Masquerading as Linux Crond Process

 1title: Masquerading as Linux Crond Process
 2id: 9d4548fa-bba0-4e88-bd66-5d5bf516cda0
 3status: test
 4description: |
 5  Masquerading occurs when the name or location of an executable, legitimate or malicious, is manipulated or abused for the sake of evading defenses and observation.
 6  Several different variations of this technique have been observed.  
 7references:
 8    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/8a82e9b66a5b4f4bc5b91089e9f24e0544f20ad7/atomics/T1036.003/T1036.003.md#atomic-test-2---masquerading-as-linux-crond-process
 9author: Timur Zinniatullin, oscd.community
10date: 2019-10-21
11modified: 2023-08-22
12tags:
13    - attack.defense-evasion
14    - attack.t1036.003
15logsource:
16    product: linux
17    service: auditd
18detection:
19    selection:
20        type: 'execve'
21        a0: 'cp'
22        a1: '/bin/sh'
23        a2|endswith: '/crond'
24    condition: selection
25level: medium