RDP to HTTP or HTTPS Target Ports

Detects svchost hosting RDP termsvcs communicating to target systems on TCP port 80 or 443

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 1title: RDP to HTTP or HTTPS Target Ports
 2id: b1e5da3b-ca8e-4adf-915c-9921f3d85481
 3status: test
 4description: Detects svchost hosting RDP termsvcs communicating to target systems on TCP port 80 or 443
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/tekdefense/status/1519711183162556416?s=12&t=OTsHCBkQOTNs1k3USz65Zg
 7    - https://www.mandiant.com/resources/bypassing-network-restrictions-through-rdp-tunneling
 8author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
 9date: 2022-04-29
10modified: 2022-07-14
11tags:
12    - attack.command-and-control
13    - attack.t1572
14    - attack.lateral-movement
15    - attack.t1021.001
16    - car.2013-07-002
17logsource:
18    category: network_connection
19    product: windows
20detection:
21    selection:
22        Image|endswith: '\svchost.exe'
23        Initiated: 'true'
24        SourcePort: 3389
25        DestinationPort:
26            - 80
27            - 443
28    condition: selection
29falsepositives:
30    - Unknown
31level: high

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