[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/02/18"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2020/11/03"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = "Adversaries may attempt to get information about running processes on a system."
false_positives = [
    """
    Administrators may use the tasklist command to display a list of currently running processes. By itself, it does not
    indicate malicious activity. After obtaining a foothold, it's possible adversaries may use discovery commands like
    tasklist to get information about running processes.
    """,
]
index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License"
name = "Process Discovery via Tasklist"
risk_score = 21
rule_id = "cc16f774-59f9-462d-8b98-d27ccd4519ec"
severity = "low"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Discovery"]
type = "query"

query = '''
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:tasklist.exe
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1057"
name = "Process Discovery"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1057/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0007"
name = "Discovery"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/"

