[metadata] creation_date = "2023/02/08" integration = ["endpoint"] maturity = "production" min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup" min_stack_version = "8.3.0" updated_date = "2023/06/22" [rule] author = ["Elastic"] description = """ Identifies service creation events of common mining services, possibly indicating the infection of a system with a cryptominer. """ from = "now-9m" index = ["logs-endpoint.events.*", "endgame-*"] language = "eql" license = "Elastic License v2" name = "Suspicious Mining Process Creation Event" risk_score = 47 rule_id = "e2258f48-ba75-4248-951b-7c885edf18c2" severity = "medium" tags = ["Domain: Endpoint", "OS: Linux", "Use Case: Threat Detection", "Tactic: Execution", "Data Source: Elastic Endgame", "Data Source: Elastic Defend"] timestamp_override = "event.ingested" type = "eql" query = ''' file where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "creation" and event.action : ("creation", "file_create_event") and file.name : ("aliyun.service", "moneroocean_miner.service", "c3pool_miner.service", "pnsd.service", "apache4.service", "pastebin.service", "xvf.service") ''' [[rule.threat]] framework = "MITRE ATT&CK" [rule.threat.tactic] name = "Execution" id = "TA0002" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/" [[rule.threat.technique]] name = "Command and Scripting Interpreter" id = "T1059" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/" [[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]] name = "Unix Shell" id = "T1059.004" reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/004/"