-- Unexpected programs communicating over HTTPS (state-based) -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/ (C&C, Application Layer Protocol) -- -- tags: transient state net often -- platform: macos SELECT pos.protocol, pos.local_port, pos.remote_port, pos.remote_address, pos.local_port, pos.local_address, CONCAT ( MIN(p0.euid, 500), ',', REGEX_MATCH (p0.path, '.*/(.*?)$', 1), ',', p0.name, ',', s.authority, ',', s.identifier ) AS exception_key, CONCAT ( MIN(p0.euid, 500), ',', REGEX_MATCH (p0.path, '.*/(.*?)$', 1), ',', p0.name, ',', MIN(f.uid, 500), 'u,', MIN(f.gid, 500), 'g' ) AS alt_exception_key, -- Child p0.pid AS p0_pid, p0.path AS p0_path, s.authority AS p0_sauth, s.identifier AS p0_sid, 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.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.name AS p2_name, p2.path AS p2_path, p2.cmdline AS p2_cmd, p2_hash.sha256 AS p2_sha256 FROM process_open_sockets pos LEFT JOIN processes p0 ON pos.pid = p0.pid 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 LEFT JOIN file f ON p0.path = f.path LEFT JOIN signature s ON p0.path = s.path WHERE pos.protocol IN (6, 17) AND pos.remote_port = 443 AND pos.remote_address NOT IN ('127.0.0.1', '::ffff:127.0.0.1', '::1') AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE 'fe80:%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE '127.%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE '192.168.%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.1%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.2%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.30.%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.31.%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE '::ffff:172.%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE '10.%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE '::ffff:10.%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE 'fdfd:%' AND pos.remote_address NOT LIKE 'fc00:%' AND pos.state != 'LISTEN' -- Ignore most common application paths AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/Applications/%.app/Contents/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/Library/Apple/System/Library/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/Library/Application Support/%/Contents/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/System/Applications/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/System/Library/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/Users/%/Library/%.app/Contents/MacOS/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/Users/%/code/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/Users/%/src/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/Users/%/bin/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/System/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/%/bin/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/usr/libexec/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/usr/sbin/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/usr/local/kolide-k2/%' AND p0.path NOT LIKE '/private/var/folders/%/go-build%/%' -- Apple programs running from weird places, like the UpdateBrainService AND NOT ( s.identifier LIKE 'com.apple.%' AND s.authority = 'Software Signing' ) AND NOT exception_key IN ( '0,launcher,launcher,Developer ID Application: Kolide, Inc (X98UFR7HA3),com.kolide.agent', '0,Setup,Setup,Developer ID Application: Adobe Inc. (JQ525L2MZD),com.adobe.acc.Setup', '500,bash,bash,,bash', '500,cloud_sql_proxy,cloud_sql_proxy,,a.out', '500,Code Helper,Code Helper,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9),com.microsoft.VSCode.helper', '500,Code Helper (Plugin),Code Helper (Plugin),Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9),com.github.Electron.helper', '500,Code Helper (Renderer),Code Helper (Renderer),Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9),com.github.Electron.helper', '500,Ecamm Live Stream Deck Plugin,Ecamm Live Stream Deck Plugin,Developer ID Application: Ecamm Network, LLC (5EJH68M642),Ecamm Live Stream Deck Plugin', '500,Electron,Electron,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9),com.microsoft.VSCode', '500,git-remote-http,git-remote-http,,git-remote-http-55554944748a32c47cdc35cfa7f071bb69a39ce4', '500,go,go,Developer ID Application: Google LLC (EQHXZ8M8AV),org.golang.go', '500,grype,grype,Developer ID Application: ANCHORE, INC. (9MJHKYX5AT),grype', '500,IterableRichNotifications,IterableRichNotifications,Apple iPhone OS Application Signing,com.plexapp.plex.IterableRichNotifications', '500,ksfetch,ksfetch,Developer ID Application: Google LLC (EQHXZ8M8AV),ksfetch', '500,melange,melange,,a.out', '500,node,node,Developer ID Application: Node.js Foundation (HX7739G8FX),node', '500,old,old,Developer ID Application: Denver Technologies, Inc (2BBY89MBSN),dev.warp.Warp-Stable', '500,op,op,Developer ID Application: AgileBits Inc. (2BUA8C4S2C),com.1password.op', '500,Paintbrush,Paintbrush,Developer ID Application: Michael Schreiber (G966ML7VBG),com.soggywaffles.paintbrush', '500,PlexMobile,PlexMobile,Apple iPhone OS Application Signing,com.plexapp.plex', '500,Reflect Helper,Reflect Helper,Developer ID Application: Reflect App, LLC (789ULN5MZB),app.reflect.ReflectDesktop', '500,Reflect,Reflect,Developer ID Application: Reflect App, LLC (789ULN5MZB),app.reflect.ReflectDesktop', '500,sdaudioswitch,sdaudioswitch,,sdaudioswitch', '500,snyk-ls_darwin_arm64,snyk-ls_darwin_arm64,,a.out', '500,syncthing,syncthing,,syncthing', '500,terraform,terraform,Developer ID Application: Hashicorp, Inc. (D38WU7D763),terraform', '500,Transmit,Transmit,Developer ID Application: Panic, Inc. (VE8FC488U5),com.panic.Transmit', '500,TwitchStudioStreamDeck,TwitchStudioStreamDeck,Developer ID Application: Corsair Memory, Inc. (Y93VXCB8Q5),TwitchStudioStreamDeck', '500,zoom.us,zoom.us,Developer ID Application: Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (BJ4HAAB9B3),us.zoom.xos' ) AND NOT alt_exception_key IN ( '500,apko,apko,0u,0g', '500,chainlink,chainlink,500u,20g', '500,cpu,cpu,500u,20g', '500,cosign,cosign,0u,500g', '500,crane,crane,500u,80g', '500,go,go,500u,80g', '500,git-remote-http,git-remote-http,500u,80g', '500,vim,vim,0u,500g', '500,crane,crane,0u,500g', '500,sdaudioswitch,sdaudioswitch,500u,20g', '500,sdzoomplugin,sdzoomplugin,500u,20g' ) AND NOT alt_exception_key LIKE '500,terraform-provider-%,terraform-provider-%,500u,20g' AND NOT p0.path LIKE '/private/var/folders/%/T/GoLand/%' AND NOT ( exception_key IN ( '500,Python,Python,,org.python.python', '500,Python,Python,,Python' ) AND ( p0_cmd LIKE '%/gcloud.py%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%pip install%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%googlecloudsdk/core/metrics_reporter.py%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%/main.py' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%/bin/aws%' ) ) -- theScore and other iPhone apps AND NOT ( s.authority = 'Apple iPhone OS Application Signing' AND p0.cwd = '/' AND p0.path = '/private/var/folders/%/Wrapper/%.app/%' ) -- nix socket inheritance AND NOT ( p0.path LIKE '/nix/store/%/bin/%' AND p1.path LIKE '/nix/store/%/bin/%' ) GROUP BY p0.cmdline