Sigma rule: Potential WizardUpdate Malware Infection
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-18d5e19b0ff6, updated 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- Potential WizardUpdate Malware Infection
- Status
- test
- Level
- high
- Author
- Tim Rauch (rule), Elastic (idea)
- Date
- 2022-10-17
- File
- rules/macos/process_creation/proc_creation_macos_wizardupdate_malware_infection.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects the execution traces of the WizardUpdate malware. WizardUpdate is a macOS trojan that attempts to infiltrate macOS machines to steal data and it is associated with other types of malicious payloads, increasing the chances of multiple infections on a device.
Log source
- product
- macos
- category
- process_creation
Detection
selection_1:
Image|endswith: '/sh'
CommandLine|contains|all:
- '=$(curl '
- 'eval'
selection_2:
Image|endswith: '/curl'
CommandLine|contains: '_intermediate_agent_'
condition: 1 of selection_*False positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.command-and-control
References
- https://github.com/elastic/protections-artifacts/commit/746086721fd385d9f5c6647cada1788db4aea95f#diff-c68a1fcbf7a3f80c87225d7fdc031f691e9f3b6a14a36754be00762bfe6eae97
- https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/osx.xcsset
- https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/02/02/the-evolution-of-a-mac-trojan-updateagents-progression/
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_wizardupdate_malware_infection.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"Potential WizardUpdate Malware Infection" by Tim Rauch (rule), Elastic (idea) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/macos/process_creation/proc_creation_macos_wizardupdate_malware_infection.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Potential WizardUpdate Malware Infection",
entity page, dataset version ref-18d5e19b0ff6, updated 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/f68c4a4f-19ef-4817-952c-50dce331f4b0 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule f68c4a4f-19ef-4817-952c-50dce331f4b0, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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