Elastic Security Detection Rules

Attempt to Disable Syslog Service

Last updated 5 days ago on 2024-09-23
Created 4 years ago on 2020-04-27

About

Adversaries may attempt to disable the syslog service in an attempt to an attempt to disrupt event logging and evade detection by security controls.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Elastic Defend
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Impair Defenses (T1562)(opens in a new tab or window)

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
auditbeat-*logs-endpoint.events.*endgame-*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.action in ("exec", "exec_event") and
 ( (process.name == "service" and process.args == "stop") or
   (process.name == "chkconfig" and process.args == "off") or
   (process.name == "systemctl" and process.args in ("disable", "stop", "kill"))
 ) and process.args in ("syslog", "rsyslog", "syslog-ng")

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Attempt to Disable Syslog Service 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).