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Statistical Model Detected C2 Beaconing Activityedit
A statistical model has identified command-and-control (C2) beaconing activity. Beaconing can help attackers maintain stealthy communication with their C2 servers, receive instructions and payloads, exfiltrate data and maintain persistence in a network.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- ml_beaconing.all
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-1h (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Domain: Network
- Use Case: C2 Beaconing Detection
- Tactic: Command and Control
Version: 1
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guideedit
Rule queryedit
beacon_stats.is_beaconing: true
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Command and Control
- ID: TA0011
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/
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Technique:
- Name: Web Service
- ID: T1102
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1102/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Bidirectional Communication
- ID: T1102.002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1102/002/