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Detection Strategies DET0105 — Post-Credential Dump Password Cracking Detection via Suspicious File Access and Hash Analysis Tools
DET0105

Post-Credential Dump Password Cracking Detection via Suspicious File Access and Hash Analysis Tools

5 analytic(s) · 1 technique(s) detected

Analytics

5
AN0292 Analytic 0292
Windows

Use of hash-cracking tools (e.g., John the Ripper, Hashcat) after credential dumping, combined with high CPU usage or GPU invocation via unsigned binaries accessing password hash files

WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=1 WinEventLog:Security EventCode=4663, 4670, 4656 WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=11 WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=10
[HashToolName] Match execution against known cracking toolnames like hashcat.exe, john.exe, etc.
[FilePathIndicators] Watch for access to common hash dump locations (e.g., SAM, SYSTEM, NTDS.dit)
[ExecutionContext] Run context: local interactive user vs. scheduled task or remote session
AN0293 Analytic 0293
Linux

Execution of hash cracking binaries or scripts (e.g., john, hashcat) following access to shadow file or dumped hashes

auditd:SYSCALL execve linux:syslog auth.log or custom tool logs
[ShadowAccessPattern] Access to /etc/shadow or known dumped hash files
[CrackingBinaryPath] Tool path or name associated with hash cracking
[CPUUsageThreshold] Sustained CPU load post-credential dump can be an indicator
AN0294 Analytic 0294
macOS

Unsigned or scripting-based processes invoking password cracking binaries or accessing hashed credential artifacts post-login

macos:unifiedlog process and file events via log stream
[UnsignedBinaryPath] Path to untrusted binaries launched by user
[UserPrivilegeLevel] Helps distinguish between system and user-launched activity
AN0295 Analytic 0295
Identity Provider

Sudden valid logins from accounts that previously had credentials dumped but had not authenticated successfully in the past; correlated with timeline of suspected hash cracking

azure:signinlogs Success logs from high-risk accounts
[PostDumpTimeWindow] Detection window after credential dumping to watch for successful logins
[LoginLocationRisk] Use IP/geolocation risk scoring to flag unusual access
AN0296 Analytic 0296
Network Devices

Offline cracking inferred by subsequent successful CLI or web-based authentications into routers or switches from previously dumped accounts

networkdevice:syslog config access, authentication logs
[LogonTimeCorrelation] Window to link credential theft and reuse
[SourceDeviceTag] Filters based on where cracking may have occurred externally

Detected Techniques

1

Credential Access (1)

Details

MITRE ID
DET0105
STIX ID
x-mitre-detection-strategy--ee07e9eb-8438-4c7c-8260-88a09fbe98de
Analytics
5
Techniques Detected
1
By Tactic
Credential Access
1
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