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Can I use != in blacklist?

benbabich
Explorer

I only want to see cmd.exe and blacklist everything else for EventCode 4688.

blacklist = EventCode="4688" Message="(?:New Process Name:).+(?:cmd.exe)" will remove cmd.exe but 'Message!=' doesn't do the opposite.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Perhaps a whitelist?

whitelist = EventCode="4688" Message="(?:New Process Name:).+(?:cmd.exe)"
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

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benbabich
Explorer

That does work but I have some inherited blacklists that would have made it easier (for other reasons not shown in the example) to do it in blacklist.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Perhaps a whitelist?

whitelist = EventCode="4688" Message="(?:New Process Name:).+(?:cmd.exe)"
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

benbabich
Explorer

I was really trying to do it in Blacklist due to some convoluted but prebuilt blacklists I inherited but I think I'll just have to build it out properly in the whitelist. It really is the best way to do it.

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