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T1556.002 · Password Filter DLL

🎯 Defense Impairment Windows Sub-technique

Sub-technique of T1556 · Modify Authentication Process.

Adversaries may register malicious password filter dynamic link libraries (DLLs) into the authentication process to acquire user credentials as they are validated. Windows password filters are password policy enforcement mechanisms for both domain and local accounts. Filters are implemented as DLL...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting Password Filter DLL starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.

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