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Port scan detected (ASIM Network Session schema)

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'This rule identifies a possible port scan, in which a single source tries to access a large number of different ports is a short time frame. This may indicate that a port scanner is trying to identify open ports in order to penetrate a system. This analytic rule uses ASIM and supports any built-in or custom source that supports the ASIM NetworkSession schema'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
DiscoveryT1046 Network Service Discovery

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon3Network connection
Security-Auditing5152The Windows Filtering Platform blocked a packet.
Security-Auditing5154The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted an application or service to listen on a port for incoming connections.
Security-Auditing5155The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked an application or service from listening on a port for incoming connections.
Security-Auditing5156The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a connection.
Security-Auditing5157The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection.
Security-Auditing5158The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a bind to a local port.
Security-Auditing5159The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a bind to a local port.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: source

_Im_NetworkSession

Stage 2: where

 macro "(ipv4_is_private(SrcIpAddr) == false)"

Stage 3: where

not
  SrcIpAddr in ["127.0.0.1", "::1"]

Stage 4: summarize

Stage 5: where

AttemptedPortsCount gt "PortScanThreshold"

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts — predicates this rule actively suppresses.

StageFieldKindExcluded values
1src_ipin127.0.0.1, ::1

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
AttemptedPortsCountgt
  • PortScanThreshold