macos:unifiedlog
macOS unified log
- Host type
- macOS
- Cost class
- Included
- Techniques
- 348
- Rules listed
- 70
- Events
- 0
Licensing
- License or service
- macOS OSLog
- What is free
- log/Console built in
- What costs
- Nothing
- Notes
- UNCONFIRMED (doc page not opened)
- As read on
- 2026-11-01
A vendor statement as read on the date shown; the cost class is the durable part.
Standards and guidance naming this source
| Requirement | Relation | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| OMB M-26-14: Identity used | Supports an activity | our analysis: authentication and process records carry the user |
| ASD ACSC / CISA et al.: Priority enterprise log sources | priority_source | quoted: user computers |
Techniques
- T1001 Data Obfuscation
- T1001.001 Junk Data
- T1001.002 Steganography
- T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation
- T1003 OS Credential Dumping
- T1005 Data from Local System
- T1007 System Service Discovery
- T1008 Fallback Channels
- T1010 Application Window Discovery
- T1011 Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium
- T1011.001 Exfiltration Over Bluetooth
- T1014 Rootkit
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1016.001 Internet Connection Discovery
- T1016.002 Wi-Fi Discovery
- T1018 Remote System Discovery
- T1020 Automated Exfiltration
- T1021 Remote Services
- T1021.004 SSH
- T1021.005 VNC
- T1025 Data from Removable Media
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1027.001 Binary Padding
- T1027.002 Software Packing
- T1027.003 Steganography
- T1027.004 Compile After Delivery
- T1027.005 Indicator Removal from Tools
- T1027.006 HTML Smuggling
- T1027.008 Stripped Payloads
- T1027.009 Embedded Payloads
- T1027.010 Command Obfuscation
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1027.014 Polymorphic Code
- T1027.015 Compression
- T1027.017 SVG Smuggling
- T1027.018 Invisible Unicode
- T1029 Scheduled Transfer
- T1030 Data Transfer Size Limits
- T1033 System Owner/User Discovery
- T1036 Masquerading
- T1036.001 Invalid Code Signature
- T1036.002 Right-to-Left Override
- T1036.003 Rename Legitimate Utilities
- T1036.004 Masquerade Task or Service
- T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
- T1036.006 Space after Filename
- T1036.008 Masquerade File Type
- T1036.009 Break Process Trees
- T1036.012 Browser Fingerprint
- T1037 Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts
- T1037.002 Login Hook
- T1037.004 RC Scripts
- T1037.005 Startup Items
- T1039 Data from Network Shared Drive
- T1040 Network Sniffing
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1046 Network Service Discovery
- T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
- T1048.001 Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol
- T1048.002 Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol
- T1048.003 Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol
- T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
- T1052.001 Exfiltration over USB
- T1053 Scheduled Task/Job
- T1053.002 At
- T1053.003 Cron
- T1055 Process Injection
- T1056 Input Capture
- T1056.001 Keylogging
- T1056.002 GUI Input Capture
- T1056.003 Web Portal Capture
- T1056.004 Credential API Hooking
- T1057 Process Discovery
- T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
- T1059.002 AppleScript
- T1059.004 Unix Shell
- T1059.005 Visual Basic
- T1059.006 Python
- T1059.007 JavaScript
- T1059.011 Lua
- T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
- T1069 Permission Groups Discovery
- T1069.001 Local Groups
- T1069.002 Domain Groups
- T1070 Indicator Removal
- T1070.003 Clear Command History
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1070.006 Timestomp
- T1070.007 Clear Network Connection History and Configurations
- T1070.008 Clear Mailbox Data
- T1070.009 Clear Persistence
- T1070.010 Relocate Malware
- T1071 Application Layer Protocol
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1071.002 File Transfer Protocols
- T1071.003 Mail Protocols
- T1071.004 DNS
- T1071.005 Publish/Subscribe Protocols
- T1072 Software Deployment Tools
- T1074 Data Staged
- T1074.001 Local Data Staging
- T1074.002 Remote Data Staging
- T1078 Valid Accounts
- T1078.002 Domain Accounts
- T1078.003 Local Accounts
- T1080 Taint Shared Content
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1087 Account Discovery
- T1087.001 Local Account
- T1087.002 Domain Account
- T1090 Proxy
- T1090.001 Internal Proxy
- T1090.002 External Proxy
- T1090.003 Multi-hop Proxy
- T1090.004 Domain Fronting
- T1092 Communication Through Removable Media
- T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol
- T1098 Account Manipulation
- T1098.004 SSH Authorized Keys
- T1098.007 Additional Local or Domain Groups
- T1102 Web Service
- T1102.001 Dead Drop Resolver
- T1102.002 Bidirectional Communication
- T1102.003 One-Way Communication
- T1104 Multi-Stage Channels
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1106 Native API
- T1110 Brute Force
- T1110.001 Password Guessing
- T1110.002 Password Cracking
- T1110.003 Password Spraying
- T1110.004 Credential Stuffing
- T1111 Multi-Factor Authentication Interception
- T1113 Screen Capture
- T1114 Email Collection
- T1114.003 Email Forwarding Rule
- T1115 Clipboard Data
- T1119 Automated Collection
- T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery
- T1123 Audio Capture
- T1124 System Time Discovery
- T1125 Video Capture
- T1129 Shared Modules
- T1132 Data Encoding
- T1132.001 Standard Encoding
- T1133 External Remote Services
- T1135 Network Share Discovery
- T1136 Create Account
- T1136.001 Local Account
- T1136.002 Domain Account
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1176 Software Extensions
- T1176.001 Browser Extensions
- T1176.002 IDE Extensions
- T1189 Drive-by Compromise
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
- T1195.001 Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools
- T1195.002 Compromise Software Supply Chain
- T1195.003 Compromise Hardware Supply Chain
- T1199 Trusted Relationship
- T1200 Hardware Additions
- T1201 Password Policy Discovery
- T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
- T1204 User Execution
- T1204.001 Malicious Link
- T1204.002 Malicious File
- T1204.004 Malicious Copy and Paste
- T1204.005 Malicious Library
- T1205 Traffic Signaling
- T1205.001 Port Knocking
- T1205.002 Socket Filters
- T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services
- T1211 Exploitation for Stealth
- T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access
- T1213 Data from Information Repositories
- T1213.006 Databases
- T1217 Browser Information Discovery
- T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution
- T1218.015 Electron Applications
- T1219 Remote Access Tools
- T1219.001 IDE Tunneling
- T1219.002 Remote Desktop Software
- T1219.003 Remote Access Hardware
- T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
- T1222.002 Linux and Mac Permissions
- T1480 Execution Guardrails
- T1480.001 Environmental Keying
- T1480.002 Mutual Exclusion
- T1485 Data Destruction
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- T1489 Service Stop
- T1491 Defacement
- T1491.001 Internal Defacement
- T1491.002 External Defacement
- T1495 Firmware Corruption
- T1496 Resource Hijacking
- T1496.001 Compute Hijacking
- T1496.002 Bandwidth Hijacking
- T1497 Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
- T1497.001 System Checks
- T1497.002 User Activity Based Checks
- T1497.003 Time Based Checks
- T1498.001 Direct Network Flood
- T1498.002 Reflection Amplification
- T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
- T1499.001 OS Exhaustion Flood
- T1499.002 Service Exhaustion Flood
- T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood
- T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation
- T1505 Server Software Component
- T1505.003 Web Shell
- T1518 Software Discovery
- T1518.001 Security Software Discovery
- T1518.002 Backup Software Discovery
- T1529 System Shutdown/Reboot
- T1531 Account Access Removal
- T1534 Internal Spearphishing
- T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie
- T1542 Pre-OS Boot
- T1542.002 Component Firmware
- T1543 Create or Modify System Process
- T1543.001 Launch Agent
- T1543.004 Launch Daemon
- T1546 Event Triggered Execution
- T1546.004 Unix Shell Configuration Modification
- T1546.005 Trap
- T1546.006 LC_LOAD_DYLIB Addition
- T1546.014 Emond
- T1546.016 Installer Packages
- T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
- T1547.006 Kernel Modules and Extensions
- T1547.007 Re-opened Applications
- T1547.015 Login Items
- T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
- T1548.001 Setuid and Setgid
- T1548.003 Sudo and Sudo Caching
- T1548.004 Elevated Execution with Prompt
- T1548.006 TCC Manipulation
- T1552 Unsecured Credentials
- T1552.001 Credentials In Files
- T1552.003 Shell History
- T1552.004 Private Keys
- T1553 Subvert Trust Controls
- T1553.001 Gatekeeper Bypass
- T1553.002 Code Signing
- T1553.004 Install Root Certificate
- T1553.006 Code Signing Policy Modification
- T1554 Compromise Host Software Binary
- T1555 Credentials from Password Stores
- T1555.001 Keychain
- T1555.002 Securityd Memory
- T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers
- T1555.005 Password Managers
- T1556 Modify Authentication Process
- T1556.003 Pluggable Authentication Modules
- T1556.006 Multi-Factor Authentication
- T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle
- T1557.002 ARP Cache Poisoning
- T1557.003 DHCP Spoofing
- T1558 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets
- T1558.005 Ccache Files
- T1559 Inter-Process Communication
- T1559.003 XPC Services
- T1560 Archive Collected Data
- T1560.001 Archive via Utility
- T1560.002 Archive via Library
- T1560.003 Archive via Custom Method
- T1561 Disk Wipe
- T1561.001 Disk Content Wipe
- T1561.002 Disk Structure Wipe
- T1563 Remote Service Session Hijacking
- T1563.001 SSH Hijacking
- T1564 Hide Artifacts
- T1564.001 Hidden Files and Directories
- T1564.002 Hidden Users
- T1564.003 Hidden Window
- T1564.005 Hidden File System
- T1564.006 Run Virtual Instance
- T1564.007 VBA Stomping
- T1564.008 Email Hiding Rules
- T1564.009 Resource Forking
- T1564.011 Ignore Process Interrupts
- T1564.012 File/Path Exclusions
- T1564.014 Extended Attributes
- T1565 Data Manipulation
- T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation
- T1565.002 Transmitted Data Manipulation
- T1565.003 Runtime Data Manipulation
- T1566 Phishing
- T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
- T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
- T1566.003 Spearphishing via Service
- T1566.004 Spearphishing Voice
- T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service
- T1567.001 Exfiltration to Code Repository
- T1567.002 Exfiltration to Cloud Storage
- T1567.003 Exfiltration to Text Storage Sites
- T1567.004 Exfiltration Over Webhook
- T1568 Dynamic Resolution
- T1568.001 Fast Flux DNS
- T1568.002 Domain Generation Algorithms
- T1568.003 DNS Calculation
- T1569 System Services
- T1569.001 Launchctl
- T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer
- T1571 Non-Standard Port
- T1572 Protocol Tunneling
- T1573 Encrypted Channel
- T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography
- T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography
- T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
- T1574.004 Dylib Hijacking
- T1574.006 Dynamic Linker Hijacking
- T1574.007 Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable
- T1606 Forge Web Credentials
- T1606.001 Web Cookies
- T1614 System Location Discovery
- T1614.001 System Language Discovery
- T1620 Reflective Code Loading
- T1621 Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation
- T1622 Debugger Evasion
- T1647 Plist File Modification
- T1649 Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates
- T1652 Device Driver Discovery
- T1653 Power Settings
- T1654 Log Enumeration
- T1657 Financial Theft
- T1659 Content Injection
- T1665 Hide Infrastructure
- T1667 Email Bombing
- T1668 Exclusive Control
- T1669 Wi-Fi Networks
- T1673 Virtual Machine Discovery
- T1674 Input Injection
- T1678 Delay Execution
- T1680 Local Storage Discovery
- T1684 Social Engineering
- T1684.001 Impersonation
- T1684.002 Email Spoofing
- T1685 Disable or Modify Tools
- T1685.003 Modify or Spoof Tool UI
- T1685.006 Clear Linux or Mac System Logs
- T1686 Disable or Modify System Firewall
- T1687 Exploitation for Defense Impairment
- T1689 Downgrade Attack
- T1690 Prevent Command History Logging
Rules
Sigma 70
- Atomic MacOS Stealer - FileGrabber Activity by Jason Phang Vern - Onn, Robbin Ooi Zhen Heng (Gen Digital)
- Axios NPM Compromise Indicators - macOS by Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
- Binary Padding - MacOS by Igor Fits, Mikhail Larin, oscd.community
- Clipboard Access Via OSAScript by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- Clipboard Data Collection Via Pbpaste by Daniel Cortez
- Creation Of A Local User Account by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
- Credentials In Files by Igor Fits, Mikhail Larin, oscd.community
- Credentials from Password Stores - Keychain by Tim Ismilyaev, oscd.community, Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
- Decode Base64 Encoded Text -MacOs by Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
- Disable Security Tools by Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
- Disk Image Creation Via Hdiutil - MacOS by Omar Khaled (@beacon_exe)
- Disk Image Mounting Via Hdiutil - MacOS by Omar Khaled (@beacon_exe)
- File Download Via Nscurl - MacOS by Daniel Cortez
- File Time Attribute Change by Igor Fits, Mikhail Larin, oscd.community
- File and Directory Discovery - MacOS by Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
- GUI Input Capture - macOS by remotephone, oscd.community
- Gatekeeper Bypass via Xattr by Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
- Guest Account Enabled Via Sysadminctl by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- Hidden Flag Set On File/Directory Via Chflags - MacOS by Omar Khaled (@beacon_exe)
- Hidden User Creation by Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
- Indicator Removal on Host - Clear Mac System Logs by remotephone, oscd.community
- JAMF MDM Execution by Jay Pandit
- JAMF MDM Potential Suspicious Child Process by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
- JXA In-memory Execution Via OSAScript by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- Launch Agent/Daemon Execution Via Launchctl by Pratinav Chandra
- Local Groups Discovery - MacOs by Ömer Günal, Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
- Local System Accounts Discovery - MacOs by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
- MacOS Network Service Scanning by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
- MacOS Scripting Interpreter AppleScript by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
- Macos Remote System Discovery by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
- Network Sniffing - MacOs by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
- New File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS by Pratinav Chandra
- OSACompile Run-Only Execution by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- Osacompile Execution By Potentially Suspicious Applet/Osascript by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r), Red Canary (Idea)
- Payload Decoded and Decrypted via Built-in Utilities by Tim Rauch (rule), Elastic (idea)
- Potential Base64 Decoded From Images by Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk
- Potential Discovery Activity Using Find - MacOS by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
- Potential In-Memory Download And Compile Of Payloads by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r), Red Canary (idea)
- Potential Persistence Via PlistBuddy by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- Potential WizardUpdate Malware Infection by Tim Rauch (rule), Elastic (idea)
- Potential XCSSET Malware Infection by Tim Rauch (rule), Elastic (idea)
- Remote Access Tool - Potential MeshAgent Execution - MacOS by Norbert Jaśniewicz (AlphaSOC)
- Remote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS by Norbert Jaśniewicz (AlphaSOC)
- Remote Access Tool - Team Viewer Session Started On MacOS Host by Josh Nickels, Qi Nan
- Root Account Enable Via Dsenableroot by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- Scheduled Cron Task/Job - MacOs by Alejandro Ortuno, oscd.community
- Screen Capture - macOS by remotephone, oscd.community
- Security Software Discovery - MacOs by Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
- Space After Filename - macOS by remotephone
- Split A File Into Pieces by Igor Fits, Mikhail Larin, oscd.community
- Suspicious Browser Child Process - MacOS by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- Suspicious Execution via macOS Script Editor by Tim Rauch (rule), Elastic (idea)
- Suspicious History File Operations by Mikhail Larin, oscd.community
- Suspicious Installer Package Child Process by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- Suspicious MacOS Firmware Activity by Austin Songer @austinsonger
- Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- System Information Discovery Using Ioreg by Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk
- System Information Discovery Using System_Profiler by Stephen Lincoln `@slincoln_aiq` (AttackIQ)
- System Information Discovery Using sw_vers by Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk
- System Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS by Pratinav Chandra
- System Integrity Protection (SIP) Disabled by Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk
- System Integrity Protection (SIP) Enumeration by Joseliyo Sanchez, @Joseliyo_Jstnk
- System Network Connections Discovery - MacOs by Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
- System Network Discovery - macOS by remotephone, oscd.community
- System Shutdown/Reboot - MacOs by Igor Fits, Mikhail Larin, oscd.community
- Time Machine Backup Deletion Attempt Via Tmutil - MacOS by Pratinav Chandra
- Time Machine Backup Disabled Via Tmutil - MacOS by Pratinav Chandra
- User Added To Admin Group Via Dscl by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- User Added To Admin Group Via DseditGroup by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
- User Added To Admin Group Via Sysadminctl by Sohan G (D4rkCiph3r)
Events
No event-level rows: this source is tiered as a whole.