Query: detect Detects Non-Standard tools initiating a connection over port 3389 indicating possible lateral movement. An initial basel in logs
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects Non-Standard tools initiating a connection over port 3389 indicating possible lateral movement. An initial basel. Logsource: windows / network_connection. Rule: title: Outbound RDP Connections Over Non-Standard Tools id: ed74fe75-7594-4b4b-ae38-e38e3fd2eb23 status: test description: 'Detects Non-Standard tools initiating a connection over port 3389 indicating possible lateral movement. An initial baseline is required before using this utility to exclude third party RDP tooling that you might use. ' references: - https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708 author: Markus Neis date: 2019-05-15 modified: 2024-02-09 tags: - attack.lateral-movement - attack.t1021.001 - car.2013-07-002 logsource: category: network_connection product: windows detection: selection: DestinationPort: 3389 Initiated: 'true' filter_main_mstsc: Image: - C:\Windows\System32\mstsc.exe - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mstsc.exe filter_optional_dns: Image: C:\Windows\System32\dns.exe SourcePort: 53 Protocol: udp filter_optional_avast: Image|endswith: - \Avast Software\Avast\AvastSvc.exe - \Avast\AvastSvc.exe filter_optional_sysinternals_rdcman: Image|endswith: \RDCMan.exe filter_optional_chrome: Image: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe filter_optional_third_party: Image|endswith: - \FSAssessment.exe - \FSDiscovery.exe - \MobaRTE.exe - \mRemote.exe - \mRemoteNG.exe - \Passwordstate.exe - \RemoteDesktopManager.exe - \RemoteDesktopManager64.exe - \RemoteDesktopManagerFree.exe - \RSSensor.exe - \RTS2App.exe - \RTSApp.exe - \spiceworks-finder.exe - \Terminals.exe - \ws_TunnelService.exe filter_optional_thor: Image|endswith: - \thor.exe - \thor64.exe filter_optional_splunk: Image|startswith: C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\ filter_optional_sentinel_one: Image|endswith: \Ranger\SentinelRanger.exe filter_optional_firefox: Image: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe filter_optional_tsplus: Image: - C:\Program Files\TSplus\Java\bin\HTML5service.exe - C:\Program Files (x86)\TSplus\Java\bin\HTML5service.exe filter_optional_null: Image: null filter_optional_empty: Image: '' filter_optional_unknown: Image: <unknown process> condition: selection and not 1 of filter_main_* and not 1 of filter_optional_* falsepositives: - Third party RDP tools level: high
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects Commandlet names from well-known PowerShell exploitation frameworks. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Malicious PowerShell Commandlets - ProcessCreation id: 02030f2f-6199-49ec-b258-ea71b07e03dc related: - id: 89819aa4-bbd6-46bc-88ec-c7f7fe30efa6 type: derived - id: 7d0d0329-0ef1-4e84-a9f5-49500f9d7c6c type: similar status: test description: Detects Commandlet names from well-known PowerShell exploitation frameworks references: - https://adsecurity.org/?p=2921 - https://github.com/S3cur3Th1sSh1t/PowerSharpPack/tree/master/PowerSharpBinaries - https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Invoke-ZeroLogon/blob/111d17c7fec486d9bb23387e2e828b09a26075e4/Invoke-ZeroLogon.ps1 - https://github.com/xorrior/RandomPS-Scripts/blob/848c919bfce4e2d67b626cbcf4404341cfe3d3b6/Get-DXWebcamVideo.ps1 - https://github.com/rvrsh3ll/Misc-Powershell-Scripts/blob/6f23bb41f9675d7e2d32bacccff75e931ae00554/OfficeMemScraper.ps1 - https://github.com/dafthack/DomainPasswordSpray/blob/b13d64a5834694aa73fd2aea9911a83027c465a7/DomainPasswordSpray.ps1 - https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/threat-assessment-black-basta-ransomware/ - https://research.nccgroup.com/2022/06/06/shining-the-light-on-black-basta/ - https://github.com/calebstewart/CVE-2021-1675 - https://github.com/BloodHoundAD/BloodHound/blob/0927441f67161cc6dc08a53c63ceb8e333f55874/Collectors/AzureHound.ps1 - https://bloodhound.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data-collection/azurehound.html - https://github.com/HarmJ0y/DAMP - https://github.com/samratashok/nishang - https://github.com/DarkCoderSc/PowerRunAsSystem/ - https://github.com/besimorhino/powercat - https://github.com/Kevin-Robertson/Powermad - https://github.com/adrecon/ADRecon - https://github.com/adrecon/AzureADRecon - https://github.com/sadshade/veeam-creds/blob/6010eaf31ba41011b58d6af3950cffbf6f5cea32/Veeam-Get-Creds.ps1 - https://github.com/The-Viper-One/Invoke-PowerDPAPI/ - https://github.com/Arno0x/DNSExfiltrator/ author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2023-01-02 modified: 2025-12-10 tags: - attack.execution - attack.discovery - attack.t1482 - attack.t1087 - attack.t1087.001 - attack.t1087.002 - attack.t1069.001 - attack.t1069.002 - attack.t1069 - attack.t1059.001 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection: CommandLine|contains: - Add-Exfiltration - Add-Persistence - Add-RegBackdoor - Add-RemoteRegBackdoor - Add-ScrnSaveBackdoor - Check-VM - ConvertTo-Rc4ByteStream - Decrypt-Hash - Disable-ADIDNSNode - Disable-MachineAccount - Do-Exfiltration - Enable-ADIDNSNode - Enable-MachineAccount - Enabled-DuplicateToken - Exploit-Jboss - Ex