Abnormal SMB activity to multiple hosts

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by data source

Product

Cortex XDR

Last date published

2024-12-03

Synopsis

Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	5 Hours
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	Requires: XDR Agent
Detection Modules
Detector Tags	NDR Lateral Movement Analytics
ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services (T1021)
Severity	Low

Description

An endpoint performed a new, unfamiliar SMB activity to multiple hosts on the network.

Attacker's Goals

An adversary may use different protocols to enumerate and plan its lateral movement over the network.

Investigative actions

Verify if the host is a newly deployed server that consists of SMB services to multiple hosts.
Verify the legitimacy of the actor process (and its causality) that initiated this SMB traffic.

Variations

Highly rare SMB activity to multiple hosts

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services (T1021)
Severity	Low

Description

An endpoint performed a new, and highly rare, SMB activity to multiple hosts on the network.

Attacker's Goals

An adversary may use different protocols to enumerate and plan its lateral movement over the network.

Investigative actions

Verify if the host is a newly deployed server that consists of SMB services to multiple hosts.
Verify the legitimacy of the actor process (and its causality) that initiated this SMB traffic.

Highly rare SMB activity to multiple hosts

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services (T1021)
Severity	Medium

Description

An endpoint performed a new, and highly rare SMB activity to multiple hosts on the network.

Attacker's Goals

An adversary may use different protocols to enumerate and plan its lateral movement over the network.

Investigative actions

Verify if the host is a newly deployed server that consists of SMB services to multiple hosts.
Verify the legitimacy of the actor process (and its causality) that initiated this SMB traffic.

Abnormal SMB activity to multiple hosts

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services (T1021)
Severity	Medium

Description

An endpoint performed a new, unfamiliar SMB activity to multiple hosts on the network.

Attacker's Goals

An adversary may use different protocols to enumerate and plan its lateral movement over the network.

Investigative actions

Verify if the host is a newly deployed server that consists of SMB services to multiple hosts.
Verify the legitimacy of the actor process (and its causality) that initiated this SMB traffic.

Abnormal SMB activity to multiple hosts

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services (T1021)
Severity	Low

Description

An endpoint performed a new, unfamiliar SMB activity to multiple hosts on the network.

Attacker's Goals

An adversary may use different protocols to enumerate and plan its lateral movement over the network.

Investigative actions

Verify if the host is a newly deployed server that consists of SMB services to multiple hosts.
Verify the legitimacy of the actor process (and its causality) that initiated this SMB traffic.