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NTLM Brute Force
Detects common NTLM brute force device names
Detection Query
selection:
EventID: 8004
devicename:
WorkstationName:
- Rdesktop
- Remmina
- Freerdp
- Windows7
- Windows8
- Windows2012
- Windows2016
- Windows2019
condition: selection and devicename
Author
Jerry Shockley '@jsh0x'
Created
2022-02-02
Data Sources
windowsntlm
Platforms
windows
Tags
attack.credential-accessattack.t1110
Raw Content
title: NTLM Brute Force
id: 9c8acf1a-cbf9-4db6-b63c-74baabe03e59
status: test
description: Detects common NTLM brute force device names
references:
- https://www.varonis.com/blog/investigate-ntlm-brute-force
author: Jerry Shockley '@jsh0x'
date: 2022-02-02
tags:
- attack.credential-access
- attack.t1110
logsource:
product: windows
service: ntlm
definition: Requires events from Microsoft-Windows-NTLM/Operational
detection:
selection:
EventID: 8004
devicename:
WorkstationName:
- 'Rdesktop'
- 'Remmina'
- 'Freerdp'
- 'Windows7'
- 'Windows8'
- 'Windows2012'
- 'Windows2016'
- 'Windows2019'
condition: selection and devicename
falsepositives:
- Systems with names equal to the spoofed ones used by the brute force tools
level: medium