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  • Possible Distributed File System Namespace Management (DFSNM) abuse High

    A possible abuse of Distributed File System Namespace Management (DFSNM).

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006)
    ATT&CK techniques: Forced Authentication (T1187) Adversary-in-the-Middle: Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay (T1557.001)
    Required data: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Attacker's goals: An attacker can abuse the Distributed File System Namespace Management protocol to coerce an authentication from a DC. This authentication can later be used for obtaining a DC certificate for DCSync.
    Investigative actions: Check for a suspicious process on the initiator. Check if the source host is a vulnerability scanner. Look for unusual AD CS certificate requests. Check for possible DCSync alerts.