Suspicious Computer Account Name Change

Date: 2025-08-12 ID: f1bc213c-49d0-43cb-96c8-7b29a95431bb Author: Generated by dataset_analyzer.py Environment: attack_range Directory: suspicious_computer_account_name_change

Description

Automatically categorized datasets in directory suspicious_computer_account_name_change

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.002	Domain Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Environment Details

Field	Value
Environment	attack_range
Directory	suspicious_computer_account_name_change
Test Date	2025-08-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Xml

Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1078.002/suspicious_computer_account_name_change/windows-xml.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
Suspicious Computer Account Name Change	`TTP`	Endpoint	T1078.002	Active Directory Privilege Escalation, Compromised Windows Host, sAMAccountName Spoofing and Domain Controller Impersonation, Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1078.002/suspicious_computer_account_name_change/windows-xml.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
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