Sigma rule: Network Sniffing - MacOs

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-72b6107daba6, updated 2022-11-26T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Network Sniffing - MacOs
Status
test
Level
informational
Author
Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
Date
2020-10-14
Modified
2022-11-26
File
rules/macos/process_creation/proc_creation_macos_network_sniffing.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the usage of tooling to sniff network traffic.
An adversary may place a network interface into promiscuous mode to passively access data in transit over the network, or use span ports to capture a larger amount of data.

Log source

product
macos
category
process_creation

Detection

selection:
    Image|endswith:
        - '/tcpdump'
        - '/tshark'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate administration activities

Tags

  • attack.discovery
  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1040

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/macos/process_creation/proc_creation_macos_network_sniffing.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Network Sniffing - MacOs" by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/macos/process_creation/proc_creation_macos_network_sniffing.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Network Sniffing - MacOs",
entity page, dataset version ref-72b6107daba6, updated 2022-11-26T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/adc9bcc4-c39c-4f6b-a711-1884017bf043 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule adc9bcc4-c39c-4f6b-a711-1884017bf043, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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