New BITS Job Created Via Bitsadmin — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: frack113. Source status: test; severity: low. Source dates: 2022-03-01 / 2023-03-27.

{
  "product": "windows",
  "service": "bits-client"
}

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Source SHA-256: f58728456d69026c0f7a11cee403d15aec21955d0370b4be3c995317f047a3ad

Detection logic

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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

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False positives

• Many legitimate applications or scripts could leverage "bitsadmin". This event is best correlated with EID 16403 via the JobID field

Source references

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1197/T1197.md