VMware ESXi - Multiple Failed Shell Login via SSH

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Identifies a failed ESXi Shell login via SSH in a short TimeFrame. This could be suspicious activity especially if this alert is seen triggering many times within a short time frame which could be evidence of a brute-force attack. TriggerThreshold can be adapted.

Attribute Value
Type Analytic Rule
Solution VMWareESXi
ID 22d177d5-588c-4f1a-a332-2695f52079bb
Severity Medium
Status Available
Kind Scheduled
Tactics CredentialAccess
Techniques T1110
Required Connectors SyslogAma
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Tables Used

This content item queries data from the following tables:

Table Selection Criteria Transformations Ingestion API Lake-Only
Syslog ProcessName has_any "hostd-probe,vmkwarning,vpxd-main" ?

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