Etc_hosts

osquery

Retrieves all the entries in the target system /etc/hosts file.

Author

Chainguard

Published

January 29, 2025

Description

ODK (osquery-defense-kit) is unique in that the queries are designed to be used as part of a production detection & response pipeline. The detection queries are formulated to return zero rows during normal expected behavior, so that they may be configured to generate alerts when rows are returned.

Query

-- Retrieves all the entries in the target system /etc/hosts file.
--
-- tags: postmortem
-- platform: posix
SELECT
  *
FROM
  etc_hosts;

tags: SStagSS

Reference

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/osquery-defense-kit