Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
115 detectors match the current filters.
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| Analytics BIOC | A disabled user attempted to authenticate via SSO A disabled user attempted to authenticate via SSO. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A disabled user attempted to log in A disabled user attempted to log in. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A possible risky login to Azure A risky sign-in attempt was observed in Azure. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD | Initial Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | A rare local administrator login A rare local administrator login was observed. This may indicate an attempt to change sensitive settings on the host. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A suspicious process queried AD CS objects via LDAP A suspicious process queried AD CS objects via LDAP. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A user account was modified to password never expires A user account was modified to password never expires. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Initial Access |
| Analytics | A user authenticated with weak NTLM to multiple hosts A user account authenticated to multiple hosts via NTLMv1 or LM authentication for the first time in the past 30 days. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | A user certificate was issued with a mismatch A certificate was issued to a user who was not the requester, this may indicate a certificate manipulation. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A user connected from a new country A user connected from an unusual country that the user has not connected from before. This may indicate the account was compromised. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | A user connected to a VPN from a new country A user connected to a VPN from an unusual country that the user has not connected from before. This may indicate the account was compromised. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | A user created a pfx file for the first time A user created a pfx file for the first time. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A user enabled a default local account A user enabled a default local account. Enabling a default account may pose a security risk, as they are often exploited by attackers. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Initial Access, Persistence |
| Analytics | A user established an SMB connection to multiple hosts A user established an SMB connection to multiple hosts. This might indicate an enumeration attempt by a compromised account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Lateral Movement |
| Analytics | A user executed multiple LDAP enumeration queries A user executed multiple LDAP enumeration queries. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | A user logged in at an unusual time via SSO A user connected via SSO on a day and hour that is unusual for this user. This may indicate that the account was compromised. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Google Workspace Authentication, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A user logged in at an unusual time via VPN A user connected to a VPN on a day and hour, which is unusual for this user. This may indicate that the account was compromised. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A user logged in from an abnormal country or ASN A user logged in from an unusual country or ASN. This may indicate that the account was compromised. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics | A user logged on to multiple workstations via Schannel A user logged on to multiple workstations with a certificate via Schannel. This may be indicative of a compromised account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A user queried AD CS objects via LDAP A user queried AD CS objects via LDAP. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery, Credential Access |
| Analytics | A user received multiple weakly encrypted service tickets A user received multiple weakly encrypted service tickets. This is typically a sign of a Kerberoasting attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics | A user requested multiple service tickets A user requested multiple service tickets. This is typically a sign of a Kerberoasting attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A user was added to a Windows security group A user was added to a Windows security group. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics | Abnormal File Activity in SCCMContentLib Shared Folder by user A user generated suspicious file activity within the SCCMContentLib shared folder, which is considered a high-value target for attackers. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Abnormal User Login to Domain Controller A user account has successfully logged on to a Domain Controller (DC), generating a Windows Event Log. This may be a sign of DC and Active Directory (AD) compromise. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Lateral Movement, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | An inactive user attempted to authenticate A user with no activity in the past 30 days with the target, attempted to authenticate via universal authentication. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Initial Access | |
| Analytics BIOC | Azure device code authentication flow used An Azure AD login was performed with device code flow. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion, Persistence |
| Analytics | 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. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Deletion of AD CS certificate database entries A user has deleted rows from the certificate database of an AD CS server. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | External Login Password Spray An abnormally high amount of user account login attempts were seen on a host within a short period of time. This may have resulted from a login password spray attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | First connection from a country in organization A user connected to an SSO service from an unusual country that no one from this organization has connected from before. This may indicate the account was compromised. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | First SSO access from ASN for user A user successfully authenticated via SSO with a new ASN. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Google Workspace Authentication, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | First SSO access from ASN in organization An SSO authentication was made with a new ASN. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Google Workspace Authentication, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | First SSO Resource Access in the Organization A resource was accessed for the first time via SSO. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access, Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | 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. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | First VPN access from ASN for user A user logged in to a VPN with a new ASN. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | First VPN access from ASN in organization A VPN connection was attempted from a new ASN. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access |
| Analytics | Intense SSO failures An abnormally high amount of SSO authentication attempts were seen within a short period of time. This could be the outcome of a brute-force login attempt. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Credential Access, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Interactive login by a machine account A machine account performed an interactive or remote interactive login. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Interactive login from a shared user account A user account has been seen active on multiple hosts. Shared accounts are often considered 'bad practice' and may present multiple security risks to the organization. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics | Internal Login Password Spray An abnormally high amount of user account login attempts were seen from a host within a short period of time. This may have resulted from a login password spray attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics | IP Rotation Pattern in SSO Spray A high volume of SSO authentication attempts was observed in a short time window. This behavior may indicate a password spray attack targeting multiple accounts. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | Key credential attribute modification A user modified the msDS-KeyCredentialLink attribute for an account, which may indicate a shadow credentials attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Linux local user account creation A user executed a process associated with user account creation. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Persistence |
| Analytics | Local group enumeration A user performed an enumeration on local groups to retrieve their details. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Local user account creation A user was observed creating a rare local user account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Local user account creation by a machine account A machine account was observed creating a rare local user account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Login by a dormant user A dormant user logged on after having been unused for a month or longer. This may indicate the account is misused by an attacker. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | Member added to a Windows local security group A member was added to a Windows local security group. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics | Microsoft Configuration Manager device registration and policy request A user registered a device and requested a Microsoft Configuration Manager policy. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Modification of the AD FS IdentityServer configuration file The AD FS service configuration file was modified. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | Multiple Okta MFA requests sent to a user Multiple SSO MFA attempts were sent to the user. This may indicate an MFA fatigue attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Okta | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics | Multiple Rare Process Executions in Organization Multiple unusual processes were executed in the organization. This may be indicative of a compromised account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution |
| Analytics | Multiple TGT requests for users without Kerberos pre-authentication Multiple TGT requests for users that do not require Kerberos pre-authentication were observed. This is typically a sign of an AS-REP attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Multiple user accounts were deleted A user deleted multiple user accounts. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Impact |
| Analytics | Multiple users authenticated with weak NTLM to a host Multiple user accounts authenticated to a host via NTLMv1 or LM authentication for the first time in the past 30 days. This may be a result of an NTLM downgrade attack A downgrade attack may force the client to authenticate with a weaker hash/protocol (such as NTLMv1 or even LM) instead of NTLMv2. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Lateral Movement |
| Analytics | NTLM Brute Force A user account attempted to authenticate to a target using NTLM an excessive number of times in a short period. This may indicate an NTLM brute force attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics | NTLM Password Spray A single host tried to perform an unusual amount of login attempts using NTLM in a short period of time. This may be indicative of a NTLM password spray attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Penetration testing tool activity attempt A SaaS API was invoked by a penetration testing tool. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Office 365 Audit | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | PKINIT TGT authentication request A Kerberos TGT was requested using PKINIT. This may indicate an attack on Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), such as shadow credential exploitation or certificate-based authentication abuse. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Lateral Movement, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible authentication coercion An unusual Remote Procedure Call (RPC) was made to potentially cause authentication coercion. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Possible Brute Force in universal authentication An abnormally high amount of authentication attempts via universal authentication were seen within a short period of time. This may indicate a brute-force attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Credential Access, Resource Development | |
| Analytics | Possible Brute-Force attempt A user account attempted to authenticate to a target an excessive number of times in a short period. This may indicate a brute-force attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access, Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible GPO Enumeration A possible GPO enumeration via LDAP was performed. Such enumeration may be used during attacks against the organization. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics | Possible Impossible Travel Pattern - SSO A user logged in from several countries in a short period, including at least one location that is rare for the user or organization. This suspicious activity may be a sign of credential theft. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics | Possible Kerberos User Enumeration Multiple Kerberos TGT requests with KDC_ERR_C_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN errors were generated on different users in the last 10 minutes which may indicate Kerberos user enumeration. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible LDAP Enumeration of Microsoft Configuration Manager A possible enumeration on Microsoft Configuration Manager via LDAP was performed. Such enumeration may be used during attacks against the organization. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible LDAP Enumeration Tool Usage A user sent a suspicious enumeration query via LDAP. The query is associated with an LDAP enumeration tool that may be used during attacks against the organization. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics | Possible Password Spray in universal authentication An abnormally high amount of universal authentication attempts were seen within a short period of time. This may indicate a password spray attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Credential Access, Resource Development | |
| Analytics | Possible Privilege Escalation using Delegated MSA account An attacker might abuse dMSA account to escalate its privileges. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible SPN enumeration A possible SPN enumeration via LDAP was performed. Such enumeration may be used during attacks against the organization. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics | Possible TGT reuse from different hosts (pass the ticket) We observed two different hosts sending TGS using the same TGT. This may indicate a TGT was stolen and passed to another host. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | Potential DCSync by an unusual user Attackers may leverage the domain replication process to extract sensitive information (DCSync). | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Defense Evasion, Credential Access |
| Analytics | Potential NTLM Relay Attack Multiple NTLM authentications were made to the same workstation and user from different IPs. This might indicate a potential NTLM Relay attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access, Lateral Movement |
| Analytics | Potential NTLM Relay Attack against a Microsoft Configuration Manager Site Server Multiple NTLM authentications were made to the same Microsoft Configuration Manager site server and user from different IPs in a short period of time. This might indicate a potential NTLM Relay attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access, Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | Privileged certificate request via certificate template A privileged certificate was requested via certificate template. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Rare LOLBIN Process Execution by User A user executed a living-off-the-land binary (LOLBIN) process that is unusual for this user. This may be indicative of a compromised account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Rare machine account creation A user was observed creating a machine account for the first time. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Rare NTLM Access By User To Host An unusual NTLM authentication attempt by a user to a host. This may indicate the use of stolen credentials or access tokens to access restricted hosts. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent | Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | Rare NTLM Usage by User Rare authentication by user account to host via NTLM. The user has not authenticated with NTLM in the past 30 days. This may be indicative of downgrade attacks from Kerberos to NTLM. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall EAL Logs, XDR Agent | Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | Rare process execution by user An unusual process was executed by a user. This may be indicative of a compromised account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Rare process execution in organization An unusual process was executed in the organization. This may be indicative of a compromised account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution |
| Analytics | Remote account enumeration Multiple non-existing accounts failed to remotely log in to a host in a short period of time. This may indicate an attacker is trying to remotely enumerate accounts. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Discovery, Credential Access |
| Analytics | SCCM log files enumeration Multiple local SCCM logs were accessed within a short period of time. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Sensitive account password reset attempt An attempt was made to reset a sensitive account's password. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Impact |
| Analytics | Single account excessively locked out A user has been locked out an unusually high number of times within a short timeframe. This could indicate an attempt to gain unauthorized access to the user's account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics | SSH authentication brute force attempts A user attempted to authenticate via SSH an excessive number of times in a short period. This may indicate a brute force attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics | SSO Brute Force An abnormally high amount of SSO authentication attempts were seen within a short period of time. This may have resulted from a brute-force attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics | SSO Password Spray An abnormally high amount of SSO authentication attempts were seen within a short period of time. This may have resulted from a login password spray attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | SSO with abnormal operating system A user successfully authenticated via SSO with an abnormal operating system. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Okta, OneLogin | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | SSO with abnormal user agent A user successfully authenticated via SSO with an abnormal user agent. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Okta, AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Duo, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | SSO with new operating system A user successfully authenticated via SSO with a new operating system. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Okta, Azure SignIn Log, AzureAD, Duo | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Successful universal authentication with suspicious features A universal authentication was flagged as suspicious based on anomalous features. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Initial Access | |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious Azure AD interactive sign-in using PowerShell A user interactively logged in to Azure AD via PowerShell. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious certificate template modification A certificate template was updated with a possible misconfiguration. This may indicate the exploitation of misconfigured certificate template access control (ESC4). | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious domain user account creation A user was observed creating a rare domain account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious External RDP Login An unusual successful RDP connection by a user from an external IP. This may be indicative of using stolen credentials or malicious activity. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious NTLM authentication with machine account A suspicious NTLM authentication attempt was made by a machine account. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall EAL Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious SSO access from ASN A suspicious SSO authentication was made by a user. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Google Workspace Authentication, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious SSO authentication A suspicious SSO authentication was made by a user. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Okta | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious successful RDP connection to localhost An unusual process created a successful RDP connection to localhost. This may indicate the use of a tunnel to bypass a firewall. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |