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Kerberos Cached Credentials Dumping

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Kerberos Cached Credentials Dumping

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Identifies the use of the Kerberos credential cache (kcc) utility to dump locally cached Kerberos tickets. Adversaries may attempt to dump credential material in the form of tickets that can be leveraged for lateral movement.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

auditbeat-*
logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: high

Risk score: 73

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

Elastic
Host
macOS
Threat Detection
Credential Access

Version: 101

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and
  process.name:kcc and
  process.args:copy_cred_cache

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
Technique:
- Name: OS Credential Dumping
- ID: T1003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/
Technique:
- Name: Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets
- ID: T1558
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1558/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Kerberoasting
- ID: T1558.003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1558/003/

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