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Suspicious Automator Workflows Execution

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Suspicious Automator Workflows Execution

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Identifies the execution of the Automator Workflows process followed by a network connection from it’s XPC service. Adversaries may drop a custom workflow template that hosts malicious JavaScript for Automation (JXA) code as an alternative to using osascript.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • auditbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

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Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: macOS
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Execution

Version: 103

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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sequence by host.id with maxspan=30s
 [process where host.os.type == "macos" and event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name == "automator"]
 [network where host.os.type == "macos" and process.name:"com.apple.automator.runner"]

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

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