title: Deprecated TLS Version Usage
id: 67a095d3-2652-56e8-95af-19e63ba1f20c
custom_id: wf-ids-004
status: stable
level: medium
description: |
    Detects usage of deprecated TLS versions (TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1) that are
    no longer considered secure. These connections may be targeted for
    downgrade attacks and violate modern compliance requirements.
author: WitFoo
date: 2026-02-21
tags:
    - attack.command_and_control
    - attack.t1573
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1573/
logsource:
    product: witfoo
    service: artifact-exporter
detection:
    selection_stream:
        streamName|contains:
            - "zeek_ssl"
            - "tls"
    selection_version:
        message|contains:
            - "TLSv1.0"
            - "TLSv1.1"
            - "SSLv3"
            - "SSLv2"
    condition: selection_stream and selection_version
fields:
    - clientIP
    - serverIP
    - serverPort
    - fqdn
    - message
    - streamName
falsepositives:
    - Legacy systems that cannot be upgraded
    - IoT devices with limited TLS support
    - Internal applications pending TLS upgrade
