Possible System Network Connections Enumeration - MacOs (via process_creation)

This rule detects use of system utilities to discover system network connections

SigmainformationalmacOSv1
sigma
title: Possible System Network Connections Enumeration - MacOs (via process_creation)
id: 9e2e2211-601e-5367-9d57-d9740d6b065b
status: stable
description: This rule detects use of system utilities to discover system network connections
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1049/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1049/T1049.md
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-07-05
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1049
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: macos
detection:
    selection:
        Image|endswith:
            - '/who'
            - '/w'
            - '/last'
            - '/lsof'
            - '/netstat'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: informational

Known false positives

  • Unknown

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.