Potential Secret Scanning via Gitleaks

About

Tags

Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxOS: WindowsOS: macOSUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessData Source: Elastic EndgameData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: Windows Security Event LogsData Source: Microsoft Defender for EndpointData Source: SysmonData Source: SentinelOneData Source: CrowdstrikeData Source: Auditd ManagerLanguage: eql

Severity

medium

Risk Score

47

MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ OS Credential Dumping (T1003)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Credentials from Password Stores (T1555)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples

Gitleaks is a legitimate open-source tool used by security professionals and developers to search for sensitive information, such as passwords, API keys, and other secrets, within code repositories. It is commonly employed during security assessments and code reviews to identify potential vulnerabilities.

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-m365_defender.event-*logs-sentinel_one_cloud_funnel.*logs-system.security*logs-windows.forwarded*logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*winlogbeat-*auditbeat-*logs-auditd_manager.auditd-*

Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

system(opens in a new tab or window)

m365_defender(opens in a new tab or window)

sentinel_one_cloud_funnel(opens in a new tab or window)

crowdstrike(opens in a new tab or window)

auditd_manager(opens in a new tab or window)

Query

process where event.type == "start" and event.action like ("exec", "exec_event", "start", "ProcessRollup2", "executed", "process_started", "Process Create*") and
process.name : ("gitleaks.exe", "gitleaks")