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AN0884 Analytic 0884
macOS · attack.mitre.org · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2
<p>Abnormal invocation of diskutil or asr with destructive flags (eraseDisk, zeroDisk), or low-level IOKit calls that overwrite raw disk content. Detect correlation between elevated process execution and disk erase operations.</p>
- Detects
- T1561.001 Disk Content Wipe
- Part of
- DET0316 Detection Strategy for Disk Content Wipe via Direct Access and Overwrite
Log sources and channels
Exactly as MITRE states them in x_mitre_log_source_references. Where a channel is vague, it is vague in the source; kevmap does not tidy it.
| Log source | Channel | Data component |
|---|---|---|
| macos:unifiedlog | diskutil eraseDisk/zeroDisk or asr restore with destructive flags | DC0064 Command Execution |
| macos:unifiedlog | IOKit raw disk write activity targeting physical devices | DC0046 Drive Modification |
Mutable elements
Parameters MITRE marks as environment-specific. These are the knobs you are expected to tune; they are why an analytic is not a rule.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
AdminToolWhitelist | Provisioning workflows may legitimately use diskutil/asr — whitelist by user or system context. |