-- Find programs that use the Security Framework on macOS - popular among malware authors -- -- platform: darwin -- tags: persistent state process seldom SELECT s.authority, s.identifier, CONCAT ( MIN(p0.euid, 500), ',', p0.name, ',', s.identifier, ',', s.authority ) AS exception_key, pmm.path AS lib_path, -- Child p0.pid AS p0_pid, p0.start_time AS p0_start, p0.path AS p0_path, p0.name AS p0_name, p0.cmdline AS p0_cmd, p0.cwd AS p0_cwd, p0.euid AS p0_euid, p0_hash.sha256 AS p0_sha256, -- Parent p0.parent AS p1_pid, p1.start_time AS p1_start, p1.path AS p1_path, p1.name AS p1_name, p1.euid AS p1_euid, p1.cmdline AS p1_cmd, p1_hash.sha256 AS p1_sha256, -- Grandparent p1.parent AS p2_pid, p2.start_time AS p2_start, p2.name AS p2_name, p2.path AS p2_path, p2.cmdline AS p2_cmd, p2_hash.sha256 AS p2_sha256 FROM processes p0 JOIN process_memory_map pmm ON p0.pid = pmm.pid LEFT JOIN signature s ON p0.path = s.path LEFT JOIN hash p0_hash ON p0.path = p0_hash.path LEFT JOIN processes p1 ON p0.parent = p1.pid LEFT JOIN hash p1_hash ON p1.path = p1_hash.path LEFT JOIN processes p2 ON p1.parent = p2.pid LEFT JOIN hash p2_hash ON p2.path = p2_hash.path WHERE -- Focus on longer-running programs p0.pid IN ( SELECT pid FROM processes WHERE start_time < (strftime('%s', 'now') - 25200) AND parent != 0 -- Assume STP AND NOT path LIKE '/Applications/%.app/%' -- Other oddball binary paths AND NOT path LIKE '/nix/store/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/opt/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/private/var/folders%/T/go-build%/exe/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/System/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/Users/%/.terraform/providers/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/Users/%/bin/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/Users/%/dev/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/Users/%/go/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/Users/%/Library/Application Support/com.elgato.StreamDeck/Plugins/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/Users/%/Library/Application Support/Zed/extensions/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/Users/%/Library/Application Support/Zed/supermaven/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/Users/%/src/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/usr/libexec/%' AND NOT path LIKE '/usr/sbin/%' -- Regular apps AND NOT REGEX_MATCH (path, '(.*)/', 1) LIKE '%/bin' AND NOT ( path LIKE '/Users/%/Library/Application Support/com.elgato.StreamDeck/Plugins/com.elgato.cpu.sdPlugin/cpu' AND name = 'cpu' ) -- Takes arguments AND NOT ( euid >= 500 AND cmdline LIKE "% --%" ) ) AND pmm.path LIKE '%Security.framework%' AND NOT s.authority IN ( 'Developer ID Application: Corsair Memory, Inc. (Y93VXCB8Q5)', 'Developer ID Application: Google, Inc. (EQHXZ8M8AV)', 'Developer ID Application: Google LLC (EQHXZ8M8AV)', 'Developer ID Application: OSQUERY A Series of LF Projects, LLC (3522FA9PXF)', 'Developer ID Application: Valve Corporation (MXGJJ98X76)' ) AND exception_key NOT IN ( '0,velociraptor,a.out,', '500,___1go_build_main_go,a.out,', '500,circleci-yaml-language-server,a.out,', '500,cloud_sql_proxy,a.out,', '500,docker,docker,', '500,gopls,a.out,', '500,python3,python.exe,', '500,helm_ls_darwin_arm64,a.out,', '500,sdaudioswitch,,', '500,sdaudioswitch,sdaudioswitch,', '500,sdmicmute,sdmicmute,', '500,sdzoomplugin,,', '500,serial-discovery,a.out,' ) AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,terraform-provider-%,a.out,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,___%go_build_%,a.out,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,___2go_build_main_go,a.out,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,___Test%.test,a.out,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,___%__go_1_%,a.out,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,lifx-streamdeck,lifx-streamdeck-%' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,marksman-macos,marksman-%,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,nvim,bob-%,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,package-version-server-v%,package_version_server-%,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,rust-analyzer,rust_analyzer-%,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,rust-analyzer-proc-macro-srv,rust_analyzer_proc_macro_srv-%,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,gopls_%_go_%,a.out,' AND NOT exception_key LIKE '500,sm-agent,sm_agent-%' GROUP BY p0.pid