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# Uncommon RDP connection

### Synopsis

| Field                | Value                                                |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period    | 14 Days                                              |
| Training Period      | 30 Days                                              |
| Test Period          | N/A (single event)                                   |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Hour                                               |
| Required Data        | XDR Agent                                            |
| Detector Tags        | Enhanced RDP Analytics                               |
| ATT\&CK Tactic       | Lateral Movement (TA0008)                            |
| ATT\&CK Technique    | Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001) |
| Severity             | Informational                                        |

### Description

RDP is used by attackers to laterally move to new hosts. Standard processes do not usually implement RDP on their own, and attackers might inject or tunnel using a non-standard process.

### Attacker's Goals

Use an account that was possibly compromised to gain access to the network.

### Investigative actions

* Validate if the process is a legitimate IT software.
* Verify if the process is known to be malicious.
* Look into actions done on the remote host.


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