SigmaHQ/rules/windows/builtin/win_susp_net_recon_activity.yml

title: Reconnaissance Activity
status: experimental
description: 'Detects activity as "net user administrator /domain" and "net group domain admins /domain"'
references:
    - https://findingbad.blogspot.de/2017/01/hunting-what-does-it-look-like.html
author: Florian Roth (rule), Jack Croock (method)
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1087
    - attack.t1069
    - attack.s0039
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
    description: The volume of Event ID 4661 is high on Domain Controllers and therefore "Audit SAM" and "Audit Kernel Object" advanced audit policy settings are not configured in the recommandations for server systems
detection:
    selection:
        - EventID: 4661
          ObjectType: 'SAM_USER'
          ObjectName: 'S-1-5-21-*-500'
          AccessMask: '0x2d'
        - EventID: 4661
          ObjectType: 'SAM_GROUP'
          ObjectName: 'S-1-5-21-*-512'
          AccessMask: '0x2d'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Administrator activity
    - Penetration tests
level: high