EVID 3 : Network Connection Detected (Sysmon)

Event Details

Event Type

Network Connection Detected

Event Description

3 : Tracks network connection event logs and TCP/UDP connections on the machine.

Event ID

3

Log Fields and Parsing

This section details the log fields available in this log message type, along with values parsed for both LogRhythm Default and LogRhythm Default v2.0 policies. A value of "N/A" (not applicable) means that there is no value parsed for a specified log field.

Log Field

LogRhythm Default

LogRhythm Default v2.0

Provider

N/A

N/A

EventID

<vmid>

<vmid>

Version

 <version>

N/A

Level

<severity>

<severity>

Task

N/A

<vendorinfo>

Opcode

N/A

N/A

Keywords

N/A

<result>

TimeCreated 

N/A

N/A

EventRecordID

N/A

N/A

Correlation 

N/A

N/A

Execution 

 <processid>

N/A

Channel

N/A

N/A

Computer

<dname>

N/A

Security 

<domain>, <login>

N/A

ProcessGuid

N/A

N/A

ProcessId

<processid>

<processid>

Image

<object>

<process>

User

<login>, <domain>

<login>, <domainorigin>

Protocol

<protname>

<protname>

SourceIsIpv6

<tag1>

N/A

Initiated

N/A

N/A

SourceIp

<sip>

<sip>

SourceHostName

<sname>

<sname>

SourcePort

<sport>

<sport>

SourcePortName

N/A

N/A

DestinationIsIpv6

N/A

N/A

DestinationIp

<dip>

<dip>

DestinationHostName

<dname>

<dname>

DestinationPort

<dport>

<dport>

DestinationPortName

N/A

N/A

RuleName

<vendorinfo>, <subject>

<policy>

Log Processing Settings

This section details log processing changes made from the LogRhythm Default policy to LogRhythm Default v2.0. In some cases, base rules are broken down into sub-rules to appropriately parse log message types by their event types.

LogRhythm Default

Regex ID

Rule Name

Rule Type

Common Events

Classifications

*1006439

EVID 3 : Network Connection Detected

Base Rule

Network Connection Established

Network Traffic

*1010226

EVID 3 : Network Connection

Base Rule

General Traffic Log

Network Traffic

*1010226

EVID 3 : Inbound Network Connection Detected

Sub Rule

Inbound Connection Observed

Network Traffic

*1010226

EVID 3 : Outbound Network Connection Detected

Sub Rule

Outbound Connection Observed

Network Traffic

*  Both Regex IDs represent logs that parse EVID 3, but 1006439 represents line-separated logs while 1010226 represents normal logs.

LogRhythm Default v2.0 

Regex ID

Rule Name

Rule Type

Common Events

Classifications

1011220

V 2.0 : EVID 3 : Network Connection Detected

Base Rule

Network Traffic

Network Traffic