title: Network Reconnaissance Activity
id: e6313acd-208c-44fc-a0ff-db85d572e90e
status: experimental
description: Detects a set of suspicious network related commands often used in recon stages
author: Florian Roth
references:
  - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/02/07/qbot-likes-to-move-it-move-it/
date: 2022/02/07
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection_nslookup:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
      - 'nslookup'
      - '_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.'
  condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
  - False positives depend on scripts and administrative tools used in the monitored environment
level: high
tags:
  - attack.discovery
  - attack.t1087
  - attack.t1082
  - car.2016-03-001
