Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
text code block:from logs-endpoint.events.process-* metadata _id, _index, _version | mv_expand event.action | where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and ( ( process.name in ("base64", "base64plain", "base64url", "base64mime", "base64pem", "base32", "base16") and process.command_line like "*-*d*" ) or ( process.name == "openssl" and process.args == "enc" and process.args in ("-d", "-base64", "-a") ) or ( process.name like "python*" and ( ( process.args == "base64" and process.args in ("-d", "-u", "-t") ) or ( process.args == "-c" and process.command_line like "*base64*" and process.command_line like "*b64decode*" ) ) ) or ( process.name like "perl*" and process.command_line like "*decode_base64*" ) or ( process.name like "ruby*" and process.args == "-e" and process.command_line like "*Base64.decode64*" ) ) | keep @timestamp, _id, _index, _version, host.os.type, event.type, event.action, process.name, process.args, process.command_line, process.parent.name, process.parent.command_line, agent.id, host.name, event.dataset, data_stream.namespace | stats Esql.event_count = count(), Esql.process_parent_name_values = values(process.parent.name), Esql.process_parent_command_line_values = values(process.parent.command_line), Esql.agent_id_count_distinct = count_distinct(agent.id), Esql.host_name_values = values(host.name), Esql.agent_id_values = values(agent.id), Esql.event_dataset_values = values(event.dataset), Esql.data_stream_namespace_values = values(data_stream.namespace) by process.name, process.command_line | where Esql.agent_id_count_distinct == 1 and Esql.event_count < 15 | sort Esql.event_count asc // Extract unique values to ECS fields for alerts exclusion | eval agent.id = mv_min(Esql.agent_id_values), host.name = mv_min(Esql.host_name_values) | keep agent.id, host.name, process.name, process.command_line, Esql.*
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Unusual Base64 Encoding/Decoding 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).