[metadata] creation_date = "2023/08/21" integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" updated_date = "2023/08/21" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a low-bandwidth, asynchronous file transfer mechanism. Adversaries may abuse BITS to persist, download, execute, and even clean up after running malicious code. """ from = "now-119m" interval = "60m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Bitsadmin Activity" risk_score = 21 rule_id = "8eec4df1-4b4b-4502-b6c3-c788714604c9" severity = "low" tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Windows", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Command and Control", "Data Source: Elastic Defend", "Rule Type: BBR"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "eql" building_block_type = "default" query = ''' process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and ( (process.name : "bitsadmin.exe" and process.args : ( "*Transfer*", "*Create*", "AddFile", "*SetNotifyFlags*", "*SetNotifyCmdLine*", "*SetMinRetryDelay*", "*SetCustomHeaders*", "*Resume*") ) or (process.name : "powershell.exe" and process.args : ( "*Start-BitsTransfer*", "*Add-BitsFile*", "*Resume-BitsTransfer*", "*Set-BitsTransfer*", "*BITS.Manager*") ) ) ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1105" name = "Ingress Tool Transfer" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0011" name = "Command and Control" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/" [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1197" name = "BITS Jobs" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1197/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0005" name = "Defense Evasion" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/" [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1197" name = "BITS Jobs" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1197/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0003" name = "Persistence" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"