IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Nping Process Activityedit
Nping ran on a Linux host. Nping is part of the Nmap tool suite and has the ability to construct raw packets for a wide variety of security testing applications, including denial of service testing.
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Linux
Rule version: 1
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Potential false positivesedit
Some normal use of this command may originate from security engineers and
network or server administrators, but this is usually not routine or
unannounced. Use of Nping by non-engineers or ordinary users is uncommon.
Rule queryedit
process.name: nping and event.action:executed