Administrator groups enumerated via LDAP

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	Requires one of the following data sources: Windows Event Collector OR XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
Detector Tags	LDAP Analytics (Client)
ATT&CK Tactic	Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK Technique	Account Discovery (T1087)
Severity	Informational

Description

An LDAP search query that collects information about administrators was executed. This may be indicative of Active Directory domain enumeration, which can be used to perform attacks against the organization.

Attacker's Goals

An attacker is attempting to enumerate Active Directory.

Investigative actions

• Check if the process executes LDAP search queries as part of its normal behavior.
• Investigate the LDAP search query for any suspicious indicators.