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Potential beaconing activity (ASIM Network Session schema)

Description

This rule identifies beaconing patterns from Network traffic logs based on recurrent frequency patterns. Such potential outbound beaconing patterns to untrusted public networks should be investigated for any malware callbacks or data exfiltration attempts as discussed in this [Blog](https://medium.com/@HuntOperator/detect-beaconing-with-flare-elastic-stack-and-intrusion-detection-systems-110dc74e0c56). This analytic rule uses [ASIM](https://aka.ms/AboutASIM) and supports any built-in or custom source that supports the ASIM NetworkSession schema'
Type de règle
Scheduled
Version
1.1.6
Statut déclaré
Available
Fréquence
1d
Période analysée
2d
Déclenchement
gt 0

Couverture MITRE déclarée

Sources déclarées

Métadonnées du fichier source. Aucune dépendance déduite du KQL.

Connecteurs

Types de données

Requête KQL

Requête originale, sans modification.

let querystarttime = 2d;
let queryendtime = 1d;
let TimeDeltaThreshold = 10;
let TotalEventsThreshold = 15;
let PercentBeaconThreshold = 80;
let LocalNetworks=dynamic(["169.254.0.0/16","127.0.0.0/8"]);
_Im_NetworkSession(starttime=ago(querystarttime), endtime=ago(queryendtime))
| where not(ipv4_is_private(DstIpAddr))
| where not (ipv4_is_in_any_range(DstIpAddr, LocalNetworks))
| project 
    TimeGenerated
    , SrcIpAddr
    , SrcPortNumber
    , DstIpAddr
    , DstPortNumber
    , DstBytes
    , SrcBytes
| sort by 
    SrcIpAddr asc
    , TimeGenerated asc
    , DstIpAddr asc
    , DstPortNumber asc
| serialize
| extend 
    nextTimeGenerated = next(TimeGenerated, 1)
    , nextSrcIpAddr = next(SrcIpAddr, 1)
| extend 
    TimeDeltainSeconds = datetime_diff('second', nextTimeGenerated, TimeGenerated)
| where SrcIpAddr == nextSrcIpAddr
//Whitelisting criteria/ threshold criteria
| where TimeDeltainSeconds > TimeDeltaThreshold 
| project
    TimeGenerated
    , TimeDeltainSeconds
    , SrcIpAddr
    , SrcPortNumber
    , DstIpAddr
    , DstPortNumber
    , DstBytes
    , SrcBytes
| summarize
    count()
    , sum(DstBytes)
    , sum(SrcBytes)
    , make_list(TimeDeltainSeconds) 
    by TimeDeltainSeconds
        , bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)
        , SrcIpAddr
        , DstIpAddr
        , DstPortNumber
| summarize
    (MostFrequentTimeDeltaCount, MostFrequentTimeDeltainSeconds) = arg_max(count_, TimeDeltainSeconds)
    , TotalEvents=sum(count_)
    , TotalSrcBytes = sum(sum_SrcBytes)
    , TotalDstBytes = sum(sum_DstBytes)
    by bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)
        , SrcIpAddr
        , DstIpAddr
        , DstPortNumber
| where TotalEvents > TotalEventsThreshold 
| extend BeaconPercent = MostFrequentTimeDeltaCount/toreal(TotalEvents) * 100
| where BeaconPercent > PercentBeaconThreshold

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Identifiant source
fcb9d75c-c3c1-4910-8697-f136bfef2363
Autres fichiers source 3Solutions/Network Session Essentials/Analytic Rules/PossibleBeaconingActivity.yamlsource ↗Detections/ASimNetworkSession/PossibleBeaconingActivity.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Network Session Essentials/Data/Solution_NetworkSessionEssentials.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Ajouté au catalogue : 16 sept. 2026 · 05:49 UTC
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