BITSAdmin Transfer
mediumWindowsSingle eventexperimentalsigma.bitsadmin_transfer · v1.0.0
What it detects
Flags activity matching the SigmaHQ rule “BITSAdmin Transfer” — MITRE ATT&CK T1197, BITS Jobs.
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- T1197BITS Jobs· Persistence
False positives and triage
Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
The rule
Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 60%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.bitsadmin_transfer.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.
id: sigma.bitsadmin_transfer
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: medium
confidence: 0.6
platforms:
- windows
mitre_techniques:
- T1197
description: BITSAdmin Transfer (Sigma sample)
match:
event_category: process
process_path_contains_any:
- \bitsadmin.exe
command_line_contains_any:
- transfer
false_positive_guidance: Converted from Sigma; review before enabling.
Adapted from the SigmaHQ rule “BITSAdmin Transfer”, distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. SigmaHQ.
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Run this rule on your own logs — offline
KIROSEC runs this rule and the rest of the library over Windows, Linux, macOS and cloud audit logs on the analyst's own machine. Every alert links to the events that raised it, and nothing leaves the device.