Emond Clients

Overview

Evidence: Emond Clients
Description: Collect Emond Clients
Category: System
Platform: macos
Short Name: emnd
Is Parsed: Yes
Sent to Investigation Hub: Yes
Collect File(s): No

Background

Emond (event monitor daemon) can execute client scripts based on rules. This data is essential for detecting persistence via emond client files.

Data Collected

This collector gathers structured data about emond clients.

Emond Clients Data

FieldDescriptionExample
FileNameFile NameExample value
FullPathFull PathExample value
HashHashExample value
FileSizeFile Size123
ModifiedModified2023-10-15 14:30:25+03:00
AccessedAccessed2023-10-15 14:30:25+03:00
ChangedChanged2023-10-15 14:30:25+03:00

Collection Method

This collector enumerates /private/var/db/emondClients/ and records file metadata and hashes into emond_clients.

Forensic Value

This evidence is crucial for forensic investigations as emond clients have been used by malware for persistence.