Response. Block account and reset password via confirmation

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The "Response. Block account and reset password via confirmation" predefined playbook allows you to respond to potentially compromised accounts by blocking the selected account in Active Directory, resetting its password, and initiating endpoint remediation actions after explicit confirmation in the alert. It combines account containment with AV scans and session termination on the affected hosts to reduce the risk of further attacker activity.

Before using the playbook, you must download the scripts and dependencies list, which are required for playbook to work correctly.

Click here to see how to download and prepare the scripts

Furthermore, you must prepare the environment as follows:

  1. Configure the integration with Active Directory and ensure that the response account has permissions to disable users and reset passwords, and configure integration with the endpoint protection solution that will perform AV scans and terminate malicious sessions.
  2. Verify that the playbook scope and trigger are aligned with alerts related to suspicious account activity and that the operation mode (for example, Training) requires your approval before actions are executed.

To create a playbook, refer to the "Creating playbooks" article.

Click here to see the full expression that the playbook trigger contains

Functions used by the playbook: blockLDAPAccount, resetLDAPPassword, avScan, killProcess.

During execution, this playbook adds a comment to the alert and prompts you to confirm whether the response actions should be applied to the selected account and related assets. If you confirm, the playbook performs the following response actions in sequence:

  1. Blocking the account in Active Directory and resetting its password.
  2. Triggering an AV scan on the relevant hosts.
  3. Terminating active sessions associated with the account, according to the configured response steps.

Click here to see the sequence of response actions that the playbook algorithm contains

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