Detection rules › Sigma

Potential Network Sniffing Activity Using Network Tools

Severity
medium
Author
Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Source
upstream

Detects potential network sniffing via use of network tools such as "tshark", "windump". Network sniffing refers to using the network interface on a system to monitor or capture information sent over a wired or wireless connection. An adversary may place a network interface into promiscuous mode to passively access data in transit over the network, or use span ports to capture a larger amount of data.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Credential AccessT1040 Network Sniffing
DiscoveryT1040 Network Sniffing

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation
Security-Auditing4688A new process has been created.

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: 1 of selection_tshark

CommandLine|contains: -i
Image|endswith: '\tshark.exe'

Stage 2: 1 of selection_windump

Image|endswith: '\windump.exe'

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
CommandLinematch
  • -i corpus 6 (sigma 6)
Imageends_with
  • \tshark.exe
  • \windump.exe