BIOC Informational

Usage of tracing tool

An attacker may be trying to use a known tracing tool to gather information from other processes.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Agent event type:
Process execution
Category:
Evasion
Status:
Enabled
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
ATT&CK techniques: Process Injection (T1055)
Indicator:

Process action type = execution AND target process name = strace , xtrace , dtrace , ltrace , ftrace , truss , sysdig , systemtap

Preventable: yes