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beacon_stats.is_beaconing: true and
not process.name: ("WaAppAgent.exe" or "metricbeat.exe" or "packetbeat.exe" or "WindowsAzureGuestAgent.exe" or "HealthService.exe" or "Widgets.exe" or "lsass.exe" or "msedgewebview2.exe" or
"MsMpEng.exe" or "OUTLOOK.EXE" or "msteams.exe" or "FileSyncHelper.exe" or "SearchProtocolHost.exe" or "Creative Cloud.exe" or "ms-teams.exe" or "ms-teamsupdate.exe" or
"curl.exe" or "rundll32.exe" or "MsSense.exe" or "wermgr.exe" or "java" or "olk.exe" or "iexplore.exe" or "NetworkManager" or "packetbeat" or "Ssms.exe" or "NisSrv.exe" or
"gamingservices.exe" or "appidcertstorecheck.exe" or "POWERPNT.EXE" or "miiserver.exe" or "Grammarly.Desktop.exe" or "SnagitEditor.exe" or "CRWindowsClientService.exe" or
"agentbeat" or "dnf" or "yum" or "apt"
)
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Statistical Model Detected C2 Beaconing Activity in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.
To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).