RDP connections enabled remotely via Registry

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by data source

Product

Cortex XDR

Last date published

2024-12-03

Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	Requires: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
Detection Modules
Detector Tags
ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001)
Severity	Low

An attacker may remotely enable RDP connections to a machine by setting the fDenyTSConnections Registry key to 0.

Remotely enable RDP on the host for lateral movement.

Check whether the executing process is benign, and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.
Search for RDP sessions to this host and investigate them for malicious activities.

ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001)
Severity	Low

An attacker may remotely enable RDP connections to a machine by setting the fDenyTSConnections Registry key to 0.

Remotely enable RDP on the host for lateral movement.

Check whether the executing process is benign, and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.
Search for RDP sessions to this host and investigate them for malicious activities.

ATT&CK Tactic

ATT&CK Technique

Severity

Low

An attacker may remotely enable RDP connections to a machine by setting the fDenyTSConnections Registry key to 0.

Remotely enable RDP on the host for lateral movement.

Check whether the executing process is benign, and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.
Search for RDP sessions to this host and investigate them for malicious activities.