[metadata] creation_date = "2020/12/04" maturity = "production" updated_date = "2021/03/03" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = "Identifies attempts to enumerate hosts in a network using the built-in Windows net.exe tool." from = "now-9m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "winlogbeat-*", "logs-windows.*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Windows Network Enumeration" risk_score = 47 rule_id = "7b8bfc26-81d2-435e-965c-d722ee397ef1" severity = "medium" tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Discovery"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "eql" query = ''' process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and ((process.name : "net.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "net.exe") or ((process.name : "net1.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "net1.exe") and not process.parent.name : "net.exe")) and (process.args : "view" or (process.args : "time" and process.args : "\\\\*")) /* expand when ancestry is available and not descendant of [process where event.type == ("start", "process_started") and process.name : "cmd.exe" and ((process.parent.name : "userinit.exe") or (process.parent.name : "gpscript.exe") or (process.parent.name : "explorer.exe" and process.args : "C:\\*\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\*.bat*"))] */ ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1018" name = "Remote System Discovery" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1018/" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1135" name = "Network Share Discovery" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1135/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0007" name = "Discovery" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/"