Analytics Alerts

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Severity
Detection module
Data source
  • Modification of NTLM restrictions in the Registry Low

    Allowing the transmission of NTLM could be part of an NTLM downgrade or an Internal Monologue attack.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006)
    ATT&CK techniques: OS Credential Dumping (T1003)
    Required data: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Attacker's goals: Downgrading to a lower NTLM version gives the attacker an easy way to retrieve NTLM hashes from a Windows machine.
    Investigative actions: Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.