Sigma rule: Suspicious Network Command

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-9a6dad65cf33, updated 2025-10-19T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Suspicious Network Command
Status
test
Level
low
Author
frack113, Christopher Peacock '@securepeacock', SCYTHE '@scythe_io'
Date
2021-12-07
Modified
2025-10-19
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_network_command.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection:
    CommandLine|re:
        - 'ipconfig\s+/all'
        - 'netsh\s+interface show interface'
        - 'arp\s+-a'
        - 'nbtstat\s+-n'
        - 'net\s+config'
        - 'route\s+print'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Administrator, hotline ask to user

Tags

  • attack.discovery
  • attack.t1016

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_network_command.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Suspicious Network Command" by frack113, Christopher Peacock '@securepeacock', SCYTHE '@scythe_io' (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_susp_network_command.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Suspicious Network Command",
entity page, dataset version ref-9a6dad65cf33, updated 2025-10-19T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/a29c1813-ab1f-4dde-b489-330b952e91ae (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule a29c1813-ab1f-4dde-b489-330b952e91ae, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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