-- Pick out exotic processes based on their command-line (events-based) -- -- references: -- * https://themittenmac.com/what-does-apt-activity-look-like-on-macos/ -- -- false positives: -- * possible, but none known -- -- tags: transient process events -- platform: linux -- interval: 300 SELECT -- Child pe.path AS p0_path, REGEX_MATCH (pe.path, '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p0_name, TRIM(pe.cmdline) AS p0_cmd, pe.cwd AS p0_cwd, pe.pid AS p0_pid, p.cgroup_path AS p0_cgroup, -- Parent pe.parent AS p1_pid, p1.cgroup_path AS p1_cgroup, TRIM(COALESCE(p1.cmdline, pe1.cmdline)) AS p1_cmd, COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path) AS p1_path, COALESCE(p_hash1.sha256, pe_hash1.sha256) AS p1_hash, REGEX_MATCH (COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path), '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p1_name, -- Grandparent COALESCE(p1.parent, pe1.parent) AS p2_pid, COALESCE(p1_p2.cgroup_path, pe1_p2.cgroup_path) AS p2_cgroup, TRIM( COALESCE(p1_p2.cmdline, pe1_p2.cmdline, pe1_pe2.cmdline) ) AS p2_cmd, COALESCE(p1_p2.path, pe1_p2.path, pe1_pe2.path) AS p2_path, COALESCE( p1_p2_hash.path, pe1_p2_hash.path, pe1_pe2_hash.path ) AS p2_hash, REGEX_MATCH ( COALESCE(p1_p2.path, pe1_p2.path, pe1_pe2.path), '.*/(.*)', 1 ) AS p2_name, -- Exception key REGEX_MATCH (pe.path, '.*/(.*)', 1) || ',' || MIN(pe.euid, 500) || ',' || REGEX_MATCH (COALESCE(p1.path, pe1.path), '.*/(.*)', 1) || ',' || REGEX_MATCH ( COALESCE(p1_p2.path, pe1_p2.path, pe1_pe2.path), '.*/(.*)', 1 ) AS exception_key FROM process_events pe, uptime LEFT JOIN processes p ON pe.pid = p.pid -- Parents (via two paths) LEFT JOIN processes p1 ON pe.parent = p1.pid AND p1.start_time <= pe.time LEFT JOIN hash p_hash1 ON p1.path = p_hash1.path LEFT JOIN process_events pe1 ON pe.parent = pe1.pid AND pe1.time <= pe.time AND pe1.cmdline != '' LEFT JOIN hash pe_hash1 ON pe1.path = pe_hash1.path -- Grandparents (via 3 paths) LEFT JOIN processes p1_p2 ON p1.parent = p1_p2.pid -- Current grandparent via parent processes AND p1_p2.start_time <= p1.start_time LEFT JOIN processes pe1_p2 ON pe1.parent = pe1_p2.pid -- Current grandparent via parent events AND pe1_p2.start_time <= pe1.time LEFT JOIN process_events pe1_pe2 ON pe1.parent = pe1_p2.pid AND pe1_pe2.cmdline != '' -- Past grandparent via parent events LEFT JOIN hash p1_p2_hash ON p1_p2.path = p1_p2_hash.path LEFT JOIN hash pe1_p2_hash ON pe1_p2.path = pe1_p2_hash.path LEFT JOIN hash pe1_pe2_hash ON pe1_pe2.path = pe1_pe2_hash.path WHERE pe.time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -300) AND pe.cmdline != '' AND ( p0_name IN ( 'bitspin', 'bpftool', 'heyoka', 'nstx', 'dnscat2', 'tuns', 'iodine', 'esxcli', 'vim-cmd', 'minerd', 'cpuminer-multi', 'cpuminer', 'httpdns', 'rshell', 'rsh', 'xmrig', 'incbit', 'insmod', 'kmod', 'lushput', 'mkfifo', 'msfvenom', 'nc', 'socat' ) -- Chrome Stealer OR p0_cmd LIKE '%chrome%-load-extension%' -- Known attack scripts OR p0_name LIKE '%pwn%' OR p0_name LIKE '%attack%' -- Unusual behaviors OR p0_cmd LIKE '%ufw disable%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%iptables stop' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%setenforce 0' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%iptables -P % ACCEPT%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%iptables -F%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%chattr -i%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%dd if=/dev/%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%cat /dev/null >%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%truncate -s0 %' OR ( INSTR(p0_cmd, 'history') > 0 AND p0_cmd LIKE '%history' AND p0_cmd NOT LIKE 'man %' ) OR p0_cmd LIKE '%touch%acmr%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%touch -r%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%ld.so.preload%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%urllib.urlopen%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%nohup%tmp%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%systemctl stop firewalld%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%systemctl disable firewalld%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%pkill -f%' OR ( p0_cmd LIKE '%xargs kill -9%' AND pe.euid = 0 ) OR p0_cmd LIKE '%rm -rf /boot%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%nohup /bin/bash%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%echo%|%base64 --decode %|%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null%' -- Crypto miners OR p0_cmd LIKE '%monero%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%nanopool%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%nicehash%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%stratum%' -- Random keywords OR p0_cmd LIKE '%ransom%' -- Reverse shells OR p0_cmd LIKE '%/dev/tcp/%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%/dev/udp/%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%fsockopen%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%openssl%quiet%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%pty.spawn%' OR ( p0_cmd LIKE '%sh -i' AND NOT p1_name IN ('sh', 'java') ) OR p0_cmd LIKE '%SOCK_STREAM%' OR INSTR(p0_cmd, 'Socket.') > 0 OR ( p0_cmd LIKE '%tail -f /dev/null%' AND p.cgroup_path NOT LIKE '/system.slice/docker-%' ) ) -- Things that could reasonably happen at boot. AND NOT ( pe.path IN ('/usr/bin/kmod', '/bin/kmod') AND p1_path = '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd' AND p1_cmd = '/sbin/init' ) AND NOT ( pe.path IN ('/usr/bin/kmod', '/bin/kmod') AND p1_name IN ( 'firewalld', 'mkinitramfs', 'systemd', 'dockerd', 'kube-proxy' ) ) AND NOT ( p0_cmd LIKE '/usr/bin/modprobe %' AND p1_cgroup = '/system.slice/firewalld.service' ) AND NOT ( pe.path IN ('/usr/bin/kmod', '/bin/kmod') AND uptime.total_seconds < 15 ) AND NOT ( pe.path = '/usr/bin/mkfifo' AND ( p0_cmd LIKE '%/org.gpgtools.log.%/fifo' OR p0_cmd LIKE 'mkfifo -- /private/var/folders/%/T/gitstatus.POWERLEVEL9K.501.%.fifo' OR p0_cmd LIKE 'mkfifo -- /var/folders/%/T//p10k.worker.501.%.fifo' ) ) AND NOT p0_cmd IN ('lsmod', 'dd if=/dev/stdin conv=unblock cbs=79') AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'dirname %history' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'find . -executable -type f -name %grep -l GNU Libtool%touch -r%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'modinfo -k%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'modprobe -ab%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'modprobe --all%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%modprobe aufs' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%touch -r /tmp/cc%.o %' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%modprobe overlay' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%modprobe nf_nat_netbios_ns' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%modprobe -va%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'pkill -f cut -c3%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'tail /%history' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%/usr/bin/cmake%Socket%' AND NOT p0_name IN ('ar', 'cc1', 'compile', 'cmake', 'cc1plus') AND NOT exception_key IN ('bash,500,ninja,bash', 'ls,500,zsh,alacritty')