System Time Discovery
Elastic Stack Serverless Security
Detects the usage of commonly used system time discovery techniques, which attackers may use during the reconnaissance phase after compromising a system.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- logs-windows.*
- endgame-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#date-math[Date Math format], see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References: None
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Discovery
- Elastic Endgame
Version: 1
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
process where event.type == "start" and
(
((process.name: "net.exe" or (process.name : "net1.exe" and not process.parent.name : "net.exe")) and process.args : "time") or
(process.name: "w32tm.exe" and process.args: "/tz") or
(process.name: "tzutil.exe" and process.args: "/g")
)
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
Technique:
- Name: System Time Discovery
- ID: T1124
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1124/