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HackTool - Hydra Password Bruteforce Execution

Detects command line parameters used by Hydra password guessing hack tool

MITRE ATT&CK

credential-access

Detection Query

selection:
  CommandLine|contains|all:
    - "-u "
    - "-p "
  CommandLine|contains:
    - ^USER^
    - ^PASS^
condition: selection

Author

Vasiliy Burov

Created

2020-10-05

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra

Tags

attack.credential-accessattack.t1110attack.t1110.001

Raw Content

title: HackTool - Hydra Password Bruteforce Execution
id: aaafa146-074c-11eb-adc1-0242ac120002
status: test
description: Detects command line parameters used by Hydra password guessing hack tool
references:
    - https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra
author: Vasiliy Burov
date: 2020-10-05
modified: 2023-02-04
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1110
    - attack.t1110.001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - '-u '
            - '-p '
        CommandLine|contains:
            - '^USER^'
            - '^PASS^'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Software that uses the caret encased keywords PASS and USER in its command line
level: high