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+-- Unexpected socket events
+--
+-- references:
+--   * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/ (C&C, Application Layer Protocol)
+--
+-- tags: transient state net
+-- interval: 601
+-- platform: posix
+SELECT
+    s.status,
+    s.family,
+    s.fd,
+    s.remote_address,
+    s.remote_port,
+    s.local_port,
+    COALESCE(REGEX_MATCH (s.path, '.*/(.*)', 1), s.path) AS basename,
+    REPLACE(f.directory, u.directory, '~') AS homedir,
+    CONCAT(
+        MIN(s.auid, 500),
+        ",",
+        MIN(f.uid, 500),
+        ",",
+        MIN(s.remote_port, 32768),
+        ",",
+        COALESCE(REGEX_MATCH (s.path, '.*/(.*)', 1), s.path)
+    ) as exception_key,
+    RTRIM(
+        COALESCE(
+            REGEX_MATCH (
+                REPLACE(f.directory, u.directory, '~'),
+                '([/~].*?/.*?)/',
+                1
+            ),
+            f.directory
+        ),
+        "/"
+    ) AS top2_dir,
+    -- Child
+    s.path AS p0_path,
+    s.pid AS p0_pid,
+    s.auid AS p0_euid,
+    TRIM(COALESCE(p.cmdline, pe.cmdline)) AS p0_cmd,
+    TRIM(COALESCE(p.cwd, pe.cwd)) AS p0_cwd,
+    hash.sha256 AS p0_sha256,
+    -- Parent
+    COALESCE(p.parent, pe.parent) AS p1_pid
+FROM
+    socket_events AS s
+    LEFT JOIN process_events pe ON s.pid = pe.pid
+    AND pe.time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -660)
+    LEFT JOIN processes p ON s.pid = p.pid
+    LEFT JOIN file f ON s.path = f.path
+    LEFT JOIN users u ON f.uid = u.uid
+    LEFT JOIN hash ON s.path = hash.path
+WHERE
+    s.time > (strftime('%s', 'now') -600)
+    AND s.action = "connect"
+    AND s.remote_port > 0
+    AND s.remote_address NOT IN (
+        '127.0.0.1',
+        '::ffff:127.0.0.1',
+        '::1',
+        '::',
+        '0.0.0.0'
+    )
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE 'fe80:%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '127.%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '192.168.%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '100.7%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.1%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.2%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.30.%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '172.31.%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '::ffff:172.%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '10.%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '::ffff:10.%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE '::ffff:192.168.%'
+    AND s.remote_address NOT LIKE 'fc00:%'
+    AND NOT s.path LIKE '/Applications/%' -- NOTE: Do not filter out /bin (bash) or /usr/bin (nc)
+    AND NOT top2_dir IN (
+        '/Library/Apple',
+        '/Library/Application Support',
+        '/Library/Kandji',
+        '/System/Volumes',
+        '/opt/homebrew',
+        '~/Apps',
+        '~/work',
+        '~/github',
+        '~/src',
+        '~/go',
+        '~/Applications',
+        '/System/Applications',
+        '/System/Library',
+        '/usr/libexec',
+        '/usr/sbin'
+    )
+    AND NOT exception_key IN (
+        '500,0,123,sntp',
+        '500,0,22,ssh',
+        '500,0,32768,ksfetch',
+        '500,500,32768,ksfetch',
+        '500,0,32768,syncthing',
+        '500,0,443,chrome',
+        '500,0,443,curl',
+        '500,0,443,git-remote-http',
+        '500,0,443,ksfetch',
+        '500,0,443,launcher',
+        '500,0,443,slack',
+        '500,0,31488,sntp',
+        '500,0,443,syncthing',
+        '500,0,443,wget',
+        '500,0,5228,chrome',
+        '500,0,53,chrome',
+        '500,0,53,git',
+        '500,0,53,launcher',
+        '500,0,53,NetworkManager',
+        '500,0,53,slack',
+        '500,0,53,wget',
+        '500,0,80,chrome',
+        '500,0,9,launcher',
+        '500,500,13568,Code Helper',
+        '500,500,22,ssh',
+        '500,500,32768,cloud-sql-proxy',
+        '500,500,4318,Code Helper (Plugin)',
+        '500,500,443,Code Helper (Plugin)',
+        '500,500,443,Code Helper',
+        '500,500,443,copilot-agent-macos-arm64',
+        '500,500,443,Electron',
+        '500,500,443,gitsign',
+        '500,500,443,ksfetch',
+        '500,500,443,node',
+        '500,500,443,wolfictl',
+        '500,500,80,copilot-agent-macos-arm64',
+        '500,500,80,node'
+    )
+    AND NOT (
+        basename = "Python"
+        AND (
+            p0_cmd LIKE '%/gcloud.py%'
+            OR p0_cmd LIKE '%/google-cloud-sdk/%'
+            OR p0_cmd LIKE '%pip install%'
+            OR p0_cmd LIKE '%googlecloudsdk/%'
+            OR p0_cmd LIKE '%/bin/aws%'
+            OR p0_cmd LIKE "%/gsutil/%"
+        )
+    )
+GROUP BY
+    s.pid,
+    exception_key
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