-- Programs communicating over the network in unexpected ways (state-based) -- -- references: -- * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/ -- -- tags: ephemeral state net high -- platform: macos SELECT protocol, s.local_port, s.remote_port, s.remote_address, p.name, p.path, p.cmdline AS child_cmd, p.cwd, s.pid, p.parent AS parent_pid, pp.path AS parent_path, pp.cmdline AS parent_cmd, hash.sha256, CONCAT ( MIN(s.remote_port, 32768), ',', protocol, ',', MIN(p.uid, 500), ',', p.name, ',', signature.identifier, ',', signature.authority ) AS exception_key FROM process_open_sockets s LEFT JOIN processes p ON s.pid = p.pid LEFT JOIN processes pp ON pp.pid = p.parent LEFT JOIN hash ON p.path = hash.path LEFT JOIN signature ON p.path = signature.path WHERE protocol > 0 AND s.remote_port > 0 AND s.remote_address NOT IN ('127.0.0.1', '::ffff:127.0.0.1', '::1') AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE 'fe80:%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '127.%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '192.168.%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.1%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.2%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.30.%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.31.%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '::ffff:172.%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '10.%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '::ffff:10.%' AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE 'fc00:%' AND s.state != 'LISTEN' -- Ignore most common application paths AND p.path NOT LIKE '/Applications/%.app/Contents/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/Library/Apple/System/Library/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/Library/Application Support/%/Contents/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/System/Applications/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/System/Library/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/Users/%/Library/%.app/Contents/MacOS/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/System/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/%/bin/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/usr/libexec/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/usr/sbin/%' AND p.path NOT LIKE '/private/var/folders/%/go-build%/%' AND NOT ( remote_port = 53 AND protocol IN (6, 17) AND p.name IN ( '1password', 'Acrobat Update Helper', 'chainctl', 'cloud_sql_proxy', 'Code Helper', 'com.apple.MobileSoftwareUpdate.UpdateBrainService', 'cosign', 'crc', 'curl', 'dig', 'Evernote Helper', 'figma_agent', 'gh', 'git-remote-http', 'gitsign', 'go', 'grafana-server', 'grype', 'host', 'htop', 'istioctl', 'k6', 'k9s', 'ko', 'launcher', 'ngrok', 'nix', 'node', 'obs', 'obs-browser-page', 'obs-ffmpeg-mux', 'obsidian', 'opera', 'ping', 'Python', 'python3.10', 'Reflect', 'Reflect Helper', 'ruby', 'sample', 'ssh', 'steam_osx', 'syncthing', 'tailscaled', 'terraform', 'tkn', 'traceroute', 'vcluster', 'wget', 'whois', 'zoom' ) ) AND NOT exception_key IN ( '22,6,500,Cyberduck,ch.sudo.cyberduck,Developer ID Application: David Kocher (G69SCX94XU)', '22,6,500,ssh,,', '22,6,500,ssh,com.apple.openssh,Software Signing', '22,6,500,ssh,ssh,', '22,6,500,ssh,ssh-55554944fbf65684ab9b37c2bad3a27ef78b23f4,', '30004,6,500,java,net.java.openjdk.java,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', '30011,6,500,java,net.java.openjdk.java,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', '32768,6,500,java,net.java.openjdk.java,Developer ID Application: Oracle America, Inc. (VB5E2TV963)', '3307,6,500,cloud_sql_proxy,a.out,', '43,6,500,DropboxMacUpdate,com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate,Developer ID Application: Dropbox, Inc. (G7HH3F8CAK)', '443,17,500,Code Helper,com.microsoft.VSCode.helper,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', '443,17,500,Evernote Helper,com.evernote.Evernote.helper,Apple Mac OS Application Signing', '443,17,500,Reflect Helper,app.reflect.ReflectDesktop,Developer ID Application: Reflect App, LLC (789ULN5MZB)', '443,17,500,Slack Helper,,', '443,6,0,com.apple.MobileSoftwareUpdate.UpdateBrainService,com.apple.MobileSoftwareUpdate.UpdateBrainService,Software Signing', '443,6,0,Install,com.adobe.Install,Developer ID Application: Adobe Inc. (JQ525L2MZD)', '443,6,0,launcher,launcher,Developer ID Application: Kolide Inc (YZ3EM74M78)', '443,6,0,nessusd,nessusd,Developer ID Application: Tenable, Inc. (4B8J598M7U)', '443,6,0,nix,nix,', '443,6,0,OneDrivePkgTelemetry,com.microsoft.OneDrivePkgTelemetry,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', '443,6,0,Setup,com.adobe.acc.Setup,Developer ID Application: Adobe Inc. (JQ525L2MZD)', '443,6,500,,,', '443,6,500,Acrobat Update Helper,com.adobe.ARMDCHelper,Developer ID Application: Adobe Inc. (JQ525L2MZD)', '443,6,500,bash,bash,', '443,6,500,chainctl,,', '443,6,500,chainctl,a.out,', '443,6,500,chainctl_Darwin_arm64,a.out,', '443,6,500,civo,a.out,', '443,6,500,cloud_sql_proxy,a.out,', '443,6,500,Code Helper,com.microsoft.VSCode.helper,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', '443,6,500,Code Helper (Renderer),com.github.Electron.helper,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', '443,6,500,cosign,,', '443,6,500,cosign,a.out,', '443,6,500,crane,,', '443,6,500,crane,a.out,', '443,6,500,ctclient,a.out,', '443,6,500,curl,com.apple.curl,Software Signing', '443,6,500,docker-credential-gcr,a.out,', '443,6,500,Electron,com.microsoft.VSCode,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', '443,6,500,emacs-28.2,emacs-28.2,', '443,6,500,Evernote Helper,com.evernote.Evernote.helper,Apple Mac OS Application Signing', '443,6,500,figma_agent,com.figma.agent,Developer ID Application: Figma, Inc. (T8RA8NE3B7)', '443,6,500,gh,a.out,', '443,6,500,gh,gh,', '443,6,500,git,com.apple.git,Software Signing', '443,6,500,git,git,', '443,6,500,git-remote-http,com.apple.git-remote-http,Software Signing', '443,6,500,git-remote-http,git-remote-http-5555494493930c47f9d9385e94cdee8b19968153,', '443,6,500,git-remote-http,git-remote-http-55554944ce011d0e889a3cf58e5ac97ac15728f3,', '443,6,500,git-remote-http,git-remote-http-55554944e5dca79a2b44332e941af547708b0c68,', '443,6,500,gitsign,,', '443,6,500,FlyDelta,com.delta.iphone.ver1,Apple iPhone OS Application Signing', '443,6,500,gitsign,a.out,', '443,6,500,gitsign,gitsign,', '443,6,500,go,a.out,', '443,6,500,go,org.golang.go,Developer ID Application: Google LLC (EQHXZ8M8AV)', '443,6,500,helm,a.out,', '443,6,500,istioctl,a.out,', '443,6,500,java,net.java.openjdk.java,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', '443,6,500,java,net.java.openjdk.java,Developer ID Application: Oracle America, Inc. (VB5E2TV963)', '443,6,500,ko,a.out,', '443,6,500,ksfetch,ksfetch,Developer ID Application: Google LLC (EQHXZ8M8AV)', '443,6,500,kubectl,,', '443,6,500,kubectl,a.out,', '443,6,500,limactl,,', '443,6,500,main,a.out,', '443,6,500,melange,a.out,', '443,6,500,minikube,,', '443,6,500,ngrok,darwin_amd64,Developer ID Application: ngrok LLC (TEX8MHRDQ9)', '443,6,500,nix,nix,', '443,6,500,node,node,Developer ID Application: Node.js Foundation (HX7739G8FX)', '443,6,500,OneDriveStandaloneUpdater,com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater,Developer ID Application: Microsoft Corporation (UBF8T346G9)', '443,6,500,prober,a.out,', '443,6,500,pulumi-resource-gcp,a.out,', '443,6,500,pulumi-resource-github,a.out,', '443,6,500,python2.7,python2.7,', '443,6,500,python3.10,python3.10,', '443,6,500,Python,com.apple.python3,Software Signing', '443,6,500,Python,org.python.python,', '443,6,500,Python,Python,', '443,6,500,Reflect,app.reflect.ReflectDesktop,Developer ID Application: Reflect App, LLC (789ULN5MZB)', '443,6,500,Reflect Helper,app.reflect.ReflectDesktop,Developer ID Application: Reflect App, LLC (789ULN5MZB)', '443,6,500,sample,com.apple.dt.SamplingTools.sample,Software Signing', '443,6,500,scorecard-darwin-amd64,,', -- Why so many Slack signatures? We may never know. '443,6,500,Slack Helper,,', '443,6,500,Slack Helper,com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap.helper,Apple Mac OS Application Signing', '443,6,500,Slack Helper,com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap.helper,Developer ID Application: Slack Technologies, Inc. (BQR82RBBHL)'', '443,6,500,steam_osx,com.valvesoftware.steam,Developer ID Application: Valve Corporation (MXGJJ98X76)', '443,6,500,step,step,', '443,6,500,syft,syft,Developer ID Application: ANCHORE, INC. (9MJHKYX5AT)', '443,6,500,terraform-ls,terraform-ls,Developer ID Application: Hashicorp, Inc. (D38WU7D763)', '443,6,500,terraform,terraform,Developer ID Application: Hashicorp, Inc. (D38WU7D763)', '443,6,500,vegeta,a.out,', '443,6,500,vim,vim,', '443,6,500,zoom.us,us.zoom.xos,Developer ID Application: Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (BJ4HAAB9B3)', '443,6,500,zsh,com.apple.zsh,Software Signing', '53,17,500,docker-credential-gcr,a.out,', '6000,6,500,ssh,,', '6000,6,500,ssh,com.apple.openssh,Software Signing', '6000,6,500,ssh,ssh-55554944fbf65684ab9b37c2bad3a27ef78b23f4,', '80,6,0,com.apple.MobileSoftwareUpdate.UpdateBrainService,com.apple.MobileSoftwareUpdate.UpdateBrainService,Software Signing', '80,6,500,curl,com.apple.curl,Software Signing', '80,6,500,ksfetch,ksfetch,Developer ID Application: Google LLC (EQHXZ8M8AV)', '80,6,500,steam_osx,com.valvesoftware.steam,Developer ID Application: Valve Corporation (MXGJJ98X76)', '80,6,500,webhook.test,a.out,' ) -- nix-shell infects children with open connections AND NOT ( parent_cmd LIKE '%/tmp/nix-shell%' AND remote_port = 443 AND protocol = 6 ) -- These programs would normally never make an outgoing connection, but thanks to Nix, it can happen. AND NOT ( ( remote_address LIKE '151.101.%' OR remote_address LIKE '140.82.%' ) AND remote_port = 443 AND protocol = 6 AND parent_path LIKE '/nix/%/bash' ) -- More complicated patterns go here AND NOT ( p.name = 'syncthing' AND ( remote_port IN (53, 80, 88, 110, 443, 587, 993) OR remote_port > 1024 ) ) AND NOT ( p.name IN ( 'Google Chrome Helper', 'Brave Browser Helper', 'Chromium Helper', 'Opera Helper' ) AND remote_port IN ( 53, 443, 80, 8009, 8080, 8888, 8443, 5228, 32211, 53, 10001, 3478, 19305, 19306, 5004, 9000, 19307, 19308, 19309 ) ) AND NOT ( p.name IN ('Mail', 'thunderbird', 'Spark', 'Notes') AND remote_port IN (53, 143, 443, 587, 465, 585, 993) ) AND NOT ( parent_path = '/Applications/Minecraft.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher' AND remote_port > 30000 ) AND NOT ( p.name IN ('Spotify Helper', 'Spotify') AND remote_port IN (53, 443, 8009, 4070, 32211) ) AND NOT ( remote_port IN (53, 443) AND p.name LIKE 'terraform-provider-%' ) AND NOT ( remote_port IN (53, 443) AND p.name LIKE 'kubectl.%' ) AND NOT ( p.cmdline LIKE '%google-cloud-sdk/lib/gcloud.py%' AND remote_port IN (80, 443, 53) ) -- Slack update? AND NOT ( p.path = '' AND pp.cmdline LIKE '%/Slack' ) -- Process name is sometimes empty here? AND NOT ( p.cmdline = '/Applications/Craft.app/Contents/MacOS/Craft' AND remote_port = 443 AND protocol = 6 ) AND NOT ( remote_port IN (53, 443) AND p.path LIKE '/private/var/folders/%/T/GoLand/%' ) GROUP BY s.pid