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PUA - NimScan Execution (4fd6b1c7-19b8-4488-97f6-00f0924991a3)

Detects usage of NimScan, a portscanner utility. In early 2025, adversaries were observed using this utility to scan for open ports on remote hosts in a compromised environment. This rule identifies the execution of NimScan based on the process image name and specific hash values associated with different versions of the tool.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Network Service Discovery - T1046 (e3a12395-188d-4051-9a16-ea8e14d07b88) Attack Pattern PUA - NimScan Execution (4fd6b1c7-19b8-4488-97f6-00f0924991a3) Sigma-Rules 1