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Medusa Rootkit

Date: 2025-08-05 ID: 2481e83c-b888-4383-bc61-9d292f4e03ea Author: Raven Tait, Splunk Environment: custom Directory: medusa_rootkit

Description

Logs from usage of the Medusa rootkit on a Linux host.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1014 Rootkit Defense Evasion

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment custom
Directory medusa_rootkit
Test Date 2025-08-05

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Sysmon_linux

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1014/medusa_rootkit/sysmon_linux.log
  • Sourcetype: sysmon:linux
  • Source: Syslog:Linux-Sysmon/Operational

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Linux Medusa Rootkit TTP Endpoint T1014, T1589.001 China-Nexus Threat Activity, Medusa Rootkit, Hellcat Ransomware

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1014/medusa_rootkit/sysmon_linux.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0