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LaZagne Credential Theft

Description

LaZagne is a popular open-source tool used to recover passwords stored on a local computer. It has been used in ransomware attacks to steal credentials and escalate privileges. This query looks for the execution of LaZagne.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
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.

DeviceProcessEvents 
| where FileName =~ 'reg.exe'
| where ProcessCommandLine has_all('save','hklm','sam')
| project DeviceId, DeviceName, TimeGenerated, InitiatingProcessId, InitiatingProcessFileName, ProcessId, FileName, ProcessCommandLine
| extend HostName = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, 0, indexof(DeviceName, '.')), DeviceName)
| extend DnsDomain = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, indexof(DeviceName, '.') + 1), "")

Declared entities

HostProcess

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
7d0d3050-8dac-4b83-bfae-902f7dc0c21c
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Defender XDR/Analytic Rules/Ransomware/LaZagneCredTheft.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Microsoft Defender XDR/Data/Solution_Microsoft Defender XDR.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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