Elastic Security Detection Rules

Spike in Special Logon Events

Last updated 2 months ago on 2025-07-02
Created 6 months ago on 2025-02-18

About

A machine learning job has detected a surge in special logon events for a user, indicating potential privileged access activity. A sudden spike in these events could suggest an attacker or malicious insider gaining elevated access, possibly for lateral movement or privilege escalation.
Tags
Use Case: Privileged Access DetectionRule Type: MLRule Type: Machine LearningTactic: Privilege Escalation
Severity
low
Risk Score
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

Privilege Escalation (TA0004)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Valid Accounts (T1078)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Machine Learning
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Related Integrations

pad(opens in a new tab or window)

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Spike in Special Logon Events in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).