diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/network_proxy_port_activity_to_the_internet.json b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/network_proxy_port_activity_to_the_internet.json index 35ba1ca806296..a60aabd019683 100644 --- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/network_proxy_port_activity_to_the_internet.json +++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/network_proxy_port_activity_to_the_internet.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "description": "This rule detects events that may describe network events of proxy use to the Internet. It includes popular HTTP proxy ports and SOCKS proxy ports. Typically, environments will use an internal IP address for a proxy server. It can also be used to circumvent network controls and detection mechanisms.", "false_positives": [ - "Some proxied applications may use these ports but this usually occurs in local traffic using private IPs which this rule does not match. Proxies are widely used as a security technology but in enterprise environments this is usually local traffic which this rule does not match. Internet proxy services using these ports can be white-listed if desired. Some screen recording applications may use these ports. Proxy port activity involving an unusual source or destination may be more suspicious. Some cloud environments may use this port when VPNs or direct connects are not in use and cloud instances are accessed across the Internet. Because these ports are in the ephemeral range, this rule may false under certain conditions such as when a NATed web server replies to a client which has used a port in the range by coincidence. In this case, such servers can be excluded if desired." + "Some proxied applications may use these ports but this usually occurs in local traffic using private IPs which this rule does not match. Proxies are widely used as a security technology but in enterprise environments this is usually local traffic which this rule does not match. If desired, internet proxy services using these ports can be added to allowlists. Some screen recording applications may use these ports. Some screen recording applications may use these ports. Proxy port activity involving an unusual source or destination may be more suspicious. Some cloud environments may use this port when VPNs or direct connects are not in use and cloud instances are accessed across the Internet. Because these ports are in the ephemeral range, this rule may false under certain conditions such as when a NATed web server replies to a client which has used a port in the range by coincidence. In this case, such servers can be excluded if desired." ], "index": [ "filebeat-*" diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/windows_misc_lolbin_connecting_to_the_internet.json b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/windows_misc_lolbin_connecting_to_the_internet.json index 361a3e99b4dbd..f61f117c86c10 100644 --- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/windows_misc_lolbin_connecting_to_the_internet.json +++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/windows_misc_lolbin_connecting_to_the_internet.json @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ { - "description": "Binaries signed with trusted digital certificates can execute on Windows systems protected by digital signature validation. Adversaries may use these binaries to 'live off the land' and execute malicious files that could bypass application whitelisting and signature validation.", + "description": "Binaries signed with trusted digital certificates can execute on Windows systems protected by digital signature validation. Adversaries may use these binaries to 'live off the land' and execute malicious files that could bypass application allowlists and signature validation.", "index": [ "winlogbeat-*" ], diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/windows_register_server_program_connecting_to_the_internet.json b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/windows_register_server_program_connecting_to_the_internet.json index f6fc38f963640..ee95ac70dfa1f 100644 --- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/windows_register_server_program_connecting_to_the_internet.json +++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/prepackaged_rules/windows_register_server_program_connecting_to_the_internet.json @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ { - "description": "Identifies the native Windows tools regsvr32.exe and regsvr64.exe making a network connection. This may be indicative of an attacker bypassing whitelisting or running arbitrary scripts via a signed Microsoft binary.", + "description": "Identifies the native Windows tools regsvr32.exe and regsvr64.exe making a network connection. This may be indicative of an attacker bypassing allowlists or running arbitrary scripts via a signed Microsoft binary.", "false_positives": [ "Security testing may produce events like this. Activity of this kind performed by non-engineers and ordinary users is unusual." ],