Information about the "Remote connection" event

The window showing information about Connection to remote host events contains the following details:

• Tree of events.
• Recommendations for processing an event.
• Connection to remote host 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 MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge) database contains descriptions of hacker behavior based on the analysis of real attacks. It is a structured list of known hacker techniques represented as a table.

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

  • Connection direction is the direction of the connection (inbound or outbound).
  • Remote IP—IP address of the host to which a remote connection attempt was made.
  • Local IP—IP address of the local computer from which a remote connection attempt was made.
  • Event time—Time of the remote connection attempt.
• 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.
• System info section:
  • Host name—Host name from which a remote connection attempt was made.
  • Host IP—IP address of the host from which a remote connection attempt was made.

    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 that attempted to establish a remote connection.
  • OS name—Version of the operating system being used on the host.

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

• Find events.
• Find alerts.
• Run the following tasks:
  • Kill process.
  • Kill by unique PID.
  • Delete file.
  • Get file.
  • Get forensics.
  • Quarantine file.
• Copy value to clipboard.

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:
  • Get data → File, Forensics, Disk image, Memory dump.
  • Kill process.
  • Delete file.
  • Quarantine file.
  • Run application.
• 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.

  Kaspersky information system Contains and displays reputation information for files and URL addresses.

• 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:

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