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System Information Discovery Using Ioreg

Detects the use of "ioreg" which will show I/O Kit registry information. This process is used for system information discovery. It has been observed in-the-wild by calling this process directly or using bash and grep…

Description

Detects the use of "ioreg" which will show I/O Kit registry information. This process is used for system information discovery. It has been observed in-the-wild by calling this process directly or using bash and grep to look for specific strings.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
ESXiIaaSLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.

Log source product
macos
Log source category
process_creation

Known benign triggers

  • Legitimate administrative activities

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