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PT Network Attack Discovery

Positive Technologies Network Attack Discovery (PT NAD) events — network traffic analysis system logs covering rule-based attack detections, behavioral suspicious activity analysis, reputation/IOC alerts, lateral movement detection, C2 communication channels, protocol anomalies, credential leak detection, and parsed network session metadata in ECS-compatible JSON format.

Quick Start

uv tool install eventum-generator
git clone https://github.com/eventum-generator/content-packs.git
cd content-packs
eventum generate \
  --path generators/security-pt-nad/generator.yml \
  --id security-pt-nad \
  --live-mode true

Event Types

Event IDDescriptionFrequencyCategory
sessionParsed protocol session metadata (Layer 7)30%network
attackRule-based attack detection (IDS rules)20%intrusion_detection
suspicious_activityBehavioral analysis detection15%intrusion_detection
reputationIOC/reputation list match from threat intelligence10%threat_intel
protocol_anomalyDeep packet inspection anomaly detection8%network
lateral_movementEast/west lateral movement detection7%intrusion_detection
c2_communicationCommand & control channel detection5%intrusion_detection
credential_leakCleartext credential detection in network traffic5%authentication

Realism Features

  • Rule-based attack detections with PT ESC rule IDs and MITRE ATT&CK technique mapping
  • C2 channel detection with beacon interval, jitter percentage, and beacon count metrics
  • Reputation alerts with IOC type (IP/domain/hash), confidence scores, and threat intelligence feed attribution
  • Behavioral suspicious activity analysis with DPI-level protocol inspection
  • Lateral movement detection for east/west internal traffic patterns
  • Credential leak detection for cleartext protocols (FTP, HTTP Basic, Telnet, LDAP)
  • CSV-sampled internal host pool with correlated hostname, IP, MAC, and OS fields
  • GeoIP and ASN enrichment for external IP addresses

Sample Output

{
    "@timestamp": "2026-03-06T22:37:22.000Z",
    "event": {
        "kind": "alert",
        "module": "pt_nad",
        "dataset": "pt_nad.alert",
        "category": ["network", "intrusion_detection"],
        "type": ["denied"],
        "severity": 3
    },
    "observer": {
        "vendor": "Positive Technologies",
        "product": "Network Attack Discovery",
        "version": "12.1.0.1234",
        "hostname": "PT-NAD-01",
        "type": "ids"
    },
    "pt_nad": {
        "event_id": 1000001,
        "detection_type": "attack",
        "detection_method": "rules",
        "rule": {
            "id": "PT-10011",
            "name": "RDP Brute Force: Multiple Failed Authentication Attempts",
            "category": "Credential Access",
            "severity": "medium"
        },
        "app_protocol": "rdp",
        "sensor": "PT-NAD-01"
    },
    "source": { "ip": "209.141.33.152", "port": 22352, "bytes": 9975 },
    "destination": { "ip": "10.1.30.5", "port": 3389, "bytes": 318273 },
    "host": {
        "hostname": "LAPTOP-EXEC01",
        "ip": ["10.1.30.5"],
        "os": { "name": "Windows", "version": "11.0.22631" },
        "domain": "CORP.ACME.COM"
    },
    "network": { "transport": "tcp", "protocol": "rdp", "direction": "inbound" },
    "rule": {
        "id": "PT-10011",
        "name": "RDP Brute Force: Multiple Failed Authentication Attempts",
        "category": "Credential Access"
    },
    "threat": {
        "framework": "MITRE ATT&CK",
        "tactic": { "id": ["TA0006"], "name": ["Credential Access"] },
        "technique": { "id": ["T1110.001"], "name": ["Password Guessing"] }
    },
    "related": { "hosts": ["LAPTOP-EXEC01"], "ip": ["209.141.33.152", "10.1.30.5"] }
}

Parameters

ParameterDefaultDescription
nad_version12.1.0.1234PT NAD platform version
sensor_namePT-NAD-01Sensor hostname
sensor_ip10.1.0.100Sensor IP address
internal_subnet10.1Internal network prefix for IP generation

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