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ATT&CK technique

T1021

Remote Services

Lateral Movement 117 detections found
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Detection rules

Source Rule Status Updated
elastic Potential Lateral Tool Transfer via SMB Share production 2026-10-19
elastic Connection to Internal Network via Telnet production 2026-10-08
elastic Connection to External Network via Telnet production 2026-10-08
splunk Cisco Secure Firewall - Communication Over Suspicious Ports production 2026-10-08
elastic Renaming of OpenSSH Binaries production 2026-10-08
elastic Incoming Execution via PowerShell Remoting production 2026-10-06
elastic AWS EC2 Instance Console Login via Assumed Role production 2026-10-06
elastic SMB Connections via LOLBin or Untrusted Process production 2026-10-06
elastic ESXi SSH Access Enabled production 2026-09-30
elastic ESXi SSH Session from vpxuser production 2026-09-30
elastic ESXi Host Prepared for an Unsigned Install production 2026-09-30
elastic RPC (Remote Procedure Call) to the Internet production 2026-09-21
elastic Accepted Default Telnet Port Connection production 2026-09-21
elastic Suspicious RDP ActiveX Client Loaded production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Execution from a WebDav Share production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Cmd Execution via WMI production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Process Execution via Renamed PsExec Executable production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Ransomware Behavior - Note Files by System production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious File Renamed via SMB production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Ransomware Note File Dropped via SMB production 2026-09-18
elastic Service Command Lateral Movement production 2026-09-18
elastic Incoming DCOM Lateral Movement via MSHTA production 2026-09-18
elastic Incoming DCOM Lateral Movement with MMC production 2026-09-18
elastic Incoming DCOM Lateral Movement with ShellBrowserWindow or ShellWindows production 2026-09-18
elastic NullSessionPipe Registry Modification production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Remote Desktop Shadowing Activity production 2026-09-18
elastic Execution via TSClient Mountpoint production 2026-09-18
elastic Remote Execution via File Shares production 2026-09-18
elastic Incoming Execution via WinRM Remote Shell production 2026-09-18
elastic WMI Incoming Lateral Movement production 2026-09-18
elastic Mounting Hidden or WebDav Remote Shares production 2026-09-18
elastic RDP Enabled via Registry production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential SharpRDP Behavior production 2026-09-18
elastic Remote File Copy to a Hidden Share production 2026-09-18
elastic Remote Windows Service Installed production 2026-09-18
elastic Remotely Started Services via RPC production 2026-09-18
elastic Remote Scheduled Task Creation via RPC production 2026-09-18
elastic Remote Scheduled Task Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic Lateral Movement via Startup Folder production 2026-09-18
elastic SSH Authorized Keys File Activity production 2026-09-18
elastic AWS SSM Session Started to EC2 Instance production 2026-09-18
elastic AWS EC2 Instance Connect SSH Public Key Uploaded production 2026-09-18
elastic AWS Lateral Movement from Kubernetes SA via AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual AWS Command for a User production 2026-09-18
elastic AWS EC2 CreateKeyPair by New Principal from Non-Cloud AS Organization production 2026-09-18
elastic Azure VM Serial Console Connection with Unusual User and ASN production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Azure Activity Logs Event for a User production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Direct Kubelet Access via Process Arguments Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic SSH Authorized Key File Activity Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual GCP Event for a User production 2026-09-18
elastic High Mean of Process Arguments in an RDP Session production 2026-09-18
elastic High Mean of RDP Session Duration production 2026-09-18
elastic High Variance in RDP Session Duration production 2026-09-18
elastic Spike in Number of Connections Made from a Source IP production 2026-09-18
elastic Spike in Number of Connections Made to a Destination IP production 2026-09-18
elastic Spike in Number of Processes in an RDP Session production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Time or Day for an RDP Session production 2026-09-18
elastic Linux SSH X11 Forwarding production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Internal Linux SSH Brute Force Detected production 2026-09-18
elastic Successful SSH Authentication from Unusual SSH Public Key production 2026-09-18
elastic Successful SSH Authentication from Unusual IP Address production 2026-09-18
elastic Successful SSH Authentication from Unusual User production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Direct Kubelet Access via Process Arguments production 2026-09-18
elastic Kubelet API Connection Attempt to Internal IP production 2026-09-18
elastic Remote File Creation in World Writeable Directory production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential THC Tool Downloaded production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Remote File Creation production 2026-09-18
elastic SSH Key Generated via ssh-keygen production 2026-09-18
elastic Network Connection Initiated by Suspicious SSHD Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Execution via SSH Backdoor production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual SSHD Child Process production 2026-09-18
elastic Attempt to Mount SMB Share via Command Line production 2026-09-18
elastic Remote SSH Login Enabled via systemsetup Command production 2026-09-18
elastic Virtual Private Network Connection Attempt production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Source IP for a User to Logon from production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Windows Remote User production 2026-09-18
elastic Unusual Windows Network Activity production 2026-09-18
elastic RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) from the Internet production 2026-09-18
elastic VNC (Virtual Network Computing) to the Internet production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential SSH Reverse Port Forwarding production 2026-09-18
elastic Quick Assist Full Control Sharing Mode Enabled production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Remote Desktop Tunneling Detected production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Machine Account Relay Attack via SMB production 2026-09-18
elastic Windows Registry File Creation in SMB Share production 2026-09-18
elastic Protected Storage Service Access via SMB production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Remote Credential Access via Registry production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Remote Registry Access via SeBackupPrivilege production 2026-09-18
elastic Network-Level Authentication (NLA) Disabled production 2026-09-18
elastic Remote Desktop Enabled in Windows Firewall by Netsh production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential PowerShell HackTool Script by Function Names production 2026-09-18
elastic PsExec Network Connection production 2026-09-18
elastic Outbound Scheduled Task Activity via PowerShell production 2026-09-18
splunk Cisco IOS XE VTY Access Class Tampering production 2026-05-20
splunk ESXi Shell Access Enabled production 2026-05-13
splunk Enable RDP In Other Port Number production 2026-05-13
splunk Cisco Network Interface Modifications production 2026-05-13
sigma HackTool - NetExec Execution experimental 2026-03-29
elastic Deprecated - SSH Process Launched From Inside A Container via Elastic Defend deprecated 2026-02-04
elastic Deprecated - SSH Connection Established Inside A Running Container deprecated 2025-03-14
elastic Deprecated - SSH Process Launched From Inside A Container deprecated 2025-03-14
suricata ET USER_AGENTS WinRM User Agent Detected - Possible Lateral Movement rev 5 2024-04-13
sigma OpenCanary - SSH Login Attempt test 2024-03-08
sigma OpenCanary - SSH New Connection Attempt test 2024-03-08
sigma OpenCanary - SNMP OID Request test 2024-03-08
sigma OpenCanary - SMB File Open Request test 2024-03-08
sigma OpenCanary - FTP Login Attempt test 2024-03-08
sigma OpenCanary - VNC Connection Attempt test 2024-03-08
elastic Potential SSH Brute Force Detected on Privileged Account deprecated 2023-06-22
snort ET USER_AGENTS WinRM User Agent Detected - Possible Lateral Movement rev 3 2023-04-14
sigma Psexec Execution test 2023-02-28
sigma Privilege Escalation via Named Pipe Impersonation test 2022-12-30
sigma Potential Remote Desktop Tunneling test 2022-09-27
elastic SSH (Secure Shell) from the Internet deprecated 2021-04-15
sentinel A host is potentially running a hacking tool (ASIM Web Session schema) Scheduled —
sentinel RDP Nesting Scheduled —
sentinel Rare RDP Connections Scheduled —
sentinel Multiple RDP connections from Single System Scheduled —