Detections

Explore public detection logic contributed by the community across SIEM and rule languages.

7,270 detections

This analytic detects the execution of commands to start or enable services on Linux systems. This behavior is critical for a SOC to monitor because it may indicate attempts to gain unauthorized access or maintain control over a system. Such actions could be signs of malicious activity. If confirmed, this could lead to serious consequences, including a compromised system, unauthorized access to sensitive data, or even a wider breach affecting the entire network. Detecting and responding to these signs early is essential to prevent potential security incidents.
Splunk Security@SplunkSecurity
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Splunk Security Content
1 year ago
0028
Detects fake image files (BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF) used by the BeardShell backdoor for command and control communications. These files contain an encrypted payload and a size field that matches the file's total size, a technique used by APT28 in the Phantom Net Voxel campaign.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
0030
Detects network connections to known malicious AnyDesk-related URLs and IP addresses, as well as the presence of specific malicious file hashes and filenames associated with AnyDesk-themed phishing or malware. This rule aims to identify potential compromise attempts or active infections involving remote access tools often abused by adversaries.
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Aamir Muhammad@Aamir
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
51106
Detects indicators associated with a supply chain attack compromising popular NPM packages like 'chalk' and 'debug'. The rule identifies network connections to known malicious domains and command-line activity related to the installation of compromised packages.
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Varshil D.@VQL
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
152340
Detects the presence of specific compromised versions of popular NPM packages. These versions were tampered with to include a malicious crypto wallet drainer as part of a supply chain attack.
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Elgonad .@elgonad
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
00114
Detects a high frequency of 'shell' processes spawned by the same parent process, a behavior indicative of the LunoBotnet's watchdog-based self-healing and persistence mechanism. The parent process often masquerades as a kernel worker.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
1128
Yara rule that detects PondRAT backdoor.
ReversingLabs Yara@ReversingLabsYara
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ReversingLabs Yara
1 year ago
000
Detects potential misuse of AI model APIs by correlating process creation, network activity, and non-standard AI service ports.
Covers Ollama, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Cohere, Copilot, OpenRouter, Together, and Perplexity.
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Michael Fajkus@MilesDyson
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
322342
Detects outbound Network File System (NFS) connections originating from an internal network IP address to a public IP address. This activity is highly unusual for legitimate NFS usage and could indicate an attempt to download malware, exfiltrate data, or establish command and control, as observed with malware like RapperBot.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
0047
Detects if the eBPF sensor of Defender for Endpoint (Linux) is deactivated to evade detections.
SIGMA Detection Rules@SIGMADetectionRules
SIGMA Detection Rules
1 year ago
0011
Detects the s1ngularity malware attempting to add a shutdown command to shell configuration files (`.bashrc`, `.zshrc`) for persistence and system lockout.
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Maggie Martin@mmartin
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
0134
Detects potential abuse of the Linux Magic SysRq (System Request) key by adversaries with root or sufficient privileges to manipulate or destabilize a system. Writing to /proc/sysrq-trigger can crash the system, kill processes, or bypass standard logging. Monitoring SysRq abuse helps detect stealthy post-exploitation activity.
Splunk Security@SplunkSecurity
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Splunk Security Content
1 year ago
0038
Detects the malicious telemetry.js file used in the s1ngularity supply chain attack. This script harvests sensitive developer assets and exfiltrates them to attacker-controlled GitHub repositories.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
1039
This rule detects the execution of the 'getcap' binary on Linux systems. Adversaries often use 'getcap' during reconnaissance to identify binaries with special capabilities that could be exploited for privilege escalation, such as GTFOBins or other vulnerable executables. The rule specifically looks for the use of 'getcap' with the '-r' flag, which recursively lists capabilities.
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SigmaHQ Detections@sigmaHQ
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SigmaHQ
1 year ago
1027
This rule detects the execution of any process that originates from the '/tmp/' directory on a Linux system. The '/tmp/' directory is often used by adversaries to stage and execute malicious payloads, as it is typically writable by all users and can be used to bypass certain security controls. The rule specifically excludes executions of '/usr/bin/nextcloud' from '/tmp/' to reduce false positives.
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SigmaHQ Detections@sigmaHQ
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SigmaHQ
1 year ago
0022
Detects the execution of a malicious Linux payload, possibly within a .desktop file, a technique used by APT36. The rule identifies a bash process executing an inline command that downloads and runs a payload, often using a combination of curl, xxd, base64, and eval.
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Tim Peck@timpeck
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
2140
This YARA rule detects the Pumakit rootkit on Linux systems. It identifies specific byte patterns associated with the rootkit's syscall hooking mechanisms, including patterns related to hooking `rmdir` and `gdents64` functions. The rule looks for these distinct code sequences within executable files to indicate the presence of the Pumakit rootkit.
ReversingLabs Yara@ReversingLabsYara
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ReversingLabs Yara
1 year ago
0030
Detects host-based artifacts of the Tomcat remote Kernel Backdoor, specifically the communication between the LKM and the userland component via the /proc/acpi/pcicard file.
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Jamari Donovan@JDtheHiddenOne
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
1121
Detects potential GTFOBins abuse on Linux systems where a root shell is spawned by a suspicious parent process (e.g., find, perl, vim, tar, etc.).
This rule relies on DeviceProcessEvents in Microsoft Defender XDR and is intended for environments where Auditd, Sysmon for Linux, or similar native logging is not available.

Note: This detection does not cover all GTFOBins. It focuses specifically on cases where:
- A root-owned shell is spawned
- The parent process is known to be capable of shell escape or privilege abuse
- The child command appears interactive or escape-like

It does not detect:
- Non-shell-based GTFOBin techniques (e.g., file exfiltration via scp, curl, etc.)
- GTFOBin usage that doesn't result in a new shell (e.g., privilege escalation via
misconfigured capabilities)
- Abuse of GTFOBins run under non-root accounts

The query includes logic to detect both high-signal exploitation patterns and suspicious shell spawns, while excluding common false positives (e.g., package post-install scripts and benign environment checks).
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Michael Fajkus@MilesDyson
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
6370
Detects suspicious downloads or fetches of common privilege-escalation tools such as winPEAS, linPEAS, PowerUp, Seatbelt, SharpUp, WinPwn, PrivescCheck, Sherlock, Watson, BeRoot, LinEnum, LSE/LES, Linux Exploit Suggester, pspy, or GTFObins. These tools are often used by adversaries after initial access to enumerate the environment and attempt local privilege escalation.
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Michael Fajkus@MilesDyson
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
61145
Detects potential Remote Code Execution (RCE) on a FortiWeb device, possibly related to CVE-2025-25257. The rule correlates a suspicious web request to a potential 'fabric' endpoint with a subsequent shell or utility process launch by the web server process on the same device.
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Aaron Mog@AaronMogS2S
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Detections.ai Community
1 year ago
0028
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