Suspicious process accessed certificate files

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)
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	Unsecured Credentials (T1552), Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates (T1649)
Severity	Low

Description

A suspicious process accessed certificate files.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may search for local certificate files for authentication, persistence or NTLM extraction.

Investigative actions

• See whether this was a legitimate action.
• Follow process/user activities.