Query: alert when Detects known suspicious (default) user-agents related to scanning/recon tools
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects known suspicious (default) user-agents related to scanning/recon tools. Logsource: webserver. Rule: title: Suspicious User-Agents Related To Recon Tools id: 19aa4f58-94ca-45ff-bc34-92e533c0994a status: test description: Detects known suspicious (default) user-agents related to scanning/recon tools references: - https://github.com/commixproject/commix/blob/c7f1447371524427bb30abe731235acc7386153b/src/utils/settings.py#L281 - https://github.com/epi052/feroxbuster/blob/ffdf871abe0a358a1531ba4135e208d4dbe8fc31/src/config/utils.rs#L100 - https://github.com/ffuf/ffuf/blob/ce3cf6bd733a24d3a9f024305234c1a6298198eb/pkg/runner/simple.go#L130 - https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng/blob/9e907dfe09fce2997f0301d746796408e01a60b7/recon/core/base.py#L92 - https://github.com/nmap/nmap/blob/2e47fa87469fd358ef64689d2d2de7294e385eb8/nselib/http.lua#L160 - https://github.com/OJ/gobuster/blob/d20300cc46096984565e82fb73a45bf8d281b990/libgobuster/helpers.go#L124 - https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/be216041e2f255ae43b050d466bd5bf92681e665/lib/core/settings.py#L29 - https://github.com/sullo/nikto/blob/999670cb6a939b6c93840ce666941756e4c5dcf5/program/plugins/nikto_core.plugin#L3515 - https://github.com/urbanadventurer/WhatWeb/blob/d279d93042d034f3fd29d5a893d44ccc0595d3f8/lib/whatweb.rb#L68 - https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/blob/4f1ce142b9768044be3e35bd0cddf1052e35efe8/lib/wpscan/browser.rb#L32 - https://github.com/xmendez/wfuzz/blob/2263cd0932fef333118cd197656f709141bab615/src/wfuzz/facade.py#L43 - https://github.com/zmap/zgrab2/blob/e91fc9860ca6611eb7c6fe7d2fe2be70212a37ba/modules/http/scanner.go#L54 author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Tim Shelton date: 2022-07-19 modified: 2026-06-11 tags: - attack.initial-access - attack.t1190 logsource: category: webserver detection: selection: cs-user-agent|contains: - commix/ - feroxbuster/ - Fuzz Faster U Fool - GIS - AppSec Team - Project Vision - gobuster/ - Nikto/ - Nmap Scripting Engine - Recon-ng/v - sqlmap/ - WhatWeb/ - Wfuzz/ - WPScan v - zgrab/ condition: selection falsepositives: - Unknown level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects a suspicious IIS module registration as described in Microsoft threat report on IIS backdoors. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Suspicious IIS Module Registration id: 043c4b8b-3a54-4780-9682-081cb6b8185c status: test description: Detects a suspicious IIS module registration as described in Microsoft threat report on IIS backdoors references: - https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/07/26/malicious-iis-extensions-quietly-open-persistent-backdoors-into-servers/ author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Microsoft (idea) date: 2022-08-04 modified: 2023-01-23 tags: - attack.persistence - attack.t1505.004 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_parent: ParentImage|endswith: \w3wp.exe selection_cli_1: CommandLine|contains: appcmd.exe add module selection_cli_2: CommandLine|contains: ' system.enterpriseservices.internal.publish' Image|endswith: \powershell.exe selection_cli_3: CommandLine|contains|all: - gacutil - ' /I' condition: selection_parent and 1 of selection_cli_* falsepositives: - Administrative activity level: high