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AN1459 Analytic 1459
Linux · attack.mitre.org · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2
<p>Detects adversarial archiving activity through invocation of utilities like tar, gzip, bzip2, or openssl used in non-administrative or unusual contexts. Correlates command execution patterns with file creation of compressed/encrypted outputs in staging directories (e.g., /tmp, /var/tmp).</p>
- Detects
- T1560 Archive Collected Data
- Part of
- DET0526 Detect Archiving and Encryption of Collected Data (T1560)
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 source | Channel | Data component |
|---|---|---|
| auditd:SYSCALL | execve: Execution of tar, gzip, bzip2, or openssl with output redirection | DC0064 Command Execution |
| auditd:FILE | create: Creation of files ending in .tar, .gz, .bz2, .zip in /tmp or /var/tmp | DC0039 File Creation |
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.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
ArchiveCommands | List of archiving/encryption utilities considered sensitive in the monitored environment. |
SuspiciousDirectories | Paths where archive creation is suspicious (e.g., /tmp, user home directories). |
TimeWindow | Temporal window to correlate command execution with file creation events. |