Analytics BIOC Low

Uncommon AppleScript designed to capture screen or clipboard data was executed via the command line

The AppleScript interpreter was executed with a script designed to capture screen content or clipboard data.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Execution (TA0002) Collection (TA0009)
ATT&CK techniques: Command and Scripting Interpreter: AppleScript (T1059.002) Screen Capture (T1113) Clipboard Data (T1115)
Detector tags: AppleScript Analytics Sensitive Information Stealing Analytics
Attacker's goals:

Capture screen content or clipboard data to steal visible credentials, session tokens, or sensitive information.

Investigative actions:

Determine whether the screen capture or clipboard access was initiated by a legitimate application. Check if the captured data was written to a suspicious location or exfiltrated. Verify whether the user was aware of the screen capture activity.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day