Creation of Hidden Launch Agent or Daemonedit
Identifies the creation of a hidden launch agent or daemon. An adversary may establish persistence by installing a new launch agent or daemon which executes at login.
Rule type: eql
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
- Persistence
- Defense Evasion
Version: 100 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guideedit
Rule queryedit
file where event.type != "deletion" and file.path : ( "/System/Library/LaunchAgents/.*.plist", "/Library/LaunchAgents/.*.plist", "/Users/*/Library/LaunchAgents/.*.plist", "/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/.*.plist", "/Library/LaunchDaemons/.*.plist" )
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Create or Modify System Process
- ID: T1543
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Hide Artifacts
- ID: T1564
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1564/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (8.4.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
file where event.type != "deletion" and file.path : ( "/System/Library/LaunchAgents/.*.plist", "/Library/LaunchAgents/.*.plist", "/Users/*/Library/LaunchAgents/.*.plist", "/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/.*.plist", "/Library/LaunchDaemons/.*.plist" )
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- Version 2 (8.2.0 release)
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- Formatting only