Malicious Destructive Recursive Delete of Home Directory

ATT&CK techniques

Exfiltration

Recon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
Execution
Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
- T1567Exfiltration Over Web Service
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects a recursive forced deletion targeting the user home directory, the destructive payload triggered by the Shai-Hulud gh-token-monitor daemon. After exfiltrating credentials the framework wipes the developer home directory to destroy evidence and disrupt the victim. A rm -rf against the home path is almost never intentional interactive behavior and signals a wiper action.

Reporting behind it

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Malicious Destructive Recursive Delete of Home Directory

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