Commands to Clear or Remove the Syslog - Builtin

 1title: Commands to Clear or Remove the Syslog - Builtin
 2id: e09eb557-96d2-4de9-ba2d-30f712a5afd3
 3status: test
 4description: Detects specific commands commonly used to remove or empty the syslog
 5references:
 6    - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/fc614fb4bda24ae8ca2c44e812d12c0fab6dd7a097472a35dd12ded053ab8474
 7author: Max Altgelt (Nextron Systems)
 8date: 2021-09-10
 9modified: 2022-11-26
10tags:
11    - attack.impact
12    - attack.t1565.001
13logsource:
14    product: linux
15detection:
16    selection:
17        - 'rm /var/log/syslog'
18        - 'rm -r /var/log/syslog'
19        - 'rm -f /var/log/syslog'
20        - 'rm -rf /var/log/syslog'
21        - 'mv /var/log/syslog'
22        - ' >/var/log/syslog'
23        - ' > /var/log/syslog'
24    falsepositives:
25        - '/syslog.'
26    condition: selection and not falsepositives
27falsepositives:
28    - Log rotation
29level: high