Web Server Spawning System Reconnaissance Tools
Detects PHP or web server processes launching common system, account, network, and domain reconnaissance utilities. This activity is often indicative of post-compromise internal reconnaissance, as web-facing application processes should not normally start these utilities. The rule specifically looks for processes like php.exe, w3wp.exe, httpd.exe, apache2, and nginx spawning reconnaissance tools such as whoami, hostname, systeminfo, ipconfig, ifconfig, net, nltest, dsquery, quser, and query.
Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)
