Detection of Broadcast Discovery

Technique Detected:  Broadcast Discovery | T0846.002

ID: DET0908
Domains: ICS
Analytics: AN2051, AN2162, AN2233, AN2284
Version: 1.0
Created: 22 April 2026
Last Modified: 13 October 2026

Analytics

AN2051

Real-time monitoring identifies new Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) joins or broadcast traffic spikes on Industrial Control System (ICS) Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) from a source not in the approved device inventory. OT operational-fidelity gate: Do not alert on novelty, scan/read volume, or enumeration alone. Alert when the source role is not authorized for discovery/polling and the target scope, address/tag range, protocol, or rate deviates from the established operational baseline. Suppress normal SCADA/HMI/historian polling, commissioning, asset inventory, backup, diagnostics, and approved engineering activity.

Log Sources
Data Component Name Channel
Network Traffic Flow (DC0078) networkdevice:snmp new Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) join or broadcast traffic spike on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) from source not in approved device inventory
Mutable Elements
Field Description
ApprovedDeviceInventory MAC address inventory of devices authorized on the ICS network segment.

AN2162

Real-time monitoring identifies a Linux process sending User Datagram Protocol (UDP) broadcast packets to Industrial Control System (ICS) discovery addresses from a User Identifier (UID) not associated with any recognized ICS commissioning tool. OT operational-fidelity gate: Do not alert on novelty, scan/read volume, or enumeration alone. Alert when the source role is not authorized for discovery/polling and the target scope, address/tag range, protocol, or rate deviates from the established operational baseline. Suppress normal SCADA/HMI/historian polling, commissioning, asset inventory, backup, diagnostics, and approved engineering activity.

Log Sources
Data Component Name Channel
Process Creation (DC0032) auditd:SYSCALL Linux Audit SYSCALL/EXECVE/SOCKADDR records (configured audit rule): syscall=execve; command or executable associated with the technique runs outside the approved ICS administrative/application baseline
Mutable Elements
Field Description
ApprovedDeviceInventory MAC address inventory of devices authorized on the ICS network segment.

AN2233

Real-time monitoring identifies broadcast discovery frames on the Industrial Control System (ICS) network from a source Media Access Control (MAC)/Internet Protocol (IP) address not in the approved device inventory. OT operational-fidelity gate: Do not alert on novelty, scan/read volume, or enumeration alone. Alert when the source role is not authorized for discovery/polling and the target scope, address/tag range, protocol, or rate deviates from the established operational baseline. Suppress normal SCADA/HMI/historian polling, commissioning, asset inventory, backup, diagnostics, and approved engineering activity.

Log Sources
Data Component Name Channel
Network Traffic Content (DC0085) NSM:Content EtherNet/IP ListIdentity or Modbus broadcast from source Media Access Control (MAC) address not in approved device inventory
Mutable Elements
Field Description
ApprovedDeviceInventory MAC address inventory of devices authorized on the ICS network segment.

AN2284

Real-time monitoring identifies a Windows process sending Industrial Control System (ICS) broadcast discovery frames from a process not associated with a recognized ICS asset management or commissioning tool. OT operational-fidelity gate: Do not alert on novelty, scan/read volume, or enumeration alone. Alert when the source role is not authorized for discovery/polling and the target scope, address/tag range, protocol, or rate deviates from the established operational baseline. Suppress normal SCADA/HMI/historian polling, commissioning, asset inventory, backup, diagnostics, and approved engineering activity.

Log Sources
Data Component Name Channel
Network Connection Creation (DC0082) WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=3 outbound User Datagram Protocol (UDP) broadcast traffic from process not in recognized Industrial Control Systems (ICS) asset management tools
Mutable Elements
Field Description
ApprovedDeviceInventory MAC address inventory of devices authorized on the ICS network segment.