SSO authentication by a service account

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by Alert name

Product

Cortex XDR

Last date published

2024-09-24

Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	Requires one of the following data sources: AzureAD OR Azure SignIn Log OR Duo OR Okta OR OneLogin OR PingOne
Detection Modules	Identity Analytics
Detector Tags
ATT&CK Tactic	Initial Access (TA0001)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts (T1078.002)
Severity	Low

A service account successfully authenticated via SSO.

Use an account that has access to resources to move laterally in the network and access privileged resources.

Check whether the account has done any administrative actions it should not usually do.
Look for more logins and authentications by the account throughout the network.

ATT&CK Tactic	Initial Access (TA0001)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts (T1078.002)
Severity	Informational

A service account successfully authenticated via SSO.

Use an account that has access to resources to move laterally in the network and access privileged resources.

Check whether the account has done any administrative actions it should not usually do.
Look for more logins and authentications by the account throughout the network.

ATT&CK Tactic	Initial Access (TA0001)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts (T1078.002)
Severity	Medium

A service account successfully authenticated via SSO.

Use an account that has access to resources to move laterally in the network and access privileged resources.

Check whether the account has done any administrative actions it should not usually do.
Look for more logins and authentications by the account throughout the network.