Analytics Alerts

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  • First VPN access attempt from a country in organization Informational Identity Analytics 1 variation

    A user attempted to connect from an unusual country that no one from this organization has connected from before. This may indicate the account was compromised.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006) Resource Development (TA0042)
    ATT&CK techniques: Compromise Accounts (T1586) Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001)
    Required data: Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Third-Party VPNs
    Attacker's goals: Use an account that was possibly compromised to gain access to the network.
    Investigative actions: See whether the service authentication was successful. Confirm that the activity is benign (e.g. the user has switched locations and providers). Verify if the country is an approved country to connect from. Follow further actions done by the user.

    Variations

    First successful VPN access from a country in organization

    Low overridden

    A user successfully connected from an unusual country that no one from this organization has connected from before. This may indicate the account was compromised. overridden