Creation of Suspicious Windows ANONYMOUS LOGON Local Account (via security)

This rule detects the creation of anomalous accounts similar to ANONYMOUS LOGON, such as using additional spaces. Created as a covering detection for exclusion of Logon Type 3 from ANONYMOUS LOGON accounts.

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Known false positives

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Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.