WebProxy Settings Modification

Last updated 5 months ago on 2025-03-18
Created 5 years ago on 2021-01-05

About

Identifies the use of the built-in networksetup command to configure webproxy settings. This may indicate an attempt to hijack web browser traffic for credential access via traffic sniffing or redirection.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: macOSUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessData Source: Elastic DefendLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Legitimate WebProxy Settings Modification
License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-endpoint.events.*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
process where host.os.type == "macos" and event.type in ("start", "process_started") and event.action == "exec" and
 process.name == "networksetup" and process.args like~ ("-setwebproxy", "-setsecurewebproxy", "-setautoproxyurl") and
 (process.parent.name like~ ("osascript", "bash", "sh", "zsh", "Terminal", "Python*") or (process.parent.code_signature.exists == false or process.parent.code_signature.trusted == false))

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect WebProxy Settings Modification 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(opens in a new tab or window).