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Cisco Duo Unusual Admin Login

Date: 2025-07-10 ID: 8bb65e4d-656a-40a8-a8be-0f3735f4a9e5 Author: Patrick Bareiss Environment: attack_range Directory: cisco_duo_unusual_admin_login

Description

Logged in as an admin from an unusual location.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1556 Modify Authentication Process Credential Access, Defense Evasion, Persistence

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory cisco_duo_unusual_admin_login
Test Date 2025-07-10

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Cisco_duo_activity-Json

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1556/cisco_duo_unusual_admin_login/cisco_duo_activity.json
  • Sourcetype: cisco:duo:administrator
  • Source: duo

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Cisco Duo Admin Login Unusual Os TTP Application T1556 Cisco Duo Suspicious Activity
Cisco Duo Admin Login Unusual Country TTP Application T1556 Cisco Duo Suspicious Activity
Cisco Duo Admin Login Unusual Browser TTP Application T1556 Cisco Duo Suspicious Activity

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1556/cisco_duo_unusual_admin_login/cisco_duo_activity.json --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0