-- Programs which are writing an unusually large amount of data -- -- Can be used to detect ransomware -- -- false positives: -- * Package managers -- * Backup software -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0009/ (Collection) -- -- tags: transient process SELECT p.name, p.cgroup_path, p.path, p.pid, p.cmdline, p.on_disk, p.parent, p.start_time, hash.sha256, p.disk_bytes_written, p.cwd, (strftime('%s', 'now') - start_time) AS age, disk_bytes_written / (strftime('%s', 'now') - start_time) AS bytes_per_second FROM processes p LEFT JOIN hash ON p.path = hash.path WHERE bytes_per_second > 6500000 AND age > 30 AND pid > 2 AND p.path NOT IN ( '/bin/bash', '/bin-busybox', '/opt/homebrew/bin/qemu-system-aarch64', '/usr/bin/apt', '/usr/bin/aptd', '/usr/bin/pacman', '/usr/bin/git', '/usr/bin/bash', '/usr/lib/baloo_file_extractor', '/usr/bin/bwrap', '/usr/bin/curl', '/usr/bin/darktable', '/usr/bin/dockerd', '/usr/bin/fish', '/usr/bin/gnome-shell', '/usr/bin/gnome-software', '/usr/bin/make', '/usr/bin/melange', '/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64', '/usr/bin/yay', '/usr/bin/zsh', '/usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird', '/usr/libexec/coreduetd', '/usr/share/spotify-client/spotify', '/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Desktop Common/HDBox/Setup', '/usr/libexec/flatpak-system-helper', '/usr/libexec/logd_helper', '/usr/libexec/packagekitd', '/usr/libexec/rosetta/oahd', '/usr/libexec/secd', '/usr/libexec/sharingd', '/usr/lib/flatpak-system-helper', '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd', '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald', '/usr/sbin/screencapture' ) AND NOT ( name LIKE 'jbd%/dm-%' AND on_disk = -1 ) AND NOT ( name = 'bindfs' AND cmdline LIKE 'bindfs -f -o fsname=%' ) AND NOT ( name = 'btrfs-transaction' AND on_disk = -1 ) AND NOT ( name = 'kernel_task' AND p.path = '' AND parent IN (0, 1) AND on_disk = -1 ) AND NOT ( name = 'launchd' AND p.path = '/sbin/launchd' AND parent = 0 ) AND NOT ( name = 'logd' AND cmdline = '/usr/libexec/logd' AND parent = 1 ) AND NOT ( name = 'aptd' AND cmdline = '/usr/bin/python3 /usr/sbin/aptd' ) AND NOT name IN ( 'baloo_file_extr', 'bwrap', 'cargo', 'chrome', 'com.apple.MobileSoftwareUpdate.UpdateBrainService', 'com.apple.NRD.UpdateBrainService', 'containerd', 'containerd-', 'containerd-shim', 'Cisco WebEx Start', 'darkfiles', 'dnf', 'esbuild', 'firefox', 'fsdaemon', 'docker-index', 'go', 'goland', 'node', 'golangci-lint-v', 'gopls', 'grype', 'java', 'jetbrains-toolb', 'launcher', 'limactl', 'nessusd', 'ninja', 'photorec', 'qemu-system-aarch64', 'qemu-system-x86_64', 'slack', 'snyk', 'steam', 'syft', 'wineserver' ) AND p.path NOT LIKE '/Applications/%.app/Contents/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/home/%/.local/share/Steam' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/nix/store/%/bin/%sh' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/nix/store/%/bin/nix' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/System/Applications/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/System/Library/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/usr/local/kolide-k2/bin/osqueryd-updates/%/osqueryd' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/nix/store/%kolide-launcher-%/bin/launcher' AND NOT cmdline LIKE '%/lib/gcloud.py components update' AND NOT cgroup_path LIKE '/system.slice/docker-%'