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Potential macOS SSH Brute Force Detected
editPotential macOS SSH Brute Force Detected
editIdentifies a high number (20) of macOS SSH KeyGen process executions from the same host. An adversary may attempt a brute force attack to obtain unauthorized access to user accounts.
Rule type: threshold
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- macOS
- Threat Detection
- Credential Access
Version: 101 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Rule query
editevent.category:process and event.type:start and process.name:"sshd- keygen-wrapper" and process.parent.name:launchd
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: Brute Force
- ID: T1110
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/
Rule version history
edit- Version 101 (8.5.0 release)
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- Rule name changed from: Potential SSH Brute Force Detected
- Version 3 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only