Analytics Informational
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Brute-force attempt on a local account

A local user account failed to log in multiple times in a short time period. This may indicate a brute-force attack.

Module:
Identity Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK techniques: Brute Force (T1110)
Attacker's goals:

The attacker attempts to gain access to the account.

Investigative actions:

Verify any successful authentication by the user account referenced by the alert, as these can indicate the attacker managed to guess the credentials.

Test period:
15 Minutes
Deduplication:
1 Day
1 variation:
  • Brute force on a local account Low (parent: Informational)