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Suspicious Process from Conhost
editSuspicious Process from Conhost
editIdentifies a suspicious Conhost child process which may be an indication of code injection activity.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Defense Evasion
Version: 1
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule query
editevent.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.parent.name:conhost.exe
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
-
Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Process Injection
- ID: T1055
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1055/