Analytics Alerts

Browse the Cortex analytics alert reference.

Severity
Detection module
Data source
  • Kerberos Pre-Auth Failures by User and Host Informational

    The user account on this host failed Kerberos pre-authentications (TGT requests) an unusual number of times. This can indicate a Kerberos brute-force attack.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    10 Minutes
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006)
    ATT&CK techniques: Brute Force (T1110)
    Required data: Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs XDR Agent
    Attacker's goals: The attacker is attempting to guess the credentials for the user account.
    Investigative actions: Verify that the password for the account has not been changed recently, without updating the user or the program using it. Verify any later authentication success for the user accounts referenced by the alert, as these can indicate the attacker managed to guess the credentials.