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OpenCanary - RDP New Connection Attempt

Detects instances where an RDP service on an OpenCanary node has had a connection attempt.

MITRE ATT&CK

initial-accesslateral-movement

Detection Query

selection:
  logtype: 14001
condition: selection

Author

Marco Pedrinazzi (@pedrinazziM)

Created

2026-01-06

Data Sources

opencanaryapplication

Platforms

opencanary

References

Tags

attack.initial-accessattack.lateral-movementattack.t1133attack.t1021.001

Raw Content

title: OpenCanary - RDP New Connection Attempt
id: 598290cf-5932-45cd-9123-be1e05ab4f2e
status: experimental
description: Detects instances where an RDP service on an OpenCanary node has had a connection attempt.
references:
    - https://opencanary.readthedocs.io/en/latest/starting/configuration.html#services-configuration
    - https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/blob/a0896adfcaf0328cfd5829fe10d2878c7445138e/opencanary/logger.py#L52
author: Marco Pedrinazzi (@pedrinazziM)
date: 2026-01-06
tags:
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.lateral-movement
    - attack.t1133
    - attack.t1021.001
logsource:
    category: application
    product: opencanary
detection:
    selection:
        logtype: 14001
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high