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Potential In-Memory Download And Compile Of Payloads — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule 13db8d2e-7723-4c2c-93c1-a4d36994f7ef. Potential In-Memory Download And Compile Of Payloads — Sigma Rule. Detects potential in-memory downloading and compiling of applets using curl and osacompile as seen used by XCSSET malware

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Author: Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r), Red Canary (idea). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2023-08-22 / not supplied.

{
  "category": "process_creation",
  "product": "macos"
}

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Source SHA-256: 68d652f778647a21fac8049f2c62c8d482a0d521158af1a12d3eada59e17dbd5

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title: Potential In-Memory Download And Compile Of Payloads
id: 13db8d2e-7723-4c2c-93c1-a4d36994f7ef
status: test
description: Detects potential in-memory downloading and compiling of applets using curl and osacompile as seen used by XCSSET malware
references:
    - https://redcanary.com/blog/mac-application-bundles/
author: Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r), Red Canary (idea)
date: 2023-08-22
tags:
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.execution
    - attack.t1059.007
    - attack.t1105
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'osacompile'
            - 'curl'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

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  • Unknown

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