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  • VPN login with a machine account Informational Identity Analytics 1 variation

    A machine account successfully logged in to a VPN service.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Initial Access (TA0001)
    ATT&CK techniques: Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts (T1078.002)
    Required data: Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Third-Party VPNs
    Attacker's goals: Use an account that was possibly compromised in the past to gain access to the network and access privileged resources.
    Investigative actions: See whether the service login was successful. Check whether the account has done any administrative actions it should not usually do. Look for more logins and authentications by the account throughout the network.

    Variations

    Rare VPN login with a machine account

    Low overridden

    A machine account successfully logged in to a VPN service. overridden