Analytics Alerts

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  • A user created an abnormal password-protected archive Informational Identity Threat Module

    A user created an abnormal password-protected archive using an archive program.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Collection (TA0009)
    ATT&CK techniques: Archive Collected Data: Archive via Utility (T1560.001) Data Staged (T1074)
    Required data: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Attacker's goals: Collect data and stage it on an endpoint in the organization.
    Investigative actions: Check whether the command line executed is normal for the process and user performing it. Check whether the process that created the archive creates network connections as well. Check whether other users in the organization used the same process for password-protected archive file creation.