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Suspicious Execution of Hostname

Use of hostname to get information

MITRE ATT&CK

discovery

Detection Query

selection:
  Image|endswith: \HOSTNAME.EXE
condition: selection

Author

frack113

Created

2022-01-01

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.discoveryattack.t1082

Raw Content

title: Suspicious Execution of Hostname
id: 7be5fb68-f9ef-476d-8b51-0256ebece19e
status: test
description: Use of hostname to get information
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1082/T1082.md#atomic-test-6---hostname-discovery-windows
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/hostname
author: frack113
date: 2022-01-01
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1082
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '\HOSTNAME.EXE'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low