Tunneling Tool Execution

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Applies to: Log360Log360 Cloud

About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the execution of well known tools that can be abused for data exfiltration and tunneling.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\httptunnel.exe,\plink.exe,\socat.exe,\stunnel.exe" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.ORIGINALFILENAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSID,Action1.PROCESSID,Action1.PRODUCT_NAME,Action1.SECURITYID

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community