Analytics Alerts

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  • NTLM 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 Agent
    Attacker'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

    Low overridden

    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