Nping Process Activity
editNping Process Activity
editNping ran on a Linux host. Nping is part of the Nmap tool suite and has the ability to construct raw packets for a wide variety of security testing applications, including denial of service testing.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
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
- Linux
- Threat Detection
- Discovery
Version: 9 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.4.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Potential false positives
editSome normal use of this command may originate from security engineers and network or server administrators, but this is usually not routine or unannounced. Use of Nping by non-engineers or ordinary users is uncommon.
Rule query
editevent.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:nping
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
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Technique:
- Name: Network Service Discovery
- ID: T1046
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1046/
Rule version history
edit- Version 9 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 7 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 6 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process.name:nping and event.action:executed
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- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process.name: nping and event.action:executed
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