Spike in User Account Management Events

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

About

A machine learning job has identified a spike in user account management events for a user, indicating potential privileged access activity. This indicates an unusual increase in actions related to managing user accounts (such as creating, modifying, or deleting accounts), which could be a sign of an attempt to escalate privileges or unauthorized activity involving account management.
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)

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 User Account Management 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).