// MITRE ATT&CK

T1547.007 · Re-opened Applications

🎯 Persistence macOS Sub-technique

Sub-technique of T1547 · Boot or Logon Autostart Execution.

Adversaries may modify plist files to automatically run an application when a user logs in. When a user logs out or restarts via the macOS Graphical User Interface (GUI), a prompt is provided to the user with a checkbox to "Reopen windows when logging back in".(Citation: Re-Open windows on Mac) When...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting Re-opened Applications starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.

Related techniques

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