Linux Clipboard Activity Detected

Last updated a year ago on 2025-01-15

Created 2 years ago on 2023-07-27

About

This rule monitors for the usage of the most common clipboard utilities on unix systems by an uncommon process group leader. Adversaries may collect data stored in the clipboard from users copying information within or between applications.

Tags

Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: CollectionData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Auditd ManagerLanguage: kuery

Severity

low

Risk Score

MITRE ATT&CK™

Collection (TA0009)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Clipboard Data (T1115)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

License

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

Definition

Rule Type

New Terms Rule

Integration Pack

Prebuilt Security Detection Rules

Index Patterns

logs-endpoint.events.*endgame-*auditbeat-*logs-auditd_manager.auditd-*

Related Integrations

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

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

Query

✄𐘗text code block:
✄𐘗event.category:process and host.os.type:"linux" and event.type:"start" and
event.action:("exec" or "exec_event" or "executed" or "process_started") and
process.name:("xclip" or "xsel" or "wl-clipboard" or "clipman" or "copyq") and
not process.parent.name:("bwrap" or "micro")

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Linux Clipboard Activity Detected 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).