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Start Identity Threat Detection And Response PracticeWhile investigating a lateral movement attack, an analyst notices suspicious Kerberos ticket-granting service (TGS) requests in Cortex XDR log queries. Which XQL dataset contains the parsed domain controller event logs required to investigate this potential Kerberos-based attack?
Explanation: Windows security event logs collected from Domain Controllers, such as event ID 4769 (Kerberos service ticket was requested), populate the dataset xdr_data where action_id corresponds to Windows event logs or specialized authentication datasets.
An administrator wants to write an XQL query to detect potential Pass-the-Hash activity by evaluating anomalous NTLM authentication events compared against a user's historical baseline. Which XQL function is best suited for statistical deviation analysis?
Explanation: The 'cdf' or statistical aggregation functions like 'count', 'earliest', 'latest', or machine learning outlier functions in XQL are used to evaluate baseline deviations.
When investigating advanced Active Directory attacks such as DCSync or DCShadow using Cortex XDR, which TWO primary indicators or event logs should an analyst look for?
Explanation: DCSync attacks involve replicating directory changes, which generate Windows Security Event ID 4662 (Directory Service Access) and Event ID 4632/4624/associated replication privilege checks.
Which TWO methods can an administrator use to ingest Active Directory logs into Cortex XDR?
Explanation: Option A is correct because Cortex XDR can ingest Windows Security Event logs from Active Directory Domain Controllers by forwarding them through the Cortex XDR agent or via syslog to the Cortex XDR management console, which is a supported log-collection method for AD monitoring. Option B is correct because the Cortex XDR Broker VM is specifically designed to collect logs from sources such as Domain Controllers and forward them to Cortex XDR, making it a valid ingestion path for Active Directory logs. Option C is not a supported ingestion method since printing and OCR scanning is not a technical log-forwarding mechanism. Option D is invalid because a USB flash drive cannot be connected directly to the Cortex XDR cloud tenant. Option E is invalid because sending logs as email attachments to a support address is not a supported or secure ingestion method.
When constructing an advanced XQL query to investigate credential access and lateral movement, which TWO syntax structures or functions are correctly formatted for filtering and aggregation?
Explanation: Valid XQL syntax uses 'dataset = xdr_data' (or equivalent), 'filter' clauses, and 'stats count by' aggregation commands.
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