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Hidden Folder or File Access in Tmp via Python

Detects possible Python based malware that stage their files in a hidden directory or file that sits within the tmp directory. This rule looks for Python executions where the process arguments include references to hidden folders or files in the tmp directory.

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Detection Logic

process where event.type == "start" and 
 (process.parent.name like~ "python*" or process.Ext.effective_parent.name like~ "python*") and 
 (process.name in ("mkdir", "osascript", "sh", "bash", "zsh", "dash", "csh", "tcsh", "ksh", "tclsh", "fish") or process.name like "tclsh*") and
 process.args like ("/tmp/.*", "/private/tmp/.*") and
 process.args_count == 2

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