[metadata] creation_date = "2020/02/18" integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" updated_date = "2023/08/24" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Nping ran on a Linux host. Nping is part of the Nmap tool suite and has the ability to construct raw packets for a wide variety of security testing applications, including denial of service testing. """ false_positives = [ """ Some normal use of this command may originate from security engineers and network or server administrators, but this is usually not routine or unannounced. Use of `Nping` by non-engineers or ordinary users is uncommon. """, ] from = "now-9m" index = ["auditbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*", "endgame-*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Nping Process Activity" references = ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nmap"] risk_score = 47 rule_id = "0d69150b-96f8-467c-a86d-a67a3378ce77" severity = "medium" tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Linux", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Discovery", "Data Source: Elastic Endgame", "Data Source: Elastic Defend"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "eql" query = ''' process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and process.name == "nping" ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [[rule.threat.technique]] id = "T1046" name = "Network Service Discovery" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1046/" [rule.threat.tactic] id = "TA0007" name = "Discovery" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/"