted, which is used for accessing credentials.

Attacker's Goals

• Adversary may attempt to extract credentials from the Windows Registry
• Credentials can then be used to perform lateral movement and access restricted information.

Investigative actions

• Investigate the process that tried to access the registry hive.
• Investigate the actions of the user for which his credentials were stored in the registry hive.

Uncommon sensitive registry hive dump by injected process

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	OS Credential Dumping (T1003)
Severity	High

Description

A sensitive registry hive was extracted, which is used for accessing credentials.

Attacker's Goals

• Adversary may attempt to extract credentials from the Windows Registry
• Credentials can then be used to perform lateral movement and access restricted information.

Investigative actions

• Investigate the process that tried to access the registry hive.
• Investigate the actions of the user for which his credentials were stored in the registry hive.

Uncommon sensitive registry hive dump by reg.exe lolbin process which was executed by rare causality process

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	OS Credential Dumping (T1003)
Severity	High

Description

A sensitive registry hive was extracted, which is used for accessing credentials.

Attacker's Goals

• Adversary may attempt to extract credentials from the Windows Registry
• Credentials can then be used to perform lateral movement and access restricted information.

Investigative actions

• Investigate the process that tried to access the registry hive.
• Investigate the actions of the user for which his credentials were stored in the registry hive.

Uncommon sensitive registry hive dump by reg.exe lolbin process

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	OS Credential Dumping (T1003)
Severity	Medium

Description

A sensitive registry hive was extracted, which is used for accessing credentials.

Attacker's Goals

• Adversary may attempt to extract credentials from the Windows Registry
• Credentials can then be used to perform lateral movement and access restricted information.

Investigative actions

• Investigate the process that tried to access the registry hive.
• Investigate the actions of the user for which his credentials were stored in the registry hive.