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Potential Suspicious Clipboard Activity Detectededit
This rule monitors for the usage of the most common clipboard utilities on unix systems by an uncommon process group leader. Adversaries may collect data stored in the clipboard from users copying information within or between applications.
Rule type: new_terms
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 60m
Searches indices from: now-119m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References: None
Tags:
- Domain: Endpoint
- OS: Linux
- Use Case: Threat Detection
- Tactic: Collection
- Rule Type: BBR
- Data Source: Elastic Defend
Version: 2
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule queryedit
event.category:process and host.os.type:"linux" and event.action:"exec" and event.type:"start" and
process.name:("xclip" or "xsel" or "wl-clipboard" or "clipman" or "copyq")
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Collection
- ID: TA0009
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0009/
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Technique:
- Name: Clipboard Data
- ID: T1115
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1115/