Local System Accounts Discovery - MacOs

Detects enumeration of local system accounts on MacOS systems. This can be used by attackers to identify accounts for lateral movement or privilege escalation.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: ESXi Linux macOS Windows
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 administration activities

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1087.001/T1087.001.md	Detection test	2
ss64.com/mac/dscacheutil.html	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
ss64.com/osx/dscl.html	Unclassified	2

Detection rules

Local System Accounts Discovery - MacOs

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules