Bitsadmin Activity

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Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a way to reliably download files from webservers or SMB servers. This service is commonly used for legitimate purposes, but can also be used as part of a malware downloader. Additionally, bitsadmin can be used to upload files and therefore can be used for data exfiltration. This query will identify use of bitsadmin.exe for either purpose and will identify directionality file transfer directionality.

Attribute Value
Type Hunting Query
Solution GitHub Only
ID 2458e226-76e6-458c-8bf7-8766cc993b82
Tactics Persistence, CommandAndControl, Exfiltration
Required Connectors MicrosoftThreatProtection
Source [View on GitHub](https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Hunting Queries/Microsoft%20365%20Defender/Execution/Bitsadmin%20Activity.yaml)

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