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Windows User Account Creation

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Windows User Account Creation

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Identifies attempts to create a Windows User Account. This is sometimes done by attackers to persist or increase access to a system or domain.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

winlogbeat-*
logs-system.*
logs-windows.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: None (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

Domain: Endpoint
OS: Windows
Use Case: Threat Detection
Tactic: Persistence

Version: 1

Rule authors:

Skoetting

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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event.module:("system" or "security") and winlog.api:"wineventlog" and
  (event.code:"4720" or event.action:"added-user-account")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
Technique:
- Name: Create Account
- ID: T1136
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Local Account
- ID: T1136.001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/001/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Domain Account
- ID: T1136.002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/002/

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