Bitsadmin to Uncommon IP Server Address

Detects Bitsadmin connections to IP addresses instead of FQDN names

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 1title: Bitsadmin to Uncommon IP Server Address
 2id: 8ccd35a2-1c7c-468b-b568-ac6cdf80eec3
 3status: test
 4description: Detects Bitsadmin connections to IP addresses instead of FQDN names
 5references:
 6    - https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft+BITS+Used+to+Download+Payloads/21027
 7author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2022-06-10
 9modified: 2022-08-24
10tags:
11    - attack.command-and-control
12    - attack.t1071.001
13    - attack.defense-evasion
14    - attack.persistence
15    - attack.t1197
16    - attack.s0190
17logsource:
18    category: proxy
19detection:
20    selection:
21        c-useragent|startswith: 'Microsoft BITS/'
22        cs-host|endswith:
23            - '1'
24            - '2'
25            - '3'
26            - '4'
27            - '5'
28            - '6'
29            - '7'
30            - '8'
31            - '9'
32    condition: selection
33falsepositives:
34    - Unknown
35level: high

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