title: Suspicious Outbound RDP Connections
id: ed74fe75-7594-4b4b-ae38-e38e3fd2eb23
status: experimental
description: Detects Non-Standard Tools Connecting to TCP port 3389 indicating possible lateral movement
references:
    - https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708
author: Markus Neis - Swisscom
date: 2019/05/15
tags:
    - attack.lateral_movement
    - attack.t1210
    - car.2013-07-002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: sysmon
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 3
        DestinationPort: 3389
        Initiated: 'true'
    filter:
        Image:
            - '*\mstsc.exe'
            - '*\RTSApp.exe'
            - '*\RTS2App.exe'
            - '*\RDCMan.exe'
            - '*\ws_TunnelService.exe'
            - '*\RSSensor.exe'
            - '*\RemoteDesktopManagerFree.exe'
            - '*\RemoteDesktopManager.exe'
            - '*\RemoteDesktopManager64.exe'
            - '*\mRemoteNG.exe'
            - '*\mRemote.exe'
            - '*\Terminals.exe'
            - '*\spiceworks-finder.exe'
            - '*\FSDiscovery.exe'
            - '*\FSAssessment.exe'
            - '*\MobaRTE.exe'
            - '*\chrome.exe'
            - '*\thor.exe'
            - '*\thor64.exe'
    condition: selection and not filter 
falsepositives:
    - Other Remote Desktop RDP tools
level: high