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Spike in Number of Connections Made from a Source IP
editSpike in Number of Connections Made from a Source IP
editA machine learning job has detected a high count of destination IPs establishing an RDP connection with a single source IP. Once an attacker has gained access to one system, they might attempt to access more in the network in search of valuable assets, data, or further access points.
Rule type: machine_learning
Rule indices: None
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 15m
Searches indices from: now-12h (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Use Case: Lateral Movement Detection
- Rule Type: ML
- Rule Type: Machine Learning
- Tactic: Lateral Movement
Version: 1
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
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Technique:
- Name: Exploitation of Remote Services
- ID: T1210
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1210/