Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack (KATA) Platform

Information about the "Prevention rule" event

8 November 2023

ID 247656

The window with information about events in which prevention rules were triggered, i. e. events of the Blocked application (prevention rule) type, displays the following details:

  • Tree of events.
  • Recommendations for processing an event.
  • Blocked application (prevention rule) section:
    • IOA tags—Information about the results of file analysis using the Targeted Attack Analyzer technology: name of the TAA (IOA) rule that was used to create the alert.

      Click the link to display information about the TAA (IOA) rule. If the rule was provided by Kaspersky experts, it contains information about the triggered MITRE technique as well as recommendations for reacting to the event.

      The field is displayed if a TAA (IOA) rule was triggered when the event was created.

    • File—Name of the file that was prevented from running.
    • Launch parameters—Parameters that were used for the attempt to run the file.
    • MD5—MD5 hash of the file that was prevented from running.
    • SHA256—SHA256 hash of the file that was prevented from running.
    • Size—Size of the file that was prevented from running.
    • Event time—Time when the file startup prevention was triggered.
  • Details section:
    • Application name—For example, the name of the operating system.
    • Vendor—For example, vendor of the operating system.
    • File description—For example, Example File.
    • Original file name—For example, ExampleFile.exe.
    • Signature subject—Organization that issued the digital certificate of the file.
    • Signature validation result—For example, "Signature invalid" or "Signature OK".
    • Time created—Creation time of the file that was prevented from running.
    • Time modified—Date of last modification of the file that was prevented from running.
  • Event initiator section:
    • File—Name of the parent process file.
    • MD5—MD5 hash of the parent process file.
    • SHA256—SHA256 hash of the parent process file.
    • Process ID—Identifier of the parent process.
  • System info section:
    • Host name—Name of the host on which the file startup prevention was triggered.
    • Host IP—IP address of the host on which the file startup prevention was triggered.

      If you are using dynamic IP addresses, the field displays the IP address assigned to the host at the moment when the event was created.

      The application does not support IPv6. If you are using IPv6, the IP address of the host is not displayed.

    • User name—Name of the user whose account was used to run the file.
    • OS name—Version of the operating system being used on the host.

Clicking the link with the file name or file path opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

Clicking the link with the host name opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

  • Find events.
  • Find alerts.
  • Run the following tasks:
  • Copy value to clipboard.

Clicking the MD5 link opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

  • Find events.
  • Find alerts.
  • Find on TIP.
  • Find in Storage.
  • Create prevention rule.
  • Copy value to clipboard.

Clicking the SHA256 link opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

See also

Event information

Recommendations for processing events

Information about events in the tree of events

Viewing the table of events

Configuring the event table display

Viewing information about an event

Information about the "Process started" event

Information about the "Process terminated" event

Information about the "Module loaded" event

Information about the "Remote connection" event

Information about the "Document blocked" event

Information about the "File modified" event

Information about the "System event log" event

Information about the "Changes in the registry" event

Information about the "Port listened" event

Information about the "Driver loaded" event

Information about the "Alert" event

Information about the "Alert processing result" event

Information about the "Interpreted file run" event

Information about the "AMSI scan" event

Information about the "Interactive command input at the console" event

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