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AN0639 Analytic 0639

macOS · attack.mitre.org · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2

<p>Initial process using NSURLSession or similar APIs reaches out to known staging domains, followed by creation of a reverse shell or RAT connecting to a second unrelated server.</p>
Detects
T1104 Multi-Stage Channels
Part of
DET0228 Detect Multi-Stage Command and Control Channels

Log sources and channels

Exactly as MITRE states them in x_mitre_log_source_references. Where a channel is vague, it is vague in the source; kevmap does not tidy it.

Log sourceChannelData component
macos:endpointsecurityES_EVENT_TYPE_NOTIFY_EXECDC0032 Process Creation
macos:unifiedlogtcp/udpDC0078 Network Traffic Flow

Mutable elements

Parameters MITRE marks as environment-specific. These are the knobs you are expected to tune; they are why an analytic is not a rule.

FieldDescription
UserContextDetect activity outside normal user behavior (e.g., automation or daemon context)
EntropyScoreOptional for detecting encoded payloads delivered via stage 1