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Potential Remote Desktop Connection to Non-Domain Host

Detects logons using NTLM to hosts that are potentially not part of the domain.

MITRE ATT&CK

command-and-control

Detection Query

selection:
  EventID: 8001
  TargetName|startswith: TERMSRV
condition: selection

Author

James Pemberton

Created

2020-05-22

Data Sources

windowsntlm

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.command-and-controlattack.t1219.002

Raw Content

title: Potential Remote Desktop Connection to Non-Domain Host
id: ce5678bb-b9aa-4fb5-be4b-e57f686256ad
status: test
description: Detects logons using NTLM to hosts that are potentially not part of the domain.
references:
    - n/a
author: James Pemberton
date: 2020-05-22
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.t1219.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: ntlm
    definition: Requires events from Microsoft-Windows-NTLM/Operational
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 8001
        TargetName|startswith: 'TERMSRV'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Host connections to valid domains, exclude these.
    - Host connections not using host FQDN.
    - Host connections to external legitimate domains.
level: medium