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Network Sniffing - MacOs — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule adc9bcc4-c39c-4f6b-a711-1884017bf043. Network Sniffing - MacOs — Sigma Rule. Detects the usage of tooling to sniff network traffic. An adversary may place a network interface into promiscuous mode to passively access data in transit over the network, or use span ports to capture a larger amount of data.

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community. Source status: test; severity: informational. Source dates: 2020-10-14 / 2022-11-26.

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

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: 09b3eb3fcb5668baa944d87ed1610c954d25601078bf01f0da021e359c4fc4e3

Detection logic

Original source YAML. Source-tag agreement is not proof of complete semantic coverage. This rule has not been compiled for a SIEM backend or validated against live telemetry here.

title: Network Sniffing - MacOs
id: adc9bcc4-c39c-4f6b-a711-1884017bf043
status: test
description: |
  Detects the usage of tooling to sniff network traffic.
  An adversary may place a network interface into promiscuous mode to passively access data in transit over the network, or use span ports to capture a larger amount of data.
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1040/T1040.md
author: Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
date: 2020-10-14
modified: 2022-11-26
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1040
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith:
            - '/tcpdump'
            - '/tshark'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Legitimate administration activities
level: informational

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False positives

  • Legitimate administration activities

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