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Bitsadmin Activityedit
Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a low-bandwidth, asynchronous file transfer mechanism. Adversaries may abuse BITS to persist, download, execute, and even clean up after running malicious code.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 60m
Searches indices from: now-119m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References: None
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Windows
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Command and Control
- Data Source: Elastic Defend
- Rule Type: BBR
Version: 1
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
(
(process.name : "bitsadmin.exe" and process.args : (
"*Transfer*", "*Create*", "AddFile", "*SetNotifyFlags*", "*SetNotifyCmdLine*",
"*SetMinRetryDelay*", "*SetCustomHeaders*", "*Resume*")
) or
(process.name : "powershell.exe" and process.args : (
"*Start-BitsTransfer*", "*Add-BitsFile*",
"*Resume-BitsTransfer*", "*Set-BitsTransfer*", "*BITS.Manager*")
)
)
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Command and Control
- ID: TA0011
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/
-
Technique:
- Name: Ingress Tool Transfer
- ID: T1105
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105/
-
Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
-
Technique:
- Name: BITS Jobs
- ID: T1197
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1197/
-
Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
-
Technique:
- Name: BITS Jobs
- ID: T1197
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1197/