Steganography Hide Files with Steghide

Detects embedding of files with usage of steghide binary, the adversaries may use this technique to prevent the detection of hidden information.

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 1title: Steganography Hide Files with Steghide
 2id: ce446a9e-30b9-4483-8e38-d2c9ad0a2280
 3status: test
 4description: Detects embedding of files with usage of steghide binary, the adversaries may use this technique to prevent the detection of hidden information.
 5references:
 6    - https://vitux.com/how-to-hide-confidential-files-in-images-on-debian-using-steganography/
 7author: 'Pawel Mazur'
 8date: 2021/09/11
 9modified: 2022/10/09
10tags:
11    - attack.defense_evasion
12    - attack.t1027.003
13logsource:
14    product: linux
15    service: auditd
16detection:
17    selection:
18        type: EXECVE
19        a0: steghide
20        a1: embed
21        a2:
22            - '-cf'
23            - '-ef'
24        a4:
25            - '-cf'
26            - '-ef'
27    condition: selection
28falsepositives:
29    - Unknown
30level: low

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