A remote service was created via RPC over SMB

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
Detector Tags	Impacket Analytics
ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008), Execution (TA0002)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares (T1021.002), System Services: Service Execution (T1569.002)
Severity	Low

Description

A remote service was created via RPC over SMB.

Attacker's Goals

Process creation on a remote host.

Investigative actions

Check whether the new process is benign and that the new process is not doing suspicious activity.

Variations

A remote service with an uncommon name was created via RPC over SMB

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Lateral Movement (TA0008), Execution (TA0002)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares (T1021.002), System Services: Service Execution (T1569.002)
Severity	Medium

Description

A remote service was created via RPC over SMB.

Attacker's Goals

Process creation on a remote host.

Investigative actions

Check whether the new process is benign and that the new process is not doing suspicious activity.