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LowSigmaHQ E.M. Anhaus (originally from Atomic Blue Detections, Endgame) +1

Discovery of a System Time

Identifies use of various commands to query a systems time. This technique may be used before executing a scheduled task or to discover the time zone of a target system.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: ESXi Linux macOS Network Devices Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Legitimate use of the system utilities to discover system time for legitimate reason

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
eqllib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/analytics/fcdb99c2-ac3c-4bde-b664-4b336329bed2.html	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1124/T1124.md	Detection test	Only this detection cites it

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