[metadata] creation_date = "2021/04/05" integration = ["endpoint", "network_traffic"] maturity = "production" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" updated_date = "2023/07/27" [rule] anomaly_threshold = 75 author = ["Elastic"] description = """ A machine learning job detected an unusually large spike in network traffic. Such a burst of traffic, if not caused by a surge in business activity, can be due to suspicious or malicious activity. Large-scale data exfiltration may produce a burst of network traffic; this could also be due to unusually large amounts of reconnaissance or enumeration traffic. Denial-of-service attacks or traffic floods may also produce such a surge in traffic. """ false_positives = [ """ Business workflows that occur very occasionally, and involve an unusual surge in network traffic, can trigger this alert. A new business workflow or a surge in business activity may trigger this alert. A misconfigured network application or firewall may trigger this alert. """, ] from = "now-30m" interval = "15m" license = "Elastic License v2" machine_learning_job_id = "high_count_network_events" name = "Spike in Network Traffic" references = ["https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/prebuilt-ml-jobs.html"] risk_score = 21 rule_id = "b240bfb8-26b7-4e5e-924e-218144a3fa71" severity = "low" tags = ["Use Case: Threat Detection", "Rule Type: ML", "Rule Type: Machine Learning", ] type = "machine_learning"