Possible brute force on sudo user

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Possible brute force on sudo user

A user executed an unusual amount of sudo commands in a short time period. This may indicate an attempt to guess the sudo password.

Module:: Platform Analytics
Data source:: XDR Agent

ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006)

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

Attacker's goals:

The attacker may gain full privileges to the host.

Investigative actions:

Verify which user ran these commands and if it is a legitimate behavior on this host.

Test period:: 10 Minutes
Deduplication:: 1 Day

1 variation:

Possible brute force on sudo user Low (parent: Informational)