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Touch Suspicious Service File — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule 31545105-3444-4584-bebf-c466353230d2. Touch Suspicious Service File — Sigma Rule. Detects usage of the "touch" process in service file.

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2023-01-11 / not supplied.

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

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Source SHA-256: 9441dee40004955a63a3268d8f9e7bec0a0420bae46e8b23f470169eea7a89f5

Detection logic

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title: Touch Suspicious Service File
id: 31545105-3444-4584-bebf-c466353230d2
status: test
description: Detects usage of the "touch" process in service file.
references:
    - https://blogs.blackberry.com/
    - https://twitter.com/Joseliyo_Jstnk/status/1620131033474822144
author: Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk
date: 2023-01-11
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1070.006
logsource:
    product: linux
    category: process_creation
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith: '/touch'
        CommandLine|contains: ' -t '
        CommandLine|endswith: '.service'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Admin changing date of files.
level: medium

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False positives

  • Admin changing date of files.

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