High Number of Process and/or Service Terminations
editHigh Number of Process and/or Service Terminations
editThis rule identifies a high number (10) of process terminations (stop, delete, or suspend) from the same host within a short time period.
Rule type: threshold
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References: None
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Impact
Version: 3
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editevent.category:process and event.type:start and process.name:(net.exe or sc.exe or taskkill.exe) and process.args:(stop or pause or delete or "/PID" or "/IM" or "/T" or "/F" or "/t" or "/f" or "/im" or "/pid")
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Impact
- ID: TA0040
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0040/
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Technique:
- Name: Service Stop
- ID: T1489
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1489/