-- 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 extra -- platform: darwin -- interval: 180 SELECT -- Child pe.path AS p0_path, pe.time AS p0_time, REGEX_MATCH (pe.path, '.*/(.*)', 1) AS p0_name, TRIM(pe.cmdline) AS p0_cmd, pe.cwd AS p0_cwd, pe.pid AS p0_pid, pe.euid AS p0_euid, s.authority AS p0_authority, -- Parent pe.parent AS p1_pid, 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, pe_sig1.authority AS p1_authority, -- Grandparent COALESCE(p1.parent, pe1.parent) AS p2_pid, 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, COALESCE( p1_p2_sig.authority, pe1_p2_sig.authority, pe1_pe2_sig.authority ) AS p2_authority, -- 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 LEFT JOIN signature s ON pe.path = s.path -- Parents (via two paths) LEFT JOIN processes p1 ON pe.parent = p1.pid LEFT JOIN hash p_hash1 ON p1.path = p_hash1.path LEFT JOIN process_events pe1 ON pe.parent = pe1.pid AND pe1.cmdline != '' LEFT JOIN hash pe_hash1 ON pe1.path = pe_hash1.path LEFT JOIN signature pe_sig1 ON pe1.path = pe_sig1.path -- Grandparents (via 3 paths) LEFT JOIN processes p1_p2 ON p1.parent = p1_p2.pid -- Current grandparent via parent processes LEFT JOIN processes pe1_p2 ON pe1.parent = pe1_p2.pid -- Current grandparent via parent events 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 LEFT JOIN signature p1_p2_sig ON p1_p2.path = p1_p2_sig.path LEFT JOIN signature pe1_p2_sig ON pe1_p2.path = pe1_p2_sig.path LEFT JOIN signature pe1_pe2_sig ON pe1_pe2.path = pe1_pe2_sig.path WHERE pe.time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -180) AND pe.status = 0 AND pe.cmdline != '' AND pe.cmdline IS NOT NULL AND ( p0_name IN ( 'bitspin', 'bpftool', 'csrutil', 'heyoka', 'nstx', 'dnscat2', 'tuns', 'iodine', 'rshell', 'rsh', 'incbit', 'kmod', 'lushput', 'mkfifo', 'msfvenom', 'nc', 'socat' ) -- Chrome Stealer OR p0_cmd LIKE '%set visible of front window to false%' 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 '%chattr -i%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%dd if=/dev/%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%cat /dev/null >%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%truncate -s0 %' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%touch%acmr%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%touch -r%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%ld.so.preload%' OR p0_cmd LIKE 'killall%NotificationCenter' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%urllib.urlopen%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%nohup%tmp%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%killall Terminal%' OR ( pe.euid = 0 AND ( p0_cmd LIKE '%pkill -f%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%xargs kill -9%' ) ) OR p0_cmd LIKE '%rm -f /var/tmp%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%rm -f /tmp%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%nohup /bin/bash%' OR ( INSTR(p0_cmd, 'history') > 0 AND p0_cmd LIKE '%history' AND p0_cmd NOT LIKE '% history' ) OR p0_cmd LIKE '%echo%|%base64 --decode %|%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%echo%|%base64 -d %|%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%launchctl bootout%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%chflags uchg%' OR ( p0_cmd LIKE '%UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null%' AND NOT p1_name = 'limactl' AND NOT p1_cmd LIKE '%gcloud.py%' ) -- Random keywords OR p0_cmd LIKE '%ransom%' -- Reverse shells 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') AND NOT p1_cmd LIKE "%pipenv shell" ) OR p0_cmd LIKE 'socat %' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%SOCK_STREAM%' OR INSTR(p0_cmd, 'Socket.') > 0 ) -- Things that could reasonably happen at boot. AND NOT ( pe.path = '/usr/bin/mkfifo' AND ( p0_cmd LIKE '%/org.gpgtools.log.%/fifo' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%/var/%/gitstatus.POWERLEVEL9K.%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%/var/%/p10k.worker.%' OR p0_cmd LIKE '%/tmp/blesh/%' ) ) AND NOT ( p0_cmd LIKE '%csrutil status' AND p1_name IN ('Dropbox') ) AND NOT ( p0_cmd IN ( '/bin/launchctl bootout gui/501 /Library/LaunchAgents/com.logi.optionsplus.plist', '/bin/launchctl bootout system/com.docker.socket', '/bin/rm -f /tmp/.com.apple.dt.CommandLineTools.installondemand.in-progress', 'git history', 'dd if=/dev/urandom bs=15 count=1 status=none', 'launchctl bootout gui/501/com.grammarly.ProjectLlama.UninstallAgent', 'helm history', '/Library/Apple/System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/SafariShared.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.Safari.History.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.Safari.History', 'nc -h', 'nc', 'nc -uv 8.8.8.8 53', 'nc localhost 8080 -vz', 'nix profile history', 'dd if=/dev/stdin conv=unblock cbs=79', 'rm -f /tmp/mysql.sock', 'sh -c launchctl bootout system "/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ecamm.EcammAudioXPCHelper.plist"', '/usr/bin/csrutil report', '/usr/bin/csrutil status', '/usr/bin/pkill -F /private/var/run/lima/shared_socket_vmnet.pid', '/usr/bin/sudo /bin/rm -f /tmp/.com.apple.dt.CommandLineTools.installondemand.in-progress', '/usr/bin/xattr -d com.apple.writer_bundle_identifier /Applications/Safari.app', 'xpcproxy com.apple.Safari.History' ) -- The source of these commands is still a mystery to me. OR pe.parent = -1 ) AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'launchctl bootout gui/501 /Users/%/Library/LaunchAgents/com.elgato.StreamDeck.plist' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '-history%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'dirname %history' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '/bin/rm -f /tmp/periodic.%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '/bin/rm -f /tmp/nix-shell.%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'rm -f /tmp/blesh/%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'touch -r . /private/tmp/nix-build%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%GNU Libtool%touch -r%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'rm -f /tmp/locate%/_updatedb%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'rm -f /tmp/locate%/mklocate%/_mklocatedb%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'rm -f /tmp/insttmp_%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%nc localhost%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%nc -vz localhost%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '/bin/cp %history%sessions/%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%ssh %/lima/%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE 'touch -r /tmp/KSInstallAction.%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '%find /Applications/LogiTuneInstaller.app -type d -exec chmod 777 {}%' AND NOT p0_cmd LIKE '/bin/rm -f /tmp/com.adobe.%.updater/%' AND NOT p0_name IN ('cc1', 'compile', 'yara') AND NOT exception_key IN ( 'dd,500,zsh,login', 'bash,500,idea,launchd', 'yara,500,bash,fish', 'go,500,fish,login', 'ssh,500,limactl.ventura,launchd', 'git,500,zsh,login', 'bat,500,zsh,login', 'git,500,zsh,goland', 'jq,500,zsh,login', 'sh,0,Ecamm Live,launchd', 'cat,500,zsh,login' )