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detecting-lateral-movement-with-splunk

Detect adversary lateral movement across networks using Splunk SPL queries against Windows authentication logs, SMB traffic, and remote service abuse.

mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills|Updated May 25, 2026

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Prerequisites

Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:

›Cursor installed and configured on your machine
›Node.js 16+ with npm — verify with node --version
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Run the install command

Execute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:

$npx skills install mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/detecting-lateral-movement-with-splunk

Fetches detecting-lateral-movement-with-splunk from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills and configures it for Cursor.

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Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:

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When to Use

When hunting for adversary movement between compromised systems

After detecting credential theft to trace subsequent lateral activity

When investigating unusual authentication patterns across the network

During incident response to scope the breadth of compromise

When proactively hunting for TA0008 (Lateral Movement) techniques

Prerequisites

Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud with Windows event data ingested

Windows Security Event Logs forwarded (4624, 4625, 4648, 4672, 4768, 4769)

Sysmon deployed for process creation and network connection data

Network flow data or firewall logs for SMB/RDP/WinRM correlation

Active Directory user and group membership reference data

Workflow

Define Lateral Movement Scope: Identify which lateral movement techniques to hunt (RDP, SMB/Admin Shares, WinRM, PsExec, WMI, DCOM, SSH).

Query Authentication Events: Use SPL to search for Type 3 (Network) and Type 10 (RemoteInteractive) logons across the environment.

Build Authentication Graphs: Map source-to-destination authentication relationships to identify unusual connection patterns.

Detect First-Time Relationships: Identify new source-destination pairs that have not been seen in the historical baseline.

Correlate with Process Activity: Link authentication events to subsequent process creation on destination hosts.

Identify Anomalous Patterns: Flag lateral movement to sensitive servers, unusual hours, service account misuse, or rapid multi-host access.

Report and Contain: Document lateral movement path, affected systems, and coordinate containment response.

Key Concepts

Concept	Description
T1021	Remote Services (parent technique)
T1021.001	Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
T1021.002	SMB/Windows Admin Shares
T1021.003	Distributed COM (DCOM)
T1021.004	SSH
T1021.006	Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
T1570	Lateral Tool Transfer
T1047	Windows Management Instrumentation
T1569.002	Service Execution (PsExec)
Logon Type 3	Network logon (SMB, WinRM, mapped drives)
Logon Type 10	Remote Interactive (RDP)
Event ID 4624	Successful logon
Event ID 4648	Explicit credential logon (runas, PsExec)

Tool	Purpose
Splunk Enterprise	SIEM for log aggregation and SPL queries
Splunk Enterprise Security	Threat detection and notable events
Windows Event Forwarding	Centralize Windows logs
Sysmon	Detailed process and network telemetry
BloodHound	AD attack path analysis
PingCastle	AD security assessment

Tool

Purpose

Splunk Enterprise

SIEM for log aggregation and SPL queries

Splunk Enterprise Security

Threat detection and notable events

Windows Event Forwarding

Centralize Windows logs

Sysmon

Detailed process and network telemetry

BloodHound

AD attack path analysis

PingCastle

AD security assessment

Common Scenarios

PsExec Lateral Movement: Adversary uses PsExec to execute commands on remote systems via SMB, generating Type 3 logon with ADMIN$ share access.

RDP Pivoting: Attacker RDPs to internal systems using stolen credentials, creating Type 10 logon events.

WMI Remote Execution: Adversary uses WMIC process call create to spawn processes on remote hosts.

WinRM PowerShell Remoting: Attacker uses Enter-PSSession or Invoke-Command to execute code on remote systems.

Pass-the-Hash via SMB: Compromised NTLM hashes used to authenticate to remote systems without knowing the plaintext password.

Output Format

Hunt ID: TH-LATMOV-[DATE]-[SEQ] Movement Type: [RDP/SMB/WinRM/WMI/DCOM/PsExec] Source Host: [Hostname/IP] Destination Host: [Hostname/IP] Account Used: [Username] Logon Type: [3/10/other] First Seen: [Timestamp] Event Count: [Number of events] Risk Level: [Critical/High/Medium/Low] Lateral Movement Path: [A -> B -> C -> D]

name	detecting-lateral-movement-with-splunk
description	Detect adversary lateral movement across networks using Splunk SPL queries against Windows authentication logs, SMB traffic, and remote service abuse.
domain	cybersecurity
subdomain	threat-hunting
tags	- threat-hunting - mitre-attack - lateral-movement - splunk - siem - proactive-detection - ta0008
version	'1.0'
author	mahipal
license	Apache-2.0
d3fend_techniques	- Application Protocol Command Analysis - Network Isolation - Network Traffic Analysis - Client-server Payload Profiling - Network Traffic Community Deviation
nist_csf	- DE.CM-01 - DE.AE-02 - DE.AE-07 - ID.RA-05

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