Persistence via BITS Job Notify Cmdline

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An adversary can use the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) SetNotifyCmdLine method to execute a program that runs after a job finishes transferring data or after a job enters a specified state in order to persist on a system.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-windows.*
  • endgame-*

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

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Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: Windows
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Persistence
  • Data Source: Elastic Endgame
  • Data Source: Elastic Defend

Version: 105

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "start" and
  process.parent.name : "svchost.exe" and process.parent.args : "BITS" and
  not process.executable :
              ("?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFaultSecure.exe",
               "?:\\Windows\\System32\\WerFault.exe",
               "?:\\Windows\\System32\\wermgr.exe",
               "?:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\directxdatabaseupdater.exe")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM