Admin User Remote Logon

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

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 1title: Admin User Remote Logon
 2id: 0f63e1ef-1eb9-4226-9d54-8927ca08520a
 3status: test
 4description: Detect remote login by Administrator user (depending on internal pattern).
 5references:
 6    - https://car.mitre.org/wiki/CAR-2016-04-005
 7author: juju4
 8date: 2017-10-29
 9modified: 2022-10-09
10tags:
11    - attack.lateral-movement
12    - attack.initial-access
13    - attack.t1078.001
14    - attack.t1078.002
15    - attack.t1078.003
16    - car.2016-04-005
17logsource:
18    product: windows
19    service: security
20    definition: 'Requirements: Identifiable administrators usernames (pattern or special unique character. ex: "Admin-*"), internal policy mandating use only as secondary account'
21detection:
22    selection:
23        EventID: 4624
24        LogonType: 10
25        AuthenticationPackageName: Negotiate
26        TargetUserName|startswith: 'Admin'
27    condition: selection
28falsepositives:
29    - Legitimate administrative activity.
30level: low

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