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Netcat Reverse Shell via Busybox

This rule detects the creation of a reverse shell through netcat using Busybox. Attackers may spawn reverse shells to establish persistence onto a target system. By proxying the execution through Busybox, attackers may attempt to evade detection.

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Detection Logic

sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=5s
  [process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.name == "busybox" and
   process.command_line like ("* nc *", "* netcat *", "* ncat *") and not process.command_line like "*-*z*"]
  [network where event.type == "start" and event.action == "connection_attempted" and process.name == "busybox" and 
   not (destination.ip == null or destination.ip == "0.0.0.0" or cidrmatch(
     destination.ip, "10.0.0.0/8", "127.0.0.0/8", "169.254.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12", "192.0.0.0/24", "192.0.0.0/29",
     "192.0.0.8/32", "192.0.0.9/32", "192.0.0.10/32", "192.0.0.170/32", "192.0.0.171/32", "192.0.2.0/24",
     "192.31.196.0/24", "192.52.193.0/24", "192.168.0.0/16", "192.88.99.0/24", "224.0.0.0/4", "100.64.0.0/10",
     "192.175.48.0/24","198.18.0.0/15", "198.51.100.0/24", "203.0.113.0/24", "240.0.0.0/4", "::1", "FE80::/10",
     "FF00::/8"
     )
   )
  ]

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