Unsuccessful Netbackup backups
THIS IS A DEPRECATED DETECTION
This detection has been marked deprecated by the Splunk Threat Research team. This means that it will no longer be maintained or supported.
Description
This search gives you the hosts where a backup was attempted and then failed.
- Type: Hunting
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Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Last Updated: 2017-09-12
- Author: David Dorsey, Splunk
- ID: a34aae96-ccf8-4aaa-952c-3ea21444444f
Annotations
ATT&CK
Kill Chain Phase
NIST
- DE.AE
CIS20
- CIS 10
CVE
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`netbackup`
| stats latest(_time) as latestTime by COMPUTERNAME, MESSAGE
| search MESSAGE="An error occurred, failed to backup."
| `security_content_ctime(latestTime)`
| rename COMPUTERNAME as dest, MESSAGE as signature
| table latestTime, dest, signature
| `unsuccessful_netbackup_backups_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
unsuccessful_netbackup_backups_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Required fields
List of fields required to use this analytic.
- _time
How To Implement
To successfully implement this search you need to obtain data from your backup solution, either from the backup logs on your endpoints or from a central server responsible for performing the backups. If you do not use Netbackup, you can modify this search for your specific backup solution.
Known False Positives
None identified
Associated Analytic Story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
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25.0 | 50 | 50 | tbd |
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.
Reference
Test Dataset
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