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Detection Strategies DET0396 — Detect Access to macOS Keychain for Credential Theft
DET0396

Detect Access to macOS Keychain for Credential Theft

1 analytic(s) · 1 technique(s) detected

Analytics

1
AN1112 Analytic 1112
macOS

Detects suspicious access to macOS Keychain files and APIs. Observes processes invoking the 'security' utility or accessing Keychain databases directly, correlates these with abnormal parent process lineage or unexpected user context. Monitors attempts to dump, unlock, or read credential storage beyond normal application workflows.

macos:unifiedlog execution of security or osascript macos:unifiedlog access or unlock attempt to keychain database macos:unifiedlog read access to ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db
[AllowedApplications] Whitelist of applications (e.g., Safari, Mail) normally permitted to access Keychain
[AlertThreshold] Number of failed keychain unlock attempts before raising an alert
[ParentProcessContext] Legitimate parent-child process relationships for security tool invocations

Detected Techniques

1

Credential Access (1)

Details

MITRE ID
DET0396
STIX ID
x-mitre-detection-strategy--cc6c18b5-1fa6-4e27-8c78-e479428bef44
Analytics
1
Techniques Detected
1
By Tactic
Credential Access
1
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