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# Hydra Password Brute-Force Tool Execution

### 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                                  |
| Detector Tags        | Kubernetes - AGENT, Containers             |
| ATT\&CK Tactic       | Credential Access (TA0006)                 |
| ATT\&CK Technique    | Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001) |
| Severity             | High                                       |

### Description

Attackers may use brute-force techniques to gain access to accounts when usernames and/or passwords are unknown.

### Attacker's Goals

The attacker attempts to gain access to the account or host.

### Investigative actions

* Verify that the commands are executed from a trusted source.
* Audit the victim account or host and verify that they haven't been compromised.

### Variations

<details>

<summary>Hydra Password Brute-Force Tool Execution from a Kubernetes pod</summary>

**Synopsis**

| Field             | Value                                      |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| ATT\&CK Tactic    | Credential Access (TA0006)                 |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001) |
| Severity          | High                                       |

**Description**

Attackers may use brute-force techniques to gain access to accounts when usernames and/or passwords are unknown.

**Attacker's Goals**

The attacker attempts to gain access to the account or host.

**Investigative actions**

* Verify that the commands are executed from a trusted source.
* Audit the victim account or host and verify that they haven't been compromised.

</details>


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