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# Possible Kerberoasting attack
### Synopsis
| Field | Value |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period | 14 Days |
| Training Period | 30 Days |
| Test Period | 1 Hour |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day |
| Required Data | Requires all of the following:
XDR Agent
XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
|
| Detection Modules | Identity Analytics |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Credential Access (TA0006) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: Kerberoasting (T1558.003) |
| Severity | Medium |
### Description
A user enumerated all service principals in the organization and specifically requested weak and deprecated encryption in a ticket request. This is typically a sign of a Kerberoasting attack.
### Attacker's Goals
Crack account credentials by obtaining an easy-to-crack Kerberos ticket.
### Investigative actions
Check who used the host at the time of the alert to rule out a benign service or tool requesting weak Kerberos encryption.
### Variations
Kerberoasting attack
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Credential Access (TA0006) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: Kerberoasting (T1558.003) |
| Severity | High |
**Description**
A user enumerated all service principals in the organization and specifically requested weak and deprecated encryption in a ticket request. This is typically a sign of a Kerberoasting attack.
**Attacker's Goals**
Crack account credentials by obtaining an easy-to-crack Kerberos ticket.
**Investigative actions**
Check who used the host at the time of the alert to rule out a benign service or tool requesting weak Kerberos encryption.
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