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Virtual Private Network Connection Attempt
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Virtual Private Network Connection Attempt
editIdentifies the execution of macOS built-in commands to connect to an existing Virtual Private Network (VPN). Adversaries may use VPN connections to laterally move and control remote systems on a network.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
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
- macOS
- Threat Detection
- Lateral Movement
Version: 100 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editprocess where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and (
(process.name : "networksetup" and process.args :
"-connectpppoeservice") or (process.name : "scutil" and
process.args : "--nc" and process.args : "start") or (process.name
: "osascript" and process.command_line : "osascript*set VPN to
service*") )
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/
Rule version history
edit- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only