Suspicious usage of Microsoft's Active Directory PowerShell module remote discovery cmdlet

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Suspicious usage of Microsoft's Active Directory PowerShell module remote discovery cmdlet

An attacker may use one of Microsoft's Active Directory PowerShell module remote discovery cmdlet to reconnaissance the network.

Module:: Platform Analytics
Data source:: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)

ATT&CK tactics: Discovery (TA0007)

ATT&CK techniques: Remote System Discovery (T1018)

Attacker's goals:

Collect information about the host, network and user configuration for lateral movement and privilege escalation.

Investigative actions:

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow. Understand what information the attacker had gathered from the command and investigate relevant assets.

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