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Admin User Remote Logon

Detect remote login by Administrator user (depending on internal pattern).

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationpersistencedefense-evasionlateral-movementinitial-access

Detection Query

selection:
  EventID: 4624
  LogonType: 10
  AuthenticationPackageName: Negotiate
  TargetUserName|startswith: Admin
condition: selection

Author

juju4

Created

2017-10-29

Data Sources

windowssecurity

Platforms

windows

References

https://car.mitre.org/wiki/CAR-2016-04-005

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.lateral-movementattack.initial-accessattack.t1078.001attack.t1078.002attack.t1078.003car.2016-04-005

Raw Content

title: Admin User Remote Logon
id: 0f63e1ef-1eb9-4226-9d54-8927ca08520a
status: test
description: Detect remote login by Administrator user (depending on internal pattern).
references:
    - https://car.mitre.org/wiki/CAR-2016-04-005
author: juju4
date: 2017-10-29
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.t1078.001
    - attack.t1078.002
    - attack.t1078.003
    - car.2016-04-005
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    definition: 'Requirements: Identifiable administrators usernames (pattern or special unique character. ex: "Admin-*"), internal policy mandating use only as secondary account'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 4624
        LogonType: 10
        AuthenticationPackageName: Negotiate
        TargetUserName|startswith: 'Admin'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate administrative activity.
level: low