Potential Data Splitting Detected

Last updated 3 months ago on 2025-03-20
Created 8 months ago on 2024-11-04

About

This rule looks for the usage of common data splitting utilities with specific arguments that indicate data splitting for exfiltration on Linux systems. Data splitting is a technique used by adversaries to split data into smaller parts to avoid detection and exfiltrate data.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: ExfiltrationData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: CrowdstrikeData Source: SentinelOneData Source: Elastic EndgameLanguage: eql
Severity
low
Risk Score
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

Exfiltration (TA0010)(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
endgame-*logs-crowdstrike.fdr*logs-endpoint.events.process*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

crowdstrike(opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and
  event.action in ("exec", "exec_event", "start", "ProcessRollup2") and
  (
    (process.name == "dd" and process.args like "bs=*" and process.args like "if=*") or
    (
      process.name in ("split", "rsplit") and
      (
        (process.args == "-b" or process.args like "--bytes*") or
        (process.args == "-C" or process.args like "--line-bytes*")
      )
    )
  ) and
  not (
    process.parent.name in ("apport", "overlayroot", "nessus-agent-module") or
    process.args like (
      "if=/tmp/nvim*", "if=/boot/*", "if=/dev/random", "if=/dev/urandom", "/dev/mapper/*",
      "if=*.iso", "of=/dev/stdout", "if=/dev/zero", "if=/dev/sda", "/proc/sys/kernel/*"
    )
  )

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Potential Data Splitting 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).