Unusual process accessed a macOS notes DB file

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by data source

Product
Cortex XDR
Last date published
2024-12-03
Category
Analytics Alert Reference
Order
data source

Synopsis

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

1 Day

Required Data

  • Requires:
    • XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)

Detection Modules

Detector Tags

Sensitive Information Stealing Analytics

ATT&CK Tactic

Collection (TA0009)

ATT&CK Technique

Data from Information Repositories (T1213)

Severity

Informational

Description

An unusual process has accessed a user's notes DB file.

Attacker's Goals

Obtain access to user's notes and steal their contents.

Investigative actions

  • Determine whether it is legitimate for the process to access user's notes.
  • Analyze the process/application that accessed the DB file.
  • Check for any other suspicious actions that were performed by the process.
  • Look for unusual access of resources using credentials that may be stored in the above notes.

Variations

Unusual unsigned process accessed a macOS notes DB file

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic

Collection (TA0009)

ATT&CK Technique

Data from Information Repositories (T1213)

Severity

Low

Description

An unusual process has accessed a user's notes DB file.

Attacker's Goals

Obtain access to user's notes and steal their contents.

Investigative actions

  • Determine whether it is legitimate for the process to access user's notes.
  • Analyze the process/application that accessed the DB file.
  • Check for any other suspicious actions that were performed by the process.
  • Look for unusual access of resources using credentials that may be stored in the above notes.