Analytics Alerts

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  • A user was added to a Windows security group Informational Identity Analytics 4 variations

    A user was added to a Windows security group.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Persistence (TA0003) Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
    ATT&CK techniques: Account Manipulation (T1098) Valid Accounts (T1078)
    Required data: Windows Event Collector XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Attacker's goals: Privilege escalation using a valid account.
    Investigative actions: Check the user who added the account to the group and verify its activity.

    Variations

    User added a member to a Windows privileged group for the first time

    Medium overridden

    A user was added to a Windows security privileged group. overridden

    User added to a Windows privileged group

    Low overridden

    A user was added to a Windows security privileged group. overridden

    User removed from a Windows privileged group

    Informational overridden

    A user was removed from a Windows security privileged group. overridden

    A user was removed from a Windows security group

    Informational overridden

    A user was removed from a Windows security group. overridden