First VPN access attempt from a country in organization

Analytics BIOC Informational

First VPN access attempt from a country in organization

A user attempted to connect from an unusual country that no one from this organization has connected from before. This may indicate the account was compromised.

Module:: Identity Analytics
Data source:: Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs

ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006) Resource Development (TA0042)

ATT&CK techniques: Compromise Accounts (T1586) Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001)

Attacker's goals:

Use an account that was possibly compromised to gain access to the network.

Investigative actions:

See whether the service authentication was successful. Confirm that the activity is benign (e.g. the user has switched locations and providers). Verify if the country is an approved country to connect from. Follow further actions done by the user.

Test period:: N/A (single event)
Deduplication:: 1 Day

1 variation:

First successful VPN access from a country in organization Low (parent: Informational)