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Palo Alto - possible nmap scan on with top 100 option

Description

'Detect possible execution of Nmap top 100 option. This detection will detect scanning of 90% of Top 100 port of NMAP in less than 2 minutes. Unusual port only access through a scan are present in this list which is a good indicator of reconnaissance tactics. Whitelisting of Company scanners is required with implementation of the rule. Ref : https://nmap.org/book/performance-port-selection.html'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
5m
Query period
5m
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

CommonSecurityLog
| where ipv4_is_private(SourceIP)
| where DestinationPort in (7, 9, 13, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 37, 79, 81, 88, 106, 110, 111, 119, 135, 139, 143, 144, 179, 199, 389, 427, 444, 445, 465, 513, 514, 515, 543, 544, 548, 554, 587, 631, 646, 873, 990, 993, 995, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1110, 1433, 1720, 1723, 1755, 1900, 2000, 2001, 2049, 2121, 2717, 3000, 3128, 3306, 3389, 3986, 4899, 5000, 5009, 5051, 5060, 5101, 5190, 5357, 5432, 5631, 5666, 5800, 5900, 6000, 6001, 6646, 7070, 8000, 8008, 8009, 8080, 8081, 8443, 8888, 9100, 9999, 10000, 32768, 49152, 49153, 49154, 49155, 49156, 49157)
| summarize
    dcount(DestinationPort),
    make_set(DestinationPort),
    make_set(ApplicationProtocol),
    make_set(Activity),
    make_set(SourcePort),
    StartTime = min(TimeGenerated),
    EndTime = max(TimeGenerated)
    by SourceIP, DestinationIP, Computer, bin(TimeGenerated, 2m)
| where dcount_DestinationPort > 90

Declared entities

IPHost

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
4d61bb9a-7f6d-45b1-ac0e-517e2a92f6fd
Additional source files 2Solutions/PaloAlto-PAN-OS/Analytic Rules/PaloAlto-Top100_NmapScan.yamlsource ↗Solutions/PaloAlto-PAN-OS/data/Solution_PaloAlto-PAN-OS.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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