Screen Capture with Xwd

Detects adversary creating screen capture of a full with xwd. Highly recommended using rule on servers, due high usage of screenshot utilities on user workstations

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 1title: Screen Capture with Xwd
 2id: e2f17c5d-b02a-442b-9052-6eb89c9fec9c
 3status: test
 4description: Detects adversary creating screen capture of a full with xwd. Highly recommended using rule on servers, due high usage of screenshot utilities on user workstations
 5references:
 6    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1113/T1113.md#atomic-test-3---x-windows-capture
 7    - https://linux.die.net/man/1/xwd
 8author: 'Pawel Mazur'
 9date: 2021-09-13
10modified: 2022-12-18
11tags:
12    - attack.collection
13    - attack.t1113
14logsource:
15    product: linux
16    service: auditd
17detection:
18    selection:
19        type: EXECVE
20        a0: xwd
21    xwd_root_window:
22        a1: '-root'
23        a2: '-out'
24        a3|endswith: '.xwd'
25    xwd_no_root_window:
26        a1: '-out'
27        a2|endswith: '.xwd'
28    condition: selection and 1 of xwd_*
29falsepositives:
30    - Legitimate use of screenshot utility
31level: low

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