Unusual Time or Day for an RDP Session

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A machine learning job has detected an RDP session started at an usual time or weekday. An RDP session at an unusual time could be followed by other suspicious activities, so catching this is a good first step in detecting a larger attack.

Rule type: machine_learning

Rule indices: None

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 15m

Searches indices from: now-12h (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

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Tags:

  • Use Case: Lateral Movement Detection
  • Rule Type: ML
  • Rule Type: Machine Learning
  • Tactic: Lateral Movement

Version: 1

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM