credential_access_collection_sensitive_files.toml

[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/12/22"
integration = ["endpoint"]
maturity = "production"
min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
updated_date = "2023/02/22"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies the use of a compression utility to collect known files containing sensitive information, such as credentials
and system configurations.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["auditbeat-*", "logs-endpoint.events.*", "endgame-*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Sensitive Files Compression"
references = [
    "https://www.trendmicro.com/en_ca/research/20/l/teamtnt-now-deploying-ddos-capable-irc-bot-tntbotinger.html",
]
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "6b84d470-9036-4cc0-a27c-6d90bbfe81ab"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Host", "Linux", "Threat Detection", "Collection", "Credential Access", "Elastic Endgame"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "query"

query = '''
event.category:process and host.os.type:linux 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
    )
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1552"
name = "Unsecured Credentials"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1552.001"
name = "Credentials In Files"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/001/"



[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0006"
name = "Credential Access"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/"
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1560"
name = "Archive Collected Data"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1560/"
[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1560.001"
name = "Archive via Utility"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1560/001/"



[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0009"
name = "Collection"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0009/"