Purplesharp Invalid Users Ntlm Xml

Description

Automated generation of attack data using PurpleSharp: NTLM Password Spraying with randomly 50 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_ntlm_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_ntlm_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 Unusual Count Of Invalid Users Failed To Auth Using NTLM Anomaly Endpoint T1110.003 Active Directory Password Spraying, Volt Typhoon
Windows Multiple Invalid Users Failed To Authenticate Using NTLM TTP Endpoint T1110.003 Active Directory Password Spraying, Volt Typhoon

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_ntlm_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