Persistence (TA0003)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Lateral Movement (TA0008)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Command and Control (TA0011)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
text code block:sequence by host.id with maxspan=1s [process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.parent.executable == "/usr/sbin/sshd" and not process.command_line like ("*ansible*", "*BECOME-SUCCESS*")] by process.entity_id [network where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action == "connection_attempted" and ( process.executable like ( "/tmp/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/dev/shm/*", "./*", "/run/*", "/var/run/*", "/boot/*", "/sys/*", "/lost+found/*", "/proc/*", "/var/mail/*", "/var/www/*", "/home/*", "/root/*" ) or process.name like~ ( // Hidden processes ".*", // Suspicious file formats "*.elf", "*.sh", "*.py", "*.rb", "*.pl", "*.lua*", "*.php*", ".js", // Scheduled tasks "systemd", "cron", "crond", // Network utilities often used for reverse shells "nc", "netcat", "ncat", "telnet", "socat", "openssl", "nc.openbsd", "ngrok", "nc.traditional" ) ) and not ( destination.ip == null or destination.ip == "0.0.0.0" or cidrmatch( destination.ip, "10.0.0.0/8", "127.0.0.0/8", "169.254.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.0.0.0/24", "192.0.0.0/29", "192.0.0.8/32", "192.0.0.9/32", "192.0.0.10/32", "192.0.0.170/32", "192.0.0.171/32", "192.0.2.0/24", "192.31.196.0/24", "192.52.193.0/24", "192.168.0.0/16", "192.88.99.0/24", "224.0.0.0/4", "100.64.0.0/10", "192.175.48.0/24","198.18.0.0/15", "198.51.100.0/24", "203.0.113.0/24", "240.0.0.0/4", "::1", "FE80::/10", "FF00::/8", "172.31.0.0/16" ) or process.executable in ("/bin/yum", "/usr/bin/yum") or process.name in ("login_duo", "ssh", "sshd", "sshd-session", "sqlplus") ) ] by process.parent.entity_id
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Network Connection Initiated by Suspicious SSHD Child Process 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(external, opens in a new tab or window).