Indicator Removal on Host - Clear Mac System Logs
Detects deletion of local audit logs
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1title: Indicator Removal on Host - Clear Mac System Logs
2id: acf61bd8-d814-4272-81f0-a7a269aa69aa
3status: test
4description: Detects deletion of local audit logs
5references:
6 - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1070.002/T1070.002.md
7author: remotephone, oscd.community
8date: 2020-10-11
9modified: 2022-09-16
10tags:
11 - attack.defense-evasion
12 - attack.t1070.002
13logsource:
14 product: macos
15 category: process_creation
16detection:
17 selection1:
18 Image|endswith:
19 - '/rm'
20 - '/unlink'
21 - '/shred'
22 selection_cli_1:
23 CommandLine|contains: '/var/log'
24 selection_cli_2:
25 CommandLine|contains|all:
26 - '/Users/'
27 - '/Library/Logs/'
28 condition: selection1 and 1 of selection_cli*
29falsepositives:
30 - Legitimate administration activities
31level: medium
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