Suspicious SSL Connection

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Adversaries may employ a known encryption algorithm to conceal command and control traffic rather than relying on any inherent protections provided by a communication protocol.

Severity

Attention

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "PowerShell Script Block Logged" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "System.Net.Security.SslStream" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "Net.Security.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains ".AuthenticateAsClient" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.SCRIPTEXECUTED

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113