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Download CSV Show ATT&CK heatmapNTLM Password Spray Informational Identity Analytics 1 variation
A single host tried to perform an unusual amount of login attempts using NTLM in a short period of time. This may be indicative of a NTLM password spray attack.
- Activation:
- 14 Days
- Training:
- 30 Days
- Test:
- 10 Minutes
- Deduplication:
- 1 Day
ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006)ATT&CK techniques: Brute Force: Password Spraying (T1110.003)Required data: Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs XDR AgentAttacker's goals: The attacker may attempt to guess user credential by password spray attack over multiple machines.Investigative actions: Verify any successful authentication made by one of the user accounts referenced by the alert, as these may indicate the attacker managed to guess the credentials.Variations
NTLM password spray on a sensitive entity
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A single host tried to perform an unusual amount of login attempts using NTLM in a short period of time on a sensitive entity. This may be indicative of a NTLM password spray attack. overridden