Suspicious Windows ANONYMOUS LOGON Local Account Created

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log source: windows · securityauthor James Pemberton / @4A616D6573date 2019-10-31
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description

What this is, in brief.

Detects the creation of suspicious accounts similar to ANONYMOUS LOGON, such as using additional spaces. Created as an covering detection for exclusion of Logon Type 3 from ANONYMOUS LOGON accounts.

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tags

attack.persistenceattack.t1136.001attack.t1136.002
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rule source (YAML)

title: Suspicious Windows ANONYMOUS LOGON Local Account Created
id: 1bbf25b9-8038-4154-a50b-118f2a32be27
status: test
description: Detects the creation of suspicious accounts similar to ANONYMOUS LOGON, such as using additional spaces. Created as an covering detection for exclusion of Logon Type 3 from ANONYMOUS LOGON accounts.
references:
    - https://twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1189469425482829824
author: James Pemberton / @4A616D6573
date: 2019-10-31
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1136.001
    - attack.t1136.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: security
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 4720
        SamAccountName|contains|all:
            - 'ANONYMOUS'
            - 'LOGON'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high
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detects techniques (2)

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.