Lateral Tool Transfer

Identifies the creation or change of a Windows executable file over network shares. Adversaries may transfer tools or other files between systems in a compromised environment.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

logs-endpoint.events.*
winlogbeat-*
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
Lateral Movement

Version: 3

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

edit

sequence by host.id with maxspan=30s
  [network where event.type == "start" and process.pid == 4 and destination.port == 445 and
   network.direction : ("incoming", "ingress") and network.transport == "tcp" and
   source.address != "127.0.0.1" and source.address != "::1"
  ] by process.entity_id
  /* add more executable extensions here if they are not noisy in your environment */
  [file where event.type in ("creation", "change") and process.pid == 4 and file.extension : ("exe", "dll", "bat", "cmd")] by process.entity_id

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
Technique:
- Name: Lateral Tool Transfer
- ID: T1570
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1570/

« Incoming DCOM Lateral Movement with ShellBrowserWindow or ShellWindows Incoming Execution via WinRM Remote Shell »