Suspicious Curl File Download from Raw IP
Description
Detects when Curl makes an outbound network connection to a raw IP address in order to download a script (shell, apple, or python) or unsigned/untrusted binary. Many different types of malware use this in order to download additional payloads to a victim system.
Query · eql
sequence by process.entity_id with maxspan=1m
[network where event.type == "start" and process.name in ("curl", "nscurl") and destination.domain == null and
not cidrmatch(destination.ip,
"240.0.0.0/4", "233.252.0.0/24", "224.0.0.0/4", "198.19.0.0/16", "192.18.0.0/15",
"192.0.0.0/24", "10.0.0.0/8", "127.0.0.0/8", "169.254.0.0/16", "172.16.0.0/12",
"192.0.2.0/24", "192.31.196.0/24", "192.52.193.0/24", "192.168.0.0/16", "192.88.99.0/24",
"100.64.0.0/10", "192.175.48.0/24", "198.18.0.0/15", "198.51.100.0/24", "203.0.113.0/24",
"::1", "FE80::/10", "FF00::/8")]
[file where event.action == "modification" and file.extension in ("sh", "py", "scpt") and
not Effective_process.executable like "/Library/Application Support/JAMF/Jamf.app/Contents/MacOS/JamfDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/JamfDaemon"]