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Suspicious Curl to OAST Domain
Detects when curl is used to make an outbound network connection to a .oast domain. Threat actors have been recently seen using .oast domains in order to exfiltrate sensitive data from infected systems.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Command & Control |
Telemetry coverage
Rule body
[rule]
description = """
Detects when curl is used to make an outbound network connection to a .oast domain. Threat actors have been recently
seen using .oast domains in order to exfiltrate sensitive data from infected systems.
"""
id = "f0d4b092-8bc7-4625-9290-5f4a530a167f"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Suspicious Curl to OAST Domain"
os_list = ["macos"]
reference = ["https://socket.dev/blog/weaponizing-oast-how-malicious-packages-exploit-npm-pypi-and-rubygems"]
version = "1.0.4"
query = '''
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.name in ("curl", "nscurl") and
process.command_line like~ "*.oast*"
'''
min_endpoint_version = "8.16.0"
optional_actions = []
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.entity_id"
state = 0
[[actions]]
action = "kill_process"
field = "process.parent.entity_id"
state = 0
[[threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[threat.technique]]
id = "T1105"
name = "Ingress Tool Transfer"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0011"
name = "Command and Control"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/"
[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "8.16.0"
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: process
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.name in ("curl", "nscurl") and
process.command_line like~ "*.oast*"
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
event.action | eq |
| field:"EventType" kind:eq value:"exec" |
event.type | eq |
| field:"event.type" kind:eq value:"start" |
process.command_line | wildcard |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:wildcard value:"*.oast*" |
process.name | in |
| field:"process_name" kind:in |