Curl Usage on Linux

Title: Curl Usage on Linux
Status: test
Description:Detects a curl process start on linux, which indicates a file download from a remote location or a simple web request to a remote server
References:
  -https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/i/how-malicious-actors-abuse-native-linux-tools-in-their-attacks.html
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Date: 2022-09-15
modified:None
Tags:

• -'attack.command-and-control'
• -'attack.t1105'

Logsource:

• category: process_creation
• product: linux

Detection:
  selection:
    Image|endswith: '/curl'
  condition:selection
Falsepositives:
  -Scripts created by developers and admins
  -Administrative activity
Level: low