Potential Database Dumping Activity

Last updated 7 days ago on 2026-03-13

Created 7 days ago on 2026-03-13

About

This rule detects the use of database dumping utilities to exfiltrate data from a database. Attackers may attempt to dump the database to a file on the system and then exfiltrate the file to a remote server.

Tags

Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: ExfiltrationData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: CrowdstrikeData Source: SentinelOneData Source: Elastic EndgameLanguage: eql

Severity

low

Risk Score

MITRE ATT&CK™

Exfiltration (TA0010)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

License

Elastic License v2(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type

Event Correlation Rule

Integration Pack

Prebuilt Security Detection Rules

Index Patterns

endgame-*logs-crowdstrike.fdr*logs-endpoint.events.process*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*

Related Integrations

endpoint(external, opens in a new tab or window)

crowdstrike(external, opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Query

✄𐘗text code block:
✄𐘗process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and
event.action in ("exec", "exec_event", "start", "ProcessRollup2") and
process.name in ("pg_dump", "pg_dumpall", "mysqldump", "mariadb-dump", "mongodump")

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Potential Database Dumping Activity 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).