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[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/12/03"
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2020/12/03"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
This rule identifies a high number (10) of process modifications (stop, delete, or suspend) from the same host within a
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short time period. This may indicate a defense evasion attempt.
"""
from = "now-9m"
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index = ["winlogbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License"
name = "High Number of Process and/or Service Termination"
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risk_score = 47
rule_id = "035889c4-2686-4583-a7df-67f89c292f2c"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Windows", "Threat Detection", "Defense Evasion"]
type = "threshold"

query = '''
event.category:process and event.type:start and process.name:(net.exe or sc.exe or taskkill.exe) and
process.args:(stop or pause or delete or "/PID" or "/IM" or "/T" or "/F" or "/t" or "/f" or "/im" or "/pid")
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1089"
name = "Disabling Security Tools"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1089/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"

[rule.threshold]
field = "host.id"
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value = 10