Event ID 3: Network connection (Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational)
What this Event ID actually records on disk, the EventData fields worth reading first, and where it sits in a DFIR triage workflow.
- Channel
- Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
- Provider
- Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon%4Operational
- Triage notes
- Per-connection record with source/dest IP, port, process. Watch for short-lived 443 to unknown hosts.