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    Suspicious Zenity Password Prompt

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Ethan Andrews@eandrews
    •updated Jun 8, 2026•2•0•5

    Detects the execution of the zenity dialog tool spawned by unusual parents (like IDEs or bash scripts) to create fake password prompts on Linux. The Linux variant of UNK_DeadDrop utilizes this to trick developers into providing their system passwords, enabling root access and GNOME Keyring extraction.

    Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)

    Tags

    T1059 - Command and Scripting InterpreterT1078 - Valid AccountsTA0002 - ExecutionTA0005 - Defense EvasionTA0003 - PersistenceTA0004 - Privilege EscalationTA0001 - Initial AccessTA0006 - Credential AccessT1598 - Phishing for InformationTA0043 - ReconnaissanceProcess CreationCommand ExecutionCredential AccessLinuxkql

    Found in

    • UNK_DeadDrop Phishing Campaign Targets Developers via GitHubLast updated Jun 8, 2026

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