Abnormal sensitive RPC traffic to multiple hosts

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Product
Cortex XDR
Last date published
2024-12-03
Category
Analytics Alert Reference
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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

The endpoint performed unfamiliar RPC activity to multiple hosts using a known sensitive interface.

Attacker's Goals

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

Investigative actions

  • Check if the host is a newly deployed server that provides RPC based services to multiple hosts.
  • Verify the legitimacy of the actor process (and its causality) that initiated this RPC traffic.

Variations

Abnormal sensitive RPC traffic to multiple IPs

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic

Lateral Movement (TA0008)

ATT&CK Technique

Remote Services (T1021)

Severity

Informational

Description

The endpoint performed unfamiliar RPC activity to multiple hosts using a known sensitive interface.

Attacker's Goals

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

Investigative actions

  • Check if the host is a newly deployed server that provides RPC based services to multiple hosts.
  • Verify the legitimacy of the actor process (and its causality) that initiated this RPC traffic.