WebProxy Settings Modificationedit

Identifies the use of the built-in networksetup command to configure webproxy settings. This may indicate an attempt to hijack web browser traffic for credential access via traffic sniffing or redirection.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • auditbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • macOS
  • Threat Detection
  • Credential Access

Version: 1

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Potential false positivesedit

Legitimate WebProxy Settings Modification

Rule queryedit

event.category:process and event.type:start and
process.name:networksetup and process.args:("-setwebproxy" or
"-setsecurewebproxy" or "-setautoproxyurl")

Threat mappingedit

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM