Recon

The Recon category contains events that are related to scanning and other techniques that are used to identify network resources.

The following table describes the low-level event categories and associated severity levels for the Recon category.

Table 1. Low-level categories and severity levels for the Recon events category
Low-level event category Category ID Description Severity level (0 - 10)
Unknown Form of Recon 1001 An unknown form of reconnaissance. 2
Application Query 1002 Reconnaissance to applications on your system. 3
Host Query 1003 Reconnaissance to a host in your network. 3
Network Sweep 1004 Reconnaissance on your network. 4
Mail Reconnaissance 1005 Reconnaissance on your mail system. 3
Windows Reconnaissance 1006 Reconnaissance for Windows operating system. 3
Portmap / RPC r\Request 1007 Reconnaissance on your portmap or RPC request. 3
Host Port Scan 1008 Indicates that a scan occurred on the host ports. 4
RPC Dump 1009 Indicates that Remote Procedure Call (RPC) information is removed. 3
DNS Reconnaissance 1010 Reconnaissance on the DNS server. 3
Misc Reconnaissance Event 1011 Miscellaneous reconnaissance event. 2
Web Reconnaissance 1012 Web reconnaissance on your network. 3
Database Reconnaissance 1013 Database reconnaissance on your network. 3
ICMP Reconnaissance 1014 Reconnaissance on ICMP traffic. 3
UDP Reconnaissance 1015 Reconnaissance on UDP traffic. 3
SNMP Reconnaissance 1016 Reconnaissance on SNMP traffic. 3
ICMP Host Query 1017 Indicates an ICMP host query. 3
UDP Host Query 1018 Indicates a UDP host query. 3
NMAP Reconnaissance 1019 Indicates NMAP reconnaissance. 3
TCP Reconnaissance 1020 Indicates TCP reconnaissance on your network. 3
UNIX Reconnaissance 1021 Reconnaissance on your UNIX network. 3
FTP Reconnaissance 1022 Indicates FTP reconnaissance. 3