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Steganography Hide Files with Steghide
Detects embedding of files with usage of steghide binary, the adversaries may use this technique to prevent the detection of hidden information.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Stealth |
Telemetry coverage
| Platform | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Linux | auditd EXECVE record: Arguments supplied to the execve system call |
Rule body
title: Steganography Hide Files with Steghide
id: ce446a9e-30b9-4483-8e38-d2c9ad0a2280
status: test
description: Detects embedding of files with usage of steghide binary, the adversaries may use this technique to prevent the detection of hidden information.
references:
- https://vitux.com/how-to-hide-confidential-files-in-images-on-debian-using-steganography/
author: 'Pawel Mazur'
date: 2021-09-11
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1027.003
logsource:
product: linux
service: auditd
detection:
selection:
type: EXECVE
a0: steghide
a1: embed
a2:
- '-cf'
- '-ef'
a4:
- '-cf'
- '-ef'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: low
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
type: EXECVE
a0: steghide
a1: embed
a2:
- '-cf'
- '-ef'
a4:
- '-cf'
- '-ef'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
a0 | eq |
| field:"a0" kind:eq value:"steghide" |
a1 | eq |
| field:"a1" kind:eq value:"embed" |
a2 | eq |
| field:"a2" kind:eq |
a4 | eq |
| field:"a4" kind:eq |
type | eq |
| field:"type" kind:eq value:"EXECVE" |