Trusted Developer Application Usage

Identifies possibly suspicious activity using trusted Windows developer activity.

Rule type: query
Rule indices:

• winlogbeat-*
• logs-endpoint.events.*
• logs-windows.*

Rule Severity: low
Risk Score: 21
Runs every:
Searches indices from: now-9m
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:

Tags:

• Elastic
• Host
• Windows
• Threat Detection
• Defense Evasion

Version: 100
Rule authors:

• Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:(MSBuild.exe or msxsl.exe)
		

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK

• Tactic:

  • Name: Defense Evasion
  • Id: TA0005
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/

• Technique:

  • Name: Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution
  • Id: T1127
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127/

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK

• Tactic:
  • Name: Execution
  • Id: TA0002
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/