BITS Transfer Job Downloading File Potential Suspicious Extension
Detects new BITS transfer job saving local files with potential suspicious extensions
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source service
- bits_client
Known benign triggers
- While the file extensions in question can be suspicious at times. It's best to add filters according to your environment to avoid large amount false positives
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1197/T1197.md | 6 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- b85e5894-9b19-4d86-8c87-a2f3b81f0521
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.persistenceattack.stealth
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Version
- 2