Potential Data Exfiltration Activity to an Unusual Region

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Potential Data Exfiltration Activity to an Unusual Region

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A machine learning job has detected data exfiltration to a particular geo-location (by region name). Data transfers to geo-locations that are outside the normal traffic patterns of an organization could indicate exfiltration over command and control channels.

Rule type: machine_learning

Rule indices: None

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 15m

Searches indices from: now-6h (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

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Tags:

  • Use Case: Data Exfiltration Detection
  • Rule Type: ML
  • Rule Type: Machine Learning
  • Tactic: Exfiltration

Version: 2

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM