name: Osquery pack - ColdRoot detection
id: a6fffe5e-05c3-4c04-badc-887607fbb8dc
version: 5
creation_date: '2020-04-29'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: Rico Valdez, Splunk
status: removed
type: TTP
description: This search looks for ColdRoot events from the osx-attacks osquery pack.
data_source: []
search: '| from datamodel Alerts.Alerts | search app=osquery:results (name=pack_osx-attacks_OSX_ColdRoot_RAT_Launchd OR name=pack_osx-attacks_OSX_ColdRoot_RAT_Files) | rename columns.path as path | bucket _time span=30s | stats count(path) by _time, host, user, path | `osquery_pack___coldroot_detection_filter`'
how_to_implement: In order to properly run this search, Splunk needs to ingest data from your osquery deployed agents with the [osx-attacks.conf](https://github.com/facebook/osquery/blob/experimental/packs/osx-attacks.conf#L599) pack enabled. Also the [TA-OSquery](https://github.com/d1vious/TA-osquery) must be deployed across your indexers and universal forwarders in order to have the osquery data populate the Alerts data model
known_false_positives: There are no known false positives.
references: []
rba:
    message: Potential ColdRoot detection on $host$
    risk_objects:
        - field: host
          type: system
          score: 25
        - field: user
          type: user
          score: 25
    threat_objects: []
tags:
    analytic_story:
        - ColdRoot MacOS RAT
    asset_type: Endpoint
    product:
        - Splunk Enterprise
        - Splunk Enterprise Security
        - Splunk Cloud
    security_domain: threat
deprecation_info:
    reason: Detection deprecated as it no longer effectively identifies the intended malicious activity
    removed_in_version: 5.2.0
    replacement_content: []