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# AI-determined combination of risky alerts under the same actor process
### Synopsis
| Field | Value |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period | 14 Days |
| Training Period | 30 Days |
| Test Period | 12 Hours |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day |
| Required Data | Requires one of the following data sources:
Palo Alto Networks Platform Alerts OR Third-Party Alerts
|
| Detector Tags | AI Insight Fusion Analytics |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Execution (TA0002) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | User Execution (T1204), Native API (T1106) |
| Severity | Informational |
### Description
Multiple alerts likely to be associated with an incident were identified under the same actor process.
### Attacker's Goals
Perform multiple activities to achieve the attacker's goals in the target environment.
### Investigative actions
* Investigate the actor process of these alerts.
* Track down other suspicious activity under this actor process.
### Variations
AI-determined combination of risky alerts under the same actor process: LDAP traffic from non-standard process with SMB traffic from non-standard process
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Execution (TA0002) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | User Execution (T1204), Native API (T1106) |
| Severity | Medium |
**Description**
A non-standard process communicated over LDAP ports, combined with SMB traffic from a non-standard process under the same actor process. This combination may indicate an attacker performing Active Directory enumeration while leveraging SMB for lateral movement or discovery.
**Attacker's Goals**
Perform multiple activities to achieve the attacker's goals in the target environment.
**Investigative actions**
* Investigate the actor process of these alerts.
* Track down other suspicious activity under this actor process.
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