Linux Clipboard Activity Detected

Last updated 7 months 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
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

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

auditd_manager(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.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(opens in a new tab or window).