Abnormal number of Connections on Telnet ports

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About the rule

Rule Type

Advanced

Rule Description

Increased number of connections on telnet ports may be indicative of a malicious entity attempting to leverage telnet vulnerabilities.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

abnormal_telnet_port_connections_e1: DEST_PORT in (23, 2323, 992) and IENAME = "Traffic Allowed" | groupby SOURCE_IP | groupby DEST_IP having count > 100 select abnormal_telnet_port_connections_e1.SOURCE_IP as SourceIP, count(abnormal_telnet_port_connections_e1.SOURCE_IP) as Count_of_SourceIP

Detection

Execution Mode

scheduled

Log Sources

Network