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Sensitive Files Compression
editSensitive Files Compression
editIdentifies the use of a compression utility to collect known files containing sensitive information, such as credentials and system configurations.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Linux
- Threat Detection
- Collection
- Credential Access
Version: 100 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editevent.category:process and event.type:start and process.name:(zip or tar or gzip or hdiutil or 7z) and process.args: ( /root/.ssh/id_rsa or /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub or /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 or /root/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub or /root/.ssh/authorized_keys or /root/.ssh/authorized_keys2 or /root/.ssh/known_hosts or /root/.bash_history or /etc/hosts or /home/*/.ssh/id_rsa or /home/*/.ssh/id_rsa.pub or /home/*/.ssh/id_ed25519 or /home/*/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub or /home/*/.ssh/authorized_keys or /home/*/.ssh/authorized_keys2 or /home/*/.ssh/known_hosts or /home/*/.bash_history or /root/.aws/credentials or /root/.aws/config or /home/*/.aws/credentials or /home/*/.aws/config or /root/.docker/config.json or /home/*/.docker/config.json or /etc/group or /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow or /etc/gshadow )
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: Unsecured Credentials
- ID: T1552
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/
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Tactic:
- Name: Collection
- ID: TA0009
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0009/
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Technique:
- Name: Archive Collected Data
- ID: T1560
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1560/
Rule version history
edit- Version 100 (8.5.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only