Detection rules › Sigma
Potential Data Stealing Via Chromium Headless Debugging
Detects chromium based browsers starting in headless and debugging mode and pointing to a user profile. This could be a sign of data stealing or remote control
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Defense Evasion | T1564.003 Hide Artifacts: Hidden Window |
| Collection | T1185 Browser Session Hijacking |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: selection
CommandLine|contains: --headless
CommandLine|contains: --remote-debugging-
CommandLine|contains: --user-data-dir
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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