Suspicious Browser Child Process - MacOS
Detects suspicious child processes spawned from browsers. This could be a result of a potential web browser exploitation.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 3 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- macos
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate browser install, update and recovery scripts
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| fr.slideshare.net/codeblue_jp/cb19-recent-apt-attack-on-crypto-exchange-employees-by-heungsoo-kang | 2from 2 sources |
| github.com/elastic/detection-rules/blob/4312d8c9583be524578a14fe6295c3370b9a9307/rules/macos/execution_initial_access_suspicious_browser_childproc.toml | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 0250638a-2b28-4541-86fc-ea4c558fa0c6
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.initial-access
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1