Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
38 detectors match the current filters. tactic: TA0006 ✕ technique: T1110 ✕
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| 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 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 | 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 | Email contains URL delivering high-risk file type Emails with URLs linking to file types commonly blocked by email vendors due to their use in malware delivery. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | External email with a single internal recipient hidden in BCC External email with mailbox owner hidden in BCC as the only internal recipient. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential Access |
| 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 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-time attachment exchange Detects when an attachment is sent between individuals for the first time in 30 days. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Granting Access to an Account Azure access has been granted to an account. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Initial person-to-person email contact Identifies when a sender initiates contact with individuals with no prior history of interaction in the last 30 days. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential 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 | 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 |
| BIOC | Kerberos brute-force attack using Kerbrute This is a known Kerbrute tool command, used to conduct Kerberos authentication brute-force attacks. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Kerberos Pre-Auth Failures by User and Host The user account on this host failed Kerberos pre-authentications (TGT requests) an unusual number of times. This can indicate a Kerberos brute-force attack. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Moniker link detected in URL(s) A Moniker link was detected within the email's body. The link has the convention of a Moniker link (CVE-2024-21413) correlated to a suspicious URL scheme. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential Access |
| 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 | Outbound email contains file-sharing service link sent to external recipient Identifies outbound emails that include links to file-sharing services sent externally. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Outbound email includes an external BCC recipient observed for the first time Internal sender BCC'd an external recipient whose address has not been observed in prior communications. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Outbound email to an address hosted by a public email service provider Internal sender emailed to an address hosted by a public email service provider. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, 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 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. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Sudden spike in outbound email volume Unusual amount of emails sent by an internal sender to one or more external recipients within a short timeframe. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual URL(s) sent by a brand were observed in the email A URL that is not usually associated with the brand has been detected. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Usage of homograph characters detected in an email attachment(s) name Detected characters resembling Latin letters within an email attachment(s) name. This method could be used as a method to evade text or file scanners and analyzers. | Informational | Email Security | Microsoft 365 Emails | Execution, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | User attempted to connect from a suspicious country A user connected from an unusual country. This may indicate the account was compromised. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics | VPN login Brute-Force attempt A user account failed to log in to a VPN service multiple times in a short time period. This may indicate a brute-force attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics | VPN Login Password Spray An abnormally high number of users failed to log in to a VPN service from an IP address within a short period of time. This may indicate a password spray attack. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Credential Access |