Possible System Network Connections Enumeration - MacOs (via process_creation)
This rule detects use of system utilities to discover system network connections
SigmainformationalmacOSv1
sigma
possible-system-network-connections-enumeration-macos-via-process-creation
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.