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First Time Seen Removable Deviceedit
Identifies newly seen removable devices by device friendly name using registry modification events. While this activity is not inherently malicious, analysts can use those events to aid monitoring for data exfiltration over those devices.
Rule type: new_terms
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
- endgame-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Initial Access
- Tactic: Exfiltration
- Data Source: Elastic Endgame
Version: 1
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
event.category:"registry" and host.os.type:"windows" and registry.value:"FriendlyName" and registry.path:*USBSTOR*
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Initial Access
- ID: TA0001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/
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Technique:
- Name: Replication Through Removable Media
- ID: T1091
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1091/
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Tactic:
- Name: Exfiltration
- ID: TA0010
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0010/
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Technique:
- Name: Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
- ID: T1052
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1052/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Exfiltration over USB
- ID: T1052.001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1052/001/