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OSX plist marrying WatchPaths and Canarytokens to monitor for persistence attempts
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<!-- "https://malware.news/t/20-common-tools-techniques-used-by-macos-threat-actors-malware/46801" -->
<!-- "https://objective-see.org/blog/blog_0x71.html" -->
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.mylaptop.watchhostconfig</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<!-- get your own canarytoken here https://canarytokens.org/ -->
<string>curl</string>
<string>http://canarytokens.com/tags/articles/about/f69fdacdbe026cee6f2c5a63eeb03e6d/post.jsp</string>
</array>
<key>WatchPaths</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/bin</string>
<string>/bin</string>
<string>/etc/hostconfig</string>
<string>/Library/LaunchAgents</string>
<string>/Library/LaunchDaemons</string>
<string>/System/Library/DriverExtensions/</string>
<string>/System/Library/Extensions/</string>
<string>/System/Library/ServiceDefinitions/</string>
<string>/System/Library/StartupItems</string>
<string>/System/Library/SystemConfiguration</string>
<string>/Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Scripts</string>
<string>/Users/USERNAME/Library/LaunchAgents</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
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