-- Find unexpected hidden files in a users Application Support directory -- -- references: -- * https://objective-see.org/blog/blog_0x73.html -- -- false positives: -- * programs with unusual self-updaters -- -- tags: persistent state filesystem -- platform: darwin SELECT file.path, file.filename, file.type, file.mode, file.size, file.mtime, file.uid, file.ctime, REPLACE(file.path, u.directory, '~') AS homepath, REPLACE(file.directory, u.directory, '~') AS homedir, file.gid, hash.sha256, magic.data, signature.identifier, signature.authority FROM file JOIN hash ON file.path = hash.path JOIN users u ON file.uid = u.uid JOIN magic ON file.path = magic.path JOIN signature ON file.path = signature.path WHERE file.path IN ( SELECT path FROM file WHERE ( path LIKE '/Users/%/Library/Application Support/%/.%' OR path LIKE '/Users/%/Library/Application Support/.%' ) AND NOT file.filename IN ('.', '..', '.updaterId', '.DS_Store') AND size > 0 ) AND NOT homedir IN ( '~/Library/Application Support/1Password', '~/Library/Application Support/Adobe', '~/Library/Application Support/Beeper', '~/Library/Application Support/BetterTouchTool', '~/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac X Menu', '~/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac X', '~/Library/Application Support/Code', '~/Library/Application Support/Docker Desktop', '~/Library/Application Support/DropboxElectron', '~/Library/Application Support/GitHub Desktop', '~/Library/Application Support/Jabra Direct', '~/Library/Application Support/Keybase', '~/Library/Application Support/Lens', '~/Library/Application Support/Loom', '~/Library/Application Support/Presenting', '~/Library/Application Support/Slack', '~/Library/Application Support/ZaloApp', '~/Library/Application Support/ZaloData', '~/Library/Application Support/ZaloPC', '~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.spotlight', '~/Library/Application Support/com.bohemiancoding.sketch3', '~/Library/Application Support/com.intelliscapesolutions.caffeine', '~/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.Opera', '~/Library/Application Support/com.psiexams.psi-bridge-secure-browser', '~/Library/Application Support/com.tinyapp.TablePlus', '~/Library/Application Support/discord', '~/Library/Application Support/lghub' ) AND NOT homepath IN ( '~/Library/Application Support/.Shadowland5.5', '~/Library/Application Support/.com.contextsformac.Contexts.plist', '~/Library/Application Support/.settings' ) AND NOT homepath LIKE '~/Library/Application Support/.syssettings%' AND NOT magic.data = 'XML 1.0 document, ASCII text' -- Capture One AND NOT ( file.mode = "0666" AND size > 1200 AND size < 4000 AND REGEX_MATCH (file.filename, "^(\.[0-9A-Z]{32})$", 0) != "" ) GROUP BY file.path