Best Detection of 2026 Series: Kerberoasting Spike via Abnormal Service Ticket R
Detects a single account requesting an abnormally high number of distinct Kerberos TGS (Ticket Granting Service) tickets for SPN-mapped accounts within a 15-minute window. This behavior is indicative of Kerberoasting, where an attacker requests service tickets to perform offline brute-force cracking of service account passwords, often used for lateral movement.
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