Linux Clipboard Activity Detected

This rule monitors for the usage of the most common clipboard utilities on unix systems by an uncommon process group leader. Adversaries may collect data stored in the clipboard from users copying information within or between applications.

Rule type: new_terms

Rule indices:

logs-endpoint.events.*
endgame-*
auditbeat-*
logs-auditd_manager.auditd-*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

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

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

Domain: Endpoint
OS: Linux
Use Case: Threat Detection
Tactic: Collection
Data Source: Elastic Defend
Data Source: Elastic Endgame
Data Source: Auditd Manager

Version: 5

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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event.category:process and host.os.type:"linux" and event.type:"start" and
event.action:("exec" or "exec_event" or "executed" or "process_started") and
process.name:("xclip" or "xsel" or "wl-clipboard" or "clipman" or "copyq") and
not process.parent.name:("bwrap" or "micro")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Collection
- ID: TA0009
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0009/
Technique:
- Name: Clipboard Data
- ID: T1115
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1115/

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