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Volume Muted via Osascript
Detects the use of Osascript to mute the system volume. A new stealer named 'Banshee' was seen doing this in order to prevent security notifications from possibly being noticed.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution |
Telemetry coverage
Rule body
[rule]
description = """
Detects the use of Osascript to mute the system volume. A new stealer named 'Banshee' was seen doing this in order to
prevent security notifications from possibly being noticed.
"""
id = "6948957d-2988-47a7-b7d8-2dec8bfe172b"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Volume Muted via Osascript"
os_list = ["macos"]
version = "1.0.4"
query = '''
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.name == "osascript" and
process.args == "-e" and process.command_line like~ "*set volume with output muted*"
'''
min_endpoint_version = "8.11.0"
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 = "T1059"
name = "Command and Scripting Interpreter"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/"
[[threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1059.002"
name = "AppleScript"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/002/"
[threat.tactic]
id = "TA0002"
name = "Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"
[internal]
min_endpoint_version = "8.11.0"
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: process
process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.name == "osascript" and
process.args == "-e" and process.command_line like~ "*set volume with output muted*"
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.args | eq |
| field:"process.args" kind:eq value:"-e" |
process.command_line | wildcard |
| field:"CommandLine" kind:wildcard value:"*set volume with output muted*" |
process.name | eq |
| field:"process_name" kind:eq value:"osascript" |