Analytics Alerts

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1 alert match the current filters. tactic: TA0004 ✕

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  • Suspicious sAMAccountName change Low Identity Analytics 1 variation

    The name of a machine account was changed to a sAMAccountName with a missing trailing dollar sign.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Privilege Escalation (TA0004) Persistence (TA0003)
    ATT&CK techniques: Account Manipulation (T1098) Valid Accounts (T1078)
    Required data: Windows Event Collector XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Attacker's goals: Elevate privileges from standard domain user to domain admin.
    Investigative actions: Check if the domain controller is patched or vulnerable to the attack. Check if any associated TGTs or service tickets were granted. Follow actions by the account and if it performed a DCSync.

    Variations

    Suspicious sAMAccountName change to DC hostname

    Medium overridden

    The name of a machine account was changed to a sAMAccountName with a missing trailing dollar sign. overridden