Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
text code block:sequence by process.parent.entity_id, container.id with maxspan=3s [process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and container.id like "?*" and ( ( ( process.name in ("base64", "basez", "base64plain", "base64url", "base64mime", "base64pem", "basenc", "base32", "base16") or ( process.name in ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "busybox") and process.args in ("base64", "basez", "base64plain", "base64url", "base64mime", "base64pem", "basenc", "base32", "base16") ) ) and process.args like~ "*-*d*" ) or ( process.name == "openssl" and process.args == "enc" and process.args in ("-d", "-base64", "-a", "-A") ) or ( process.name like "python*" and ( (process.args == "base64" and process.args in ("-d", "-u", "-t")) or (process.args == "-c" and process.args like "*base64*" and process.args like~ "*b64decode*") ) ) or ( process.name like "perl*" and process.args like~ "*decode_base64*" ) or ( process.name like "ruby*" and process.args == "-e" and process.args like~ "*Base64.decode64*" ) )] [process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.name like ( "bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "busybox", "python*", "perl*", "ruby*", "lua*", "php*" ) and process.args like ( "-bash", "-dash", "-sh", "-tcsh", "-csh", "-zsh", "-ksh", "-fish", "-busybox", "bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "busybox", "/bin/bash", "/bin/dash", "/bin/sh", "/bin/tcsh", "/bin/csh", "/bin/zsh", "/bin/ksh", "/bin/fish", "/bin/busybox", "/usr/bin/bash", "/usr/bin/dash", "/usr/bin/sh", "/usr/bin/tcsh", "/usr/bin/csh", "/usr/bin/zsh", "/usr/bin/ksh", "/usr/bin/fish", "/usr/bin/busybox", "*python*", "*perl*", "*ruby*", "*lua*", "*php*", "/dev/fd/*" ) and not ( process.working_directory like ( "/usr/local/zeek", "/opt/zeek", "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/*/opt/zeek", "/usr/local/zeek_old_install", "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/*/usr/local/zeek", "/proc/self/fd/*/usr/local/zeek" ) or process.args in ( "which", "/bin/which", "/usr/bin/which", "/usr/local/bin/which", "man", "/bin/man", "/usr/bin/man", "/usr/local/bin/man", "chmod", "/bin/chmod", "/usr/bin/chmod", "/usr/local/bin/chmod", "chown", "/bin/chown", "/usr/bin/chown", "/usr/local/bin/chown" ) )]
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Decoded Payload Piped to Interpreter Detected via Defend for Containers in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.
To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).