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Halfbaked Command and Control Beacon
editHalfbaked Command and Control Beacon
editHalfbaked is a malware family used to establish persistence in a contested network. This rule detects a network activity algorithm leveraged by Halfbaked implant beacons for command and control.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- packetbeat-*
- auditbeat-*
- filebeat-*
- logs-network_traffic.*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Command and Control
- Domain: Endpoint
Version: 104
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
edit(event.dataset: (network_traffic.tls OR network_traffic.http) OR
(event.category: (network OR network_traffic) AND network.protocol: http)) AND
network.transport:tcp AND url.full:/http:\/\/[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}\/cd/ AND
destination.port:(53 OR 80 OR 8080 OR 443)
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Command and Control
- ID: TA0011
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/
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Technique:
- Name: Application Layer Protocol
- ID: T1071
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/
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Technique:
- Name: Dynamic Resolution
- ID: T1568
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1568/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Domain Generation Algorithms
- ID: T1568.002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1568/002/