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Unusual Linux Network Connection Discovery

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Unusual Linux Network Connection Discovery

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Looks for commands related to system network connection discovery from an unusual user context. This can be due to uncommon troubleshooting activity or due to a compromised account. A compromised account may be used by a threat actor to engage in system network connection discovery in order to increase their understanding of connected services and systems. This information may be used to shape follow-up behaviors such as lateral movement or additional discovery.

Rule type: machine_learning

Machine learning job: linux_network_connection_discovery

Machine learning anomaly threshold: 25

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 15 minutes

Searches indices from: now-45m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

Tags:

Elastic
Host
Linux
Threat Detection
ML

Version: 2 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Potential false positives

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Uncommon user command activity can be due to an engineer logging onto a server instance in order to perform manual troubleshooting or reconfiguration. ==== Threat mapping

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
Technique:
- Name: System Network Connections Discovery
- ID: T1049
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1049/

Rule version history

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Version 2 (7.12.0 release)

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