MediumSigmaHQ Pratinav Chandra

Time Machine Backup Disabled Via Tmutil - MacOS

Detects disabling of Time Machine (Apple's automated backup utility software) via the native macOS backup utility "tmutil". An attacker can use this to prevent backups from occurring.

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Platform: Containers ESXi IaaS Linux macOS Network Devices 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 administrator activity

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1490/T1490.md#atomic-test-12---disable-time-machine	Detection test	6from 2 sources
www.loobins.io/binaries/tmutil/	Unclassified	3

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Time Machine Backup Disabled Via Tmutil - MacOS

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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