Channel: Security.
Events: 4776, 4768, 4769, 4771, 4624, 4625.

Overview

Channel Conditions Events
Security Default configuration.

For NTLM successful or failed authentication attempts.
Event 4776: The domain controller attempted to validate the credentials for an account.

If the Result Code field is not equal to 0x0 the authentication failed. The event is associated with the computer from which the logon attempt originated and does not identify the target service. This event is also logged for non Domain Controllers, on the target computer, for logon attempts with local SAM accounts.
Security Default configuration.

For Kerberos ticket request and usage.
If the user has not already retrieved a TGT during the session opening on the source host:

Event 4768: A Kerberos authentication ticket (TGT) was requested.

If the Result Code field is not equal to 0x0 the request failed (but not for a failed authentication).

Event 4769: A Kerberos service ticket was requested.

The ServiceName and ServiceSid fields indicate the service the service ticket is requested for. However, for lateral movement, the service and service SID are often set to the destination machine account, with no information on the actual service targeted (RPC, CIFS, etc.).
Security Default configuration.

For Kerberos failed authentication attempts.
Event 4771: Kerberos pre-authentication failed.

For authentication failures over Kerberos (in case of password spraying or bruteforce over Kerberos for instance).
Security Default configuration.

As part of an interactive session opening.
Event 4624: An account was successfully logged on, with LogonType 3 (for the user opening the session on the remote destination).
Security Default configuration. Event 4625: An account failed to log on.

For authentication failures over NTLM.

Specificities of Domain Controller: authentication versus interactive session opening

As the Domain Controllers only handle the authentication, and will not open a login session in this scenario, no 4624 or 4625 events will be logged.

However, for a remote interactive logon on a domain-joined destination host, a 4624 event of LogonType 3 (and 4768 + 4769 events) will be logged on a Domain Controller (potentially different from the one that processed the authentication from the source host) originating from the destination host (as part of the interactive session opening process).



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