Corelight - Multiple files sent over HTTP with abnormal requests
Detects sources sending multiple compressed files greater than 10MBs sent over HTTP in a short amount of time.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ESXiLinuxmacOSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- corelight
- Log source service
- corelight_httpcorelight_http2corelight_http_aggcorelight_http_red
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 7226d37b-50ee-4e3b-9f80-5b74080d8f2c
- Tagged by the source as
- Exfiltration
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 29, 2026
- Version
- 1