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Unusual Process Network Connectionedit
Identifies network activity from unexpected system applications. This may indicate adversarial activity as these applications are often leveraged by adversaries to execute code and evade detection.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Windows
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Rule queryedit
event.action:"Network connection detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and process.name:(Microsoft.Workflow.Compiler.exe or bginfo.exe or cdb.exe or cmstp.exe or csi.exe or dnx.exe or fsi.exe or ieexec.exe or iexpress.exe or odbcconf.exe or rcsi.exe or xwizard.exe)
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
-
Technique:
- Name: Trusted Developer Utilities
- ID: T1127
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
-
Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Network connection detected (rule: NetworkConnect)" and process.name:(bginfo.exe or cdb.exe or cmstp.exe or csi.exe or dnx.exe or fsi.exe or ieexec.exe or iexpress.exe or Microsoft.Workflow.Compiler.exe or odbcconf.exe or rcsi.exe or xwizard.exe)