Elastic low stable eql

Launch Service Creation and Immediate Loading

An adversary can establish persistence by installing a new launch agent that executes at login by using launchd or launchctl to load a plist into the appropriate directories.

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Detection Logic

sequence by host.id with maxspan=30s
 [file where host.os.type == "macos" and event.action == "launch_daemon"] by process.entity_id
 [process where host.os.type == "macos" and event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name == "launchctl" and process.args in ("load", "bootstrap")] by process.parent.entity_id

False Positives

⚠ Trusted applications persisting via LaunchAgent

Field Validations

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