Impact (TA0040)(opens in a new tab or window)
from logs-endpoint.events.network-*
| keep @timestamp, host.os.type, event.type, event.action, destination.port, process.executable, destination.ip, agent.id, host.name
| where
@timestamp > now() - 1 hours and
host.os.type == "linux" and
event.type == "start" and
event.action == "connection_attempted" and
destination.port in (22, 222, 2222, 10022, 2022, 2200, 62612, 8022) and
not cidr_match(
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"
)
| stats
Esql.event_count = count(),
Esql.agent_id_count_distinct = count_distinct(agent.id),
Esql.host_name_values = values(host.name),
Esql.agent_id_values = values(agent.id)
by process.executable, destination.port
| where
Esql.agent_id_count_distinct == 1 and
Esql.event_count > 15
| sort Esql.event_count asc
| limit 100
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Potential Malware-Driven SSH Brute Force Attempt 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).