DC Machine Account TGS Request from Non-DC Source IP — Detection Rule
Detects a Kerberos service ticket request (Event 4769) targeting a Domain Controller machine account's service (e.g. DRSUAPI) originating from an IP address that is not a known Domain Controller. Service tickets for DC machine accounts should only be requested by other DCs during legitimate replication operations. An attacker with a valid TGT (obtained via PKINIT, overpass-the-hash, or stolen TGT) targeting a DC machine account's service from a workstation IP indicates preparation for DCSync or impersonation of a DC. Unlike Silver Ticket attacks (which forge the TGS and bypass this event), this rule catches attacks that go through the KDC legitimately. This rule requires %dc_machine_accounts% and %dc_ip_addresses% to be populated with all known DC machine account names and DC IP addresses respectively.