sigmahighHunting

Network Reconnaissance Activity

Detects a set of suspicious network related commands often used in recon stages

MITRE ATT&CK

discovery

Detection Query

selection:
  CommandLine|contains|all:
    - nslookup
    - _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.
condition: selection

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-02-07

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://thedfirreport.com/2022/02/07/qbot-likes-to-move-it-move-it/

Tags

attack.discoveryattack.t1087attack.t1082car.2016-03-001

Raw Content

title: Network Reconnaissance Activity
id: e6313acd-208c-44fc-a0ff-db85d572e90e
status: test
description: Detects a set of suspicious network related commands often used in recon stages
references:
    - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/02/07/qbot-likes-to-move-it-move-it/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-02-07
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1087
    - attack.t1082
    - car.2016-03-001
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'nslookup'
            - '_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - False positives depend on scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored environment
level: high