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Detection Strategies DET0016 — Security Software Discovery Across Platforms
DET0016

Security Software Discovery Across Platforms

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

Analytics

3
AN0048 Analytic 0048
Windows

Adversary executes commands to enumerate installed antivirus, EDR, or firewall agents using WMI, registry queries, and built-in tools (e.g., tasklist, netsh, sc query). Correlated with elevated process privileges or scripting engine usage.

WinEventLog:Security EventCode=4688 WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=7
[ParentProcess] Defenders can tune based on trusted or known-good parent process relationships
[ImagePathContains] Regex match on adversary tool or enumeration script used
AN0049 Analytic 0049
Linux

Adversary runs discovery commands such as `ps aux`, `systemctl status`, or `cat /etc/init.d/` to enumerate security software or services. Often occurs alongside privilege escalation or bash script execution.

auditd:SYSCALL execve
[ExecutableName] Adjust for custom script names or wrappers used in the environment
[TimeWindow] Tuning threshold for multiple enumeration commands within short duration
AN0050 Analytic 0050
macOS

Adversary attempts to detect monitoring agents such as Little Snitch, KnockKnock, or other system daemons via process listing (`ps -e`), application folder checks, and system extension listing.

macos:unifiedlog execution of security-agent detection or enumeration commands auditd:SYSCALL execve
[ToolNameMatch] Adversary may search for specific software names; defenders can tune based on local deployments

Detected Techniques

1

Details

MITRE ID
DET0016
STIX ID
x-mitre-detection-strategy--e2409f82-e24c-4bb9-ad44-b20d97fb7a5a
Analytics
3
Techniques Detected
1
By Tactic
Discovery
1
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