Purplesharp Invalid Users Kerberos Xml

Description

Automated generation of attack data using PurpleSharp: Kerberos Password Spraying with 50 randomly generated usernames

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1110.003 Password Spraying Credential Access

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory purplesharp_invalid_users_kerberos_xml
Test Date 2022-09-08

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Security

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1110.003/purplesharp_invalid_users_kerberos_xml/windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

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

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Windows Multiple Invalid Users Fail To Authenticate Using Kerberos TTP Endpoint T1110.003 Active Directory Password Spraying, Active Directory Kerberos Attacks, Volt Typhoon
Windows Unusual Count Of Invalid Users Fail To Auth Using Kerberos Anomaly Endpoint T1110.003 Active Directory Password Spraying, Active Directory Kerberos Attacks, Volt Typhoon
Detect Password Spray Attempts TTP Application T1110.003 Compromised User Account, Active Directory Password Spraying

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1110.003/purplesharp_invalid_users_kerberos_xml/windows-security.log --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

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


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0