Cloud provider activity observed from IP associated with cryptomining

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Classification:

threat-intel

Tactic:

TA0011-command-and-control

Technique:

T1071-application-layer-protocol

Goal

Detect when a host in AWS, GCP, or Azure is potentially infected with a cryptominer.

Strategy

This rule compares the @network.client.ip standard attribute to a curated threat intelligence list of known cryptomining IP addresses.

Triage and response

  1. Determine if the resource should be contacting a cryptomining associated IP address.
  2. If not, begin your company’s incident response process.