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Credential Dumping Tools - Service Installation

Description

'This query detects the installation of a Windows service that contains artifacts from credential dumping tools such as Mimikatz.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.3
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

// Enter a reference list of decoy users (usernames) "Case Sensitive"
let MaliciousServiceArtifacts = dynamic (["fgexec","cachedump","mimikatz","mimidrv","wceservice","pwdump"]);
Event
| where Source == "Service Control Manager" and EventID == 7045
| parse EventData with * 'ServiceName">' ServiceName "<" * 'ImagePath">' ImagePath "<" *
| where ServiceName has_any (MaliciousServiceArtifacts) or ImagePath has_any (MaliciousServiceArtifacts)
| parse EventData with * 'AccountName">' AccountName "<" *
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by EventID, Computer, ServiceName, ImagePath, AccountName
| extend HostName = split(Computer, '.', 0)[0], DnsDomain = strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.')

Declared entities

AccountFileHost

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
4ebbb5c2-8802-11ec-a8a3-0242ac120002
Additional source files 3Solutions/Attacker Tools Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/CredentialDumpingServiceInstallation.yamlsource ↗Detections/SecurityEvent/CredentialDumpingServiceInstallation.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Attacker Tools Threat Protection Essentials/Data/Solution_AttackersToolsThreatProtectionEssentials.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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