Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
69 detectors match the current filters. tactic: TA0006 ✕
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| Analytics BIOC | A Command Line Interface (CLI) command was executed from a GCP serverless compute service A GCP serverless compute service token was used to execute a Command Line Interface (CLI) command. | Low | Cortex Cloud | Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A Command Line Interface (CLI) command was executed from an AWS serverless compute service AWS serverless compute service token was used to execute a Command Line Interface (CLI) command. This may indicate token theft due to the nature of serverless compute. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Initial Access, Credential Access, Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A process queried the ADFS database decryption key via LDAP A process queried the ADFS database decryption key (DKM key) via LDAP. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A suspicious process enrolled for a certificate A suspicious process enrolled for a certificate. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A user attempted to bypass Okta MFA A user may have attempted to bypass Okta MFA. | Low | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Okta Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics | A user rejected an SSO request from an unusual country A user rejected an SSO authentication request from an abnormal country. | Low | Identity Analytics | Okta, OneLogin | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics | A user sent multiple TGT requests to irregular service A user sent multiple TGT requests to services other than KRBTGT and KADMIN. This is typically a sign of a Kerberoasting attack. | Low | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Account probing A user failed to log in to multiple hosts it never accessed before in a short amount of time. This may indicate the account is compromised and an attacker is probing for a host it can access with those credentials. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | ADFS DKM Key Access ADFS DKM key attribute (thumbnailphoto) access in AD container, potential Golden SAML token forging attempt. | Low | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR) | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics | An identity successfully extracted multiple secrets within the organization An identity successfully dumped multiple secrets from the project. This may indicate an attacker's attempt to dump sensitive information from the cloud environment. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Cached credentials discovery with cmdkey Cmdkey is a built-in Windows tool that can cache domain user credentials for use on specific target machines, Attackers can access cached user credentials using cmdkey /list. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access, Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Copy a user's GnuPG directory with rsync Copy a user's GnuPG (.gnupg) directory on to a staging folder using the 'find' and 'rsync' commands. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Discovery of accounts with pre-authentication disabled via LDAP A possible discovery of accounts without pre-authentication required via LDAP was performed. Such enumeration may be used during attacks against the organization. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery, Credential Access |
| BIOC | Dumping Registry hives with passwords Dumping registry hives can be used to obtain stored credentials/hashes. | Low | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Excessive user account lockouts A high amount of user accounts were locked out from a single source host in a short time period. This may be the result of a brute-force or password spray attack. | Low | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Extracting credentials from Unix files Suspicious Unix files containing insecurely stored credentials were accessed. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | FTP Connection Using an Anonymous Login or Default Credentials An FTP connection using an anonymous login was detected. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall EAL Logs | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| Analytics | Impossible traveler - SSO User connected from several remote countries, at least one of which is not commonly used in the organization, within a short period of time. This may indicate the account is compromised. | Low | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics | Impossible traveler - VPN A user connected to a VPN service from multiple remote countries in a short period of time, which should normally be impossible. This may indicate the account is compromised. | Low | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Credential Access, Resource Development |
| BIOC | Installation of Cain & Abel password recovery tool A process created a Registry key associated with the common password cracking tool Cain & Abel. | Low | Platform Analytics | Registry | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Interactive local account enumeration Multiple non-existing accounts attempted interactive local logins to a host within a short period. This may indicate that an attacker has physical access to the host and is trying to enumerate accounts. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Discovery, Credential Access |
| BIOC | Internet Explorer home page modification The Internet Explorer home page could be changed to a malicious page. | Low | Platform Analytics | Registry | Impact, Credential Access |
| Analytics | Kerberos Pre-Auth Failures by Host The endpoint failed an unusual number of Kerberos pre-authentications (TGT requests) from at least three users when compared to its baseline. This can indicate a password-spraying attack. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Keylogging using system commands Usage of a Linux system utility to capture input. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access, Collection |
| Analytics BIOC | LDAP AD CS Enumeration via Attack Tool A user sent a suspicious AD CS enumeration query via LDAP. The query is associated with an AD CS LDAP enumeration tool that may be used during attacks against the organization. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery, Credential Access |
| Analytics | Machine Account NTLM Relay An NTLM NTProofStr was seen from more than one source. This indicates that machine account NTLM authentication data has been relayed. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access, Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | MFA Disabled for Google Workspace An administrator has disabled Multi-Factor Authentication for Google Workspace users. | Low | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | MFA was disabled for an Azure identity MFA was disabled for the user. | Low | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | AzureAD Audit Log | Credential Access, Defense Evasion, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Modification of NTLM restrictions in the Registry Allowing the transmission of NTLM could be part of an NTLM downgrade or an Internal Monologue attack. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Multiple Suspicious FTP Login Attempts Multiple suspicious FTP sessions were detected, which may indicate a brute-force attempt. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall EAL Logs | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Multiple uncommon SSH Servers with the same Server host key Multiple uncommon SSH servers were observed using the same host key. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall EAL Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Multiple user accounts failed login due to account lockouts A high amount of user accounts were locked out from a single source host in a short time period. This may be the result of a brute-force or password spray attack. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Multiple Weakly-Encrypted Kerberos Tickets Received A user accessed a number of services associated with user accounts in the 10 minutes leading to the alert, generating a number of weakly encrypted Kerberos TGS (ticket granting service) tickets that is significantly larger than the number of weakly encrypted TGS tickets received by that user in the 30 days leading to the alert. Services associated with user accounts are a common target for Kerberoasting due to default weak encryption. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| BIOC | Nagios enumeration A Nagios XI database may be enumerated for the credentials of the hosts monitored. | Low | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | NTDS.dit file written by an uncommon executable The Active Directory database file was written by an uncommon process to a non-default location. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics | NTLM Brute Force on a Service Account A service account attempted to authenticate to a target using NTLM an excessive number of times in a short period. This may indicate a NTLM brute-force attack. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics | NTLM Brute Force on an Administrator Account An administrator account attempted to authenticate using NTLM to a target an excessive number of times in a short period. This may indicate an NTLM brute-force attack. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible DCSync from a non domain controller Attackers may pose a compromised host as a DC to replicate data to it (DCSync). | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | Possible external RDP Brute-Force Multiple failed remote logins originated from an external IP with at least one successful login. This may indicate a successful brute-force attack. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible Kerberoasting without SPNs A user specifically requested weak and deprecated encryption in a Kerberos TGS request. This provides easy-to-crack hashes, and is typically a sign of a Kerberoasting attack. The requested service was specified by using a suspicious SPN type, which is often used by Kerberoasting tools to request by SAN instead of SPN. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Possible network sniffing attempt via tcpdump or tshark Attackers may monitor network traffic for cleartext credentials or to learn the network's configuration. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access, Discovery |
| Analytics | Potential extraction of NAA Account Credentials in Microsoft Configuration Manager Possible user attempt to deobfuscate Network Access Account (NAA) credentials in Microsoft Configuration Manager. This may indicate a compromised account. | Low | Identity Analytics | AzureAD Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs, Office 365 Audit, Okta, Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs, XDR Agent, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | Potential kubelet impersonation attempt A process accessed both the Kubelet credentials and the Kubernetes CA certificate, indicating an attempt to impersonate the node agent and communicate with the API server. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Potential SCCM credential harvesting using WMI detected Attackers or malware may use WMI queries to obtain domain credentials that are used by the SCCM. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Execution, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Reading bash command history file Attackers may access the bash history file to glean cleartext usernames and passwords that were entered on the command line. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Remote usage of an AWS service token An AWS service token was used externally of the cloud environment. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Credential Access, Lateral Movement, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Remote usage of an Azure Managed Identity token An Azure Managed Identity token, which is attached to a compute service, was used externally of the cloud environment. | Low | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Stored credentials exported using credwiz.exe Attackers may abuse the credwiz tool to export stored accounts. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious Certutil AD CS contact A suspicious occurrence of Certutil attempted to contact the AD CS Request Interface. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Discovery, Credential Access |
| Analytics | Suspicious Kerberos Pre-Auth Failures by Host An endpoint failed unusual number of Kerberos pre-authentications (TGT requests) which may indicate a password-spraying attack. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Suspicious LDAP queries followed by shared folder access The user executed suspicious LDAP queries shortly before accessing a shared folder. This behavior may be indicative of Rubeus activity involving Kerberos ticket forgery, such as Golden Ticket or Silver Ticket attacks. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious Print System Remote Protocol usage by a process A host which is trusted for unconstrained delegation initiated an SMB connection to a DC using the Print System Remote Protocol. An attacker can abuse such sessions for relay attacks. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious process accessed certificate files A suspicious process accessed certificate files. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious setspn.exe execution A Service Principal Name (SPN) is a unique identifier for a service, mapped to a specific account. Setspn.exe can be used to retrieve SPN information, which may indicate an attacker's attempt to "Kerberoast". | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious sshpass command execution The sshpass command was executed, This could be an attempt to check for credential stuffing. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious usage of EC2 token An AWS EC2 STS token was used externally from an EC2 instance. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Credential Access, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon access to Microsoft Teams credential files Sensitive Microsoft Teams credential files were accessed. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon AppleScript potentially utilizes credential-grabbing techniques to steal user passwords The AppleScript interpreter potentially utilizes credential-grabbing techniques to steal user passwords. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Execution, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon Azure Cosmos DB master key read by identity A cloud identity read master keys from an Azure Cosmos DB account, which is uncommon for this identity. | Low | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon creation or access operation of sensitive shadow copy An uncommon creation or access of a sensitive Shadow Copy volume path. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon sensitive registry hive dump A sensitive registry hive was extracted, which is used for accessing credentials. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unprivileged process opened a registry hive An unprivileged process opened a registry hive directly. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual ADFS Remote Synchronization network connections from non-ADFS server Detected an unauthorized configuration sync request to the ADFS Policy Store from a non-ADFS server, step for forging SAML tokens in a Golden SAML attack. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall EAL Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access, Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual Azure AD sync module load A process that does not usually load the Azure AD Sync mcrypt.dll loaded the module. | Low | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR) | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual CertLog Remote File Write A remote host wrote to a certificate log file via RPC over SMB, which may indicate the use of an AD CS attack tool like Certipy. This behavior is commonly associated with certificate-based authentication attacks. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual CIM repository file access An uncommon process accessed the CIM repository file, potentially to retrieve stored NNA credentials for unauthorized use. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual Encrypting File System Remote call (EFSRPC) to domain controller An unusual Encrypting File System Remote call (EFSRPC) was made to a domain controller. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual process accessed FTP Client credentials An unusual process has accessed a third-party FTP client's credential file. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Weakly-Encrypted Kerberos Ticket Requested A user specifically requested weak and deprecated encryption in a Kerberos TGS request. This provides easy-to-crack hashes and is typically a sign of a Kerberoasting attack. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent | Credential Access |