Analytics Alerts

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  • Netcat makes or gets connections High

    Malicious actors can use Netcat for privilege escalation, remote code execution, data exfiltration and protocol tunneling to evade detection.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Command and Control (TA0011)
    ATT&CK techniques: Proxy: Multi-hop Proxy (T1090.003)
    Required data: XDR Agent
    Attacker's goals: Establish command and control channel. Propagate in the victim network.
    Investigative actions: Verify that the usage of Netcat/Netcat64 is from an authorized personnel and that user has the right to access the remote host.