Detection rules › Sigma
New BITS Job Created Via Bitsadmin
Detects the creation of a new bits job by Bitsadmin
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | T1197 BITS Jobs |
| Persistence | T1197 BITS Jobs |
| Stealth | T1197 BITS Jobs |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Bits-Client | Event ID 3 | The BITS service created a new job: jobTitle, with owner jobId. |
Rule body yaml
title: New BITS Job Created Via Bitsadmin
id: 1ff315dc-2a3a-4b71-8dde-873818d25d39
status: test
description: Detects the creation of a new bits job by Bitsadmin
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1197/T1197.md
author: frack113
date: 2022-03-01
modified: 2023-03-27
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.execution
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1197
logsource:
product: windows
service: bits-client
detection:
selection:
EventID: 3
processPath|endswith: '\bitsadmin.exe'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Many legitimate applications or scripts could leverage "bitsadmin". This event is best correlated with EID 16403 via the JobID field
level: low
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
EventID: 3
processPath|endswith: '\bitsadmin.exe'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
processPath | ends_with |
|