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"description": "A. Roshal. (2020). RARLAB. Retrieved February 20, 2020.",
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"Linux",
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"description": "T. Richardson, J. Levine, RealVNC Ltd.. (2011, March). The Remote Framebuffer Protocol. Retrieved September 20, 2021.",
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"description": "Ballenthin, W., et al. (2015). Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Offense, Defense, and Forensics. Retrieved March 30, 2016.",
"exte... | [
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"enterprise-attack"
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"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:31:25.060000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:39.967000Z | Screen Capture | Adversaries may attempt to take screen captures of the desktop to gather information over the course of an operation. Screen capturing functionality may be included as a feature of a remote access tool used in post-compromise operations. Taking a screenshot is also typically possible through native utilities or API cal... | [
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] | false | [
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"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1113"
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"description": "Microsoft. (n.d.). Graphics.CopyFromScreen Method. Retrieved March 24, 2020.",
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"enterprise-attack"
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"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--02c5abff-30bf-4703-ab92-1f6072fae939 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-03-23T19:55:25.546000Z | 2023-05-04T18:06:40.829000Z | Fileless Storage | Adversaries may store data in "fileless" formats to conceal malicious activity from defenses. Fileless storage can be broadly defined as any format other than a file. Common examples of non-volatile fileless storage include the Windows Registry, event logs, or WMI repository.(Citation: Microsoft Fileless)(Citation: Sec... | [
{
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"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
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] | false | [
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"description": "Legezo, D. (2022, May 4). A new secret stash for “fileless” malware. Retrieved March 23, 2023.",
"external_id": null,
"source_... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--03259939-0b57-482f-8eb5-87c0e0d54334 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:38.910000Z | 2024-04-16T12:23:13.621000Z | Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts | Adversaries may use scripts automatically executed at boot or logon initialization to establish persistence.(Citation: Mandiant APT29 Eye Spy Email Nov 22)(Citation: Anomali Rocke March 2019) Initialization scripts can be used to perform administrative functions, which may often execute other programs or send informati... | [
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"enterprise-attack"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--035bb001-ab69-4a0b-9f6c-2de8b09e1b9d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-11T19:07:12.114000Z | 2024-04-18T14:26:21.852000Z | Adversary-in-the-Middle | Adversaries may attempt to position themselves between two or more networked devices using an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) technique to support follow-on behaviors such as [Network Sniffing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1040), [Transmitted Data Manipulation](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1565/002), or ... | [
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"description": "Abendan, O. (2012, June 14). How DNS Changer Trojans Direct Users to Threats. Retrieved October 28, 2021.",
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"enterprise-attack"
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"Network"
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"description": "Cisco. (2023, March 7). Cisco IOS Security Command Reference: Commands S to Z . Retrieved July 13, 2022.",
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Monitor processes and command-line argumen... | [
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"Network"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0458aab9-ad42-4eac-9e22-706a95bafee2 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-09-30T16:37:40.271000Z | 2024-02-28T21:13:02.648000Z | Acquire Infrastructure | Adversaries may buy, lease, rent, or obtain infrastructure that can be used during targeting. A wide variety of infrastructure exists for hosting and orchestrating adversary operations. Infrastructure solutions include physical or cloud servers, domains, and third-party web services.(Citation: TrendmicroHideoutsLease) ... | [
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0470e792-32f8-46b0-a351-652bc35e9336 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-03-31T14:26:00.848000Z | 2023-04-15T16:08:50.706000Z | Container and Resource Discovery | Adversaries may attempt to discover containers and other resources that are available within a containers environment. Other resources may include images, deployments, pods, nodes, and other information such as the status of a cluster.
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--04a5a8ab-3bc8-4c83-95c9-55274a89786d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2022-07-08T12:39:29.684000Z | 2022-10-20T21:20:22.578000Z | Serverless | Adversaries may purchase and configure serverless cloud infrastructure, such as Cloudflare Workers or AWS Lambda functions, that can be used during targeting. By utilizing serverless infrastructure, adversaries can make it more difficult to attribute infrastructure used during operations back to them.
Once acquired, t... | [
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"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0533ab23-3f7d-463f-9bd8-634d27e4dee1 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2022-09-30T18:50:14.351000Z | 2023-09-29T21:14:57.263000Z | Embedded Payloads | Adversaries may embed payloads within other files to conceal malicious content from defenses. Otherwise seemingly benign files (such as scripts and executables) may be abused to carry and obfuscate malicious payloads and content. In some cases, embedded payloads may also enable adversaries to [Subvert Trust Controls](h... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1027.009",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1027/009"
},
{
"description": "Barrett Adams . (n.d.). Invoke-PSImage . Retrieved September 30, 2022.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "GitHub PSImage",... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Linux"
] | 1.1 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--06c00069-771a-4d57-8ef5-d3718c1a8771 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-06-26T04:01:09.648000Z | 2021-10-17T14:48:33.580000Z | Pluggable Authentication Modules | Adversaries may modify pluggable authentication modules (PAM) to access user credentials or enable otherwise unwarranted access to accounts. PAM is a modular system of configuration files, libraries, and executable files which guide authentication for many services. The most common authentication module is <code>pam_un... | [
{
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"phase_name": "credential-access"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "persistence"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1556.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1556/003"
},
{
"description": "Apple. (2011, May 11). PAM - Pluggable Authentication Modules. Retrieved June 25, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": ... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor PAM configuration and module paths (ex: <code>/etc/pam.d/</code>) for changes. Use system-integrity tools such as AIDE and monitoring tools such as auditd to monitor PAM files.
Look for suspicious account behavior across systems that share accounts, either user, admin, or service accounts. Examples: one accoun... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 2.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0708ae90-d0eb-4938-9a76-d0fc94f6eec1 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-06-16T18:42:20.734000Z | 2021-03-08T10:33:02.128000Z | Revert Cloud Instance | An adversary may revert changes made to a cloud instance after they have performed malicious activities in attempt to evade detection and remove evidence of their presence. In highly virtualized environments, such as cloud-based infrastructure, this may be accomplished by restoring virtual machine (VM) or data storage ... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1578.004",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1578/004"
},
{
"description": "Hardiman, N.. (2012, March 20). Backing up and restoring snapshots on Amazon EC2 machines. Retrieved October 8, 2019.",
"external_... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Establish centralized logging of instance activity, which can be used to monitor and review system events even after reverting to a snapshot, rolling back changes, or changing persistence/type of storage. Monitor specifically for events related to snapshots and rollbacks and VM configuration changes, that are occurring... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"IaaS"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--09312b1a-c3c6-4b45-9844-3ccc78e5d82f | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T16:39:33.966000Z | 2021-10-17T16:35:09.878000Z | Gather Victim Host Information | Adversaries may gather information about the victim's hosts that can be used during targeting. Information about hosts may include a variety of details, including administrative data (ex: name, assigned IP, functionality, etc.) as well as specifics regarding its configuration (ex: operating system, language, etc.).
Ad... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "reconnaissance"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1592",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1592"
},
{
"description": "Blasco, J. (2014, August 28). Scanbox: A Reconnaissance Framework Used with Watering Hole Attacks. Retrieved October 19, 2020.",
"external... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Internet scanners may be used to look for patterns associated with malicious content designed to collect host information from visitors.(Citation: ThreatConnect Infrastructure Dec 2020)(Citation: ATT ScanBox)
Much of this activity may have a very high occurrence and associated false positive rate, as well as potential... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0979abf9-4e26-43ec-9b6e-54efc4e70fca | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T16:58:58.738000Z | 2021-04-15T03:48:37.628000Z | Digital Certificates | Adversaries may search public digital certificate data for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Digital certificates are issued by a certificate authority (CA) in order to cryptographically verify the origin of signed content. These certificates, such as those used for encrypted web traffic (HTT... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "reconnaissance"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1596.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596/003"
},
{
"description": "SSL Shopper. (n.d.). SSL Checker. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "SSLShopper Lookup",
"... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Much of this activity may have a very high occurrence and associated false positive rate, as well as potentially taking place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection difficult for defenders.
Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Initia... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-11T18:58:11.791000Z | 2023-10-01T14:01:12.167000Z | Keylogging | Adversaries may log user keystrokes to intercept credentials as the user types them. Keylogging is likely to be used to acquire credentials for new access opportunities when [OS Credential Dumping](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003) efforts are not effective, and may require an adversary to intercept keystrokes... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "collection"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1056.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1056/001"
},
{
"description": "An, J and Malhotra, A. (2021, November 10). North Korean attackers use malicious blogs to deliver malware to high-profile South Korean... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Keyloggers may take many forms, possibly involving modification to the Registry and installation of a driver, setting a hook, or polling to intercept keystrokes. Commonly used API calls include `SetWindowsHook`, `GetKeyState`, and `GetAsyncKeyState`.(Citation: Adventures of a Keystroke) Monitor the Registry and file sy... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"macOS",
"Linux",
"Network"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--09b008a9-b4eb-462a-a751-a0eb58050cd9 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2024-03-29T16:59:10.374000Z | 2024-04-15T23:42:39.831000Z | File/Path Exclusions | Adversaries may attempt to hide their file-based artifacts by writing them to specific folders or file names excluded from antivirus (AV) scanning and other defensive capabilities. AV and other file-based scanners often include exclusions to optimize performance as well as ease installation and legitimate use of applic... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1564.012",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1564/012"
},
{
"description": "Microsoft. (2024, February 27). Contextual file and folder exclusions. Retrieved March 29, 2024.",
"external_id": null,
"sourc... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--09b130a2-a77e-4af0-a361-f46f9aad1345 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-04T19:24:27.774000Z | 2023-08-14T17:54:22.970000Z | Linux and Mac File and Directory Permissions Modification | Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions/attributes to evade access control lists (ACLs) and access protected files.(Citation: Hybrid Analysis Icacls1 June 2018)(Citation: Hybrid Analysis Icacls2 May 2018) File and directory permissions are commonly managed by ACLs configured by the file or directory owner,... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1222.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1222/002"
},
{
"description": "Hybrid Analysis. (2018, June 12). c9b65b764985dfd7a11d3faf599c56b8.exe. Retrieved August 19, 2018.",
"external_id": null,
"sou... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor and investigate attempts to modify ACLs and file/directory ownership. Many of the commands used to modify ACLs and file/directory ownership are built-in system utilities and may generate a high false positive alert rate, so compare against baseline knowledge for how systems are typically used and correlate modi... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"macOS",
"Linux"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--09c4c11e-4fa1-4f8c-8dad-3cf8e69ad119 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-11T18:38:22.617000Z | 2023-10-16T16:57:41.743000Z | Password Guessing | Adversaries with no prior knowledge of legitimate credentials within the system or environment may guess passwords to attempt access to accounts. Without knowledge of the password for an account, an adversary may opt to systematically guess the password using a repetitive or iterative mechanism. An adversary may guess ... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1110.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/001"
},
{
"description": "Cybercrime & Digital Threat Team. (2020, February 13). Emotet Now Spreads via Wi-Fi. Retrieved February 16, 2022.",
"external_id":... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor authentication logs for system and application login failures of [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078). If authentication failures are high, then there may be a brute force attempt to gain access to a system using legitimate credentials. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Azure AD",
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"IaaS",
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Google Workspace",
"Containers",
"Network"
] | 1.5 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--09cd431f-eaf4-4d2a-acaf-2a7acfe7ed58 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-03T16:49:57.788000Z | 2022-04-18T14:55:35.817000Z | PubPrn | Adversaries may use PubPrn to proxy execution of malicious remote files. PubPrn.vbs is a [Visual Basic](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/005) script that publishes a printer to Active Directory Domain Services. The script may be signed by Microsoft and is commonly executed through the [Windows Command Shell](h... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1216.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1216/001"
},
{
"description": "Jason Gerend. (2017, October 16). pubprn. Retrieved July 23, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "pubprn",
"url": ... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor script processes, such as `cscript`, and command-line parameters for scripts like PubPrn.vbs that may be used to proxy execution of malicious files. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 2.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0a241b6c-7bb2-48f9-98f7-128145b4d27f | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T17:05:43.562000Z | 2021-04-15T03:44:43.900000Z | Purchase Technical Data | Adversaries may purchase technical information about victims that can be used during targeting. Information about victims may be available for purchase within reputable private sources and databases, such as paid subscriptions to feeds of scan databases or other data aggregation services. Adversaries may also purchase ... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "reconnaissance"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1597.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1597/002"
},
{
"description": "Cimpanu, C. (2020, May 9). A hacker group is selling more than 73 million user records on the dark web. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Much of this activity may have a very high occurrence and associated false positive rate, as well as potentially taking place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection difficult for defenders.
Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Initia... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:19.735000Z | 2024-04-18T23:47:41.667000Z | OS Credential Dumping | Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password. Credentials can be obtained from OS caches, memory, or structures.(Citation: Brining MimiKatz to Unix) Credentials can then be used to perform [Lateral Movement](https://... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003"
},
{
"description": "French, D. (2018, October 2). Detecting Attempts to Steal Passwords from Memory. Retrieved October 11, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"s... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | ### Windows
Monitor for unexpected processes interacting with lsass.exe.(Citation: Medium Detecting Attempts to Steal Passwords from Memory) Common credential dumpers such as [Mimikatz](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0002) access the LSA Subsystem Service (LSASS) process by opening the process, locating the LSA sec... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 2.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0a5231ec-41af-4a35-83d0-6bdf11f28c65 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:31:40.542000Z | 2023-10-12T21:17:14.868000Z | Shared Modules | Adversaries may execute malicious payloads via loading shared modules. Shared modules are executable files that are loaded into processes to provide access to reusable code, such as specific custom functions or invoking OS API functions (i.e., [Native API](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1106)).
Adversaries may u... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "execution"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1129",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1129"
},
{
"description": " Alex Turing, Hui Wang. (2021, April 28). RotaJakiro: A long live secret backdoor with 0 VT detection. Retrieved June 14, 2023.",
"externa... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitoring DLL module loads may generate a significant amount of data and may not be directly useful for defense unless collected under specific circumstances, since benign use of Windows modules load functions are common and may be difficult to distinguish from malicious behavior. Legitimate software will likely only ... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"macOS",
"Linux"
] | 2.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0ad7bc5c-235a-4048-944b-3b286676cb74 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-19T23:46:13.931000Z | 2022-04-19T21:32:58.274000Z | Data from Configuration Repository | Adversaries may collect data related to managed devices from configuration repositories. Configuration repositories are used by management systems in order to configure, manage, and control data on remote systems. Configuration repositories may also facilitate remote access and administration of devices.
Adversaries m... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "collection"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1602",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1602"
},
{
"description": "Cisco. (2008, June 10). Identifying and Mitigating Exploitation of the SNMP Version 3 Authentication Vulnerabilities. Retrieved October 19, 20... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Identify network traffic sent or received by untrusted hosts or networks that solicits and obtains the configuration information of the queried device.(Citation: Cisco Advisory SNMP v3 Authentication Vulnerabilities) | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Network"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0af0ca99-357d-4ba1-805f-674fdfb7bef9 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-20T22:10:20.484000Z | 2023-04-14T19:38:24.089000Z | Disk Structure Wipe | Adversaries may corrupt or wipe the disk data structures on a hard drive necessary to boot a system; targeting specific critical systems or in large numbers in a network to interrupt availability to system and network resources.
Adversaries may attempt to render the system unable to boot by overwriting critical data ... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "impact"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1561.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1561/002"
},
{
"description": "Cisco. (2022, August 16). format - Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference. Retrieved July 13, 2022.",
"external_id... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Look for attempts to read/write to sensitive locations like the master boot record and the disk partition table. Monitor for direct access read/write attempts using the <code>\\\\.\\</code> notation.(Citation: Microsoft Sysmon v6 May 2017) Monitor for unusual kernel driver installation activity.
For network infrastruc... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0bda01d5-4c1d-4062-8ee2-6872334383c3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-02T20:07:18.651000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:53.685000Z | Direct Network Flood | Adversaries may attempt to cause a denial of service (DoS) by directly sending a high-volume of network traffic to a target. This DoS attack may also reduce the availability and functionality of the targeted system(s) and network. [Direct Network Flood](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1498/001)s are when one or mo... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "impact"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1498.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1498/001"
},
{
"description": "Cisco. (n.d.). Detecting and Analyzing Network Threats With NetFlow. Retrieved April 25, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"source_... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Detection of a network flood can sometimes be achieved before the traffic volume is sufficient to cause impact to the availability of the service, but such response time typically requires very aggressive monitoring and responsiveness or services provided by an upstream network service provider. Typical network through... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Azure AD",
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"IaaS",
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Google Workspace"
] | 1.3 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0c2d00da-7742-49e7-9928-4514e5075d32 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-13T14:10:43.424000Z | 2023-10-03T03:29:57.078000Z | Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable | Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking environment variables used to load libraries. The PATH environment variable contains a list of directories (User and System) that the OS searches sequentially through in search of the binary that was called from a script or the command line.
Adversarie... | [
{
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"phase_name": "persistence"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
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"description": "Elastic Security 7.17. (2022, February 1). Modification of Environment Variable via Launchctl. Retrieved September 28, 2023.",
"ex... | [
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"Windows",
"macOS",
"Linux"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0c4b4fda-9062-47da-98b9-ceae2dcf052a | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-14T13:35:32.938000Z | 2021-06-08T17:10:31.187000Z | Sharepoint | Adversaries may leverage the SharePoint repository as a source to mine valuable information. SharePoint will often contain useful information for an adversary to learn about the structure and functionality of the internal network and systems. For example, the following is a list of example information that may hold pot... | [
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"description": "Microsoft. (2017, July 19). Configure audit settings for a site collection. Retrieved April 4, 2018.",
"external_id": null,
"s... | [
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] | The user access logging within Microsoft's SharePoint can be configured to report access to certain pages and documents. (Citation: Microsoft SharePoint Logging). As information repositories generally have a considerably large user base, detection of malicious use can be non-trivial. At minimum, access to information r... | [
"enterprise-attack"
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"Windows",
"Office 365"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0c8ab3eb-df48-4b9c-ace7-beacaac81cc5 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:20.934000Z | 2024-04-16T12:25:24.480000Z | Direct Volume Access | Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring. Windows allows programs to have direct access to logical volumes. Programs with direct access may read and write files directly from the drive by analyzing file system data structures. This technique may bypass Windows f... | [
{
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"Windows",
"Network"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0cc222f5-c3ff-48e6-9f52-3314baf9d37e | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2024-03-11T13:37:31.836000Z | 2024-04-15T23:49:14.558000Z | Artificial Intelligence | Adversaries may obtain access to generative artificial intelligence tools, such as large language models (LLMs), to aid various techniques during targeting. These tools may be used to inform, bolster, and enable a variety of malicious tasks including conducting [Reconnaissance](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0043),... | [
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1588/007"
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"description": "Microsoft Threat Intelligence. (2024, February 14). Staying ahead of threat actors in the age of AI. Retrieved March 11, 2024.",
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"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0cf55441-b176-4332-89e7-2c4c7799d0ff | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-06-07T13:20:23.767000Z | 2023-10-16T16:41:53.957000Z | Email Hiding Rules | Adversaries may use email rules to hide inbound emails in a compromised user's mailbox. Many email clients allow users to create inbox rules for various email functions, including moving emails to other folders, marking emails as read, or deleting emails. Rules may be created or modified within email clients or through... | [
{
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}
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"external_id": "T1564.008",
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"description": "Apple. (n.d.). Use rules to manage emails you receive in Mail on Mac. Retrieved June 14, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
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] | Monitor email clients and applications for suspicious activity, such as missing messages or abnormal configuration and/or log entries.
On Windows systems, monitor for creation of suspicious inbox rules through the use of the <code>New-InboxRule</code> and <code>Set-InboxRule</code> PowerShell cmdlets.(Citation: Micros... | [
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"Windows",
"Office 365",
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Google Workspace"
] | 1.3 |
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{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
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"description": "FireEye. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "FireEye Cyber Threats to Media Industries",
... | [
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] | Monitor external websites for unplanned content changes. Monitor application logs for abnormal behavior that may indicate attempted or successful exploitation. Use deep packet inspection to look for artifacts of common exploit traffic, such as SQL injection. Web Application Firewalls may detect improper inputs attempti... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"IaaS",
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2024-03-29T12:38:17.135000Z | 2024-04-19T04:03:07.164000Z | Encrypted/Encoded File | Adversaries may encrypt or encode files to obfuscate strings, bytes, and other specific patterns to impede detection. Encrypting and/or encoding file content aims to conceal malicious artifacts within a file used in an intrusion. Many other techniques, such as [Software Packing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T102... | [
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"description": "Aspen Lindblom, Joseph Goodwin, and Chris Sheldon. (2021, July 19). Shlayer Malvertising Campaigns Still Using Flash Update Disguise. ... | [
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"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0dda99f0-4701-48ca-9774-8504922e92d3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T15:59:11.695000Z | 2021-04-15T03:31:05.302000Z | IP Addresses | Adversaries may gather the victim's IP addresses that can be used during targeting. Public IP addresses may be allocated to organizations by block, or a range of sequential addresses. Information about assigned IP addresses may include a variety of details, such as which IP addresses are in use. IP addresses may also e... | [
{
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1590.005",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1590/005"
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"description": "NTT America. (n.d.). Whois Lookup. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
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] | Much of this activity may have a very high occurrence and associated false positive rate, as well as potentially taking place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection difficult for defenders.
Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Initia... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0df05477-c572-4ed6-88a9-47c581f548f7 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-20T15:27:18.581000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:51.289000Z | OS Exhaustion Flood | Adversaries may launch a denial of service (DoS) attack targeting an endpoint's operating system (OS). A system's OS is responsible for managing the finite resources as well as preventing the entire system from being overwhelmed by excessive demands on its capacity. These attacks do not need to exhaust the actual resou... | [
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"phase_name": "impact"
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1499.001",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1499/001"
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"description": "Cisco. (n.d.). Detecting and Analyzing Network Threats With NetFlow. Retrieved April 25, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
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] | Detection of Endpoint DoS can sometimes be achieved before the effect is sufficient to cause significant impact to the availability of the service, but such response time typically requires very aggressive monitoring and responsiveness. Typical network throughput monitoring tools such as netflow, SNMP, and custom scrip... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0f20e3cb-245b-4a61-8a91-2d93f7cb0e9b | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:26.496000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:50.568000Z | Rootkit | Adversaries may use rootkits to hide the presence of programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and other system components. Rootkits are programs that hide the existence of malware by intercepting/hooking and modifying operating system API calls that supply system information. (Citation: Symantec Windows... | [
{
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"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1014",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1014"
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"description": "Kurtz, G. (2012, November 19). HTTP iframe Injecting Linux Rootkit. Retrieved December 21, 2017.",
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] | Some rootkit protections may be built into anti-virus or operating system software. There are dedicated rootkit detection tools that look for specific types of rootkit behavior. Monitor for the existence of unrecognized DLLs, devices, services, and changes to the MBR. (Citation: Wikipedia Rootkit) | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0f2c410d-d740-4ed9-abb1-b8f4a7faf6c3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-24T15:11:02.758000Z | 2023-10-20T17:04:13.976000Z | PowerShell Profile | Adversaries may gain persistence and elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by PowerShell profiles. A PowerShell profile (<code>profile.ps1</code>) is a script that runs when [PowerShell](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001) starts and can be used as a logon script to customize user envi... | [
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"phase_name": "persistence"
}
] | false | [
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"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/013"
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"description": "DeRyke, A.. (2019, June 7). Lab Notes: Persistence and Privilege Elevation using the Powershell Profile. Retrieved July 8, 2019.",
... | [
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] | Locations where <code>profile.ps1</code> can be stored should be monitored for new profiles or modifications. (Citation: Malware Archaeology PowerShell Cheat Sheet)(Citation: Microsoft Profiles) Example profile locations (user defaults as well as program-specific) include:
* <code>$PsHome\Profile.ps1</code>
* <code>$P... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-06-23T19:12:24.924000Z | 2021-08-16T21:02:05.142000Z | JavaScript | Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution. JavaScript (JS) is a platform-independent scripting language (compiled just-in-time at runtime) commonly associated with scripts in webpages, though JS can be executed in runtime environments outside the browser.(Citation: NodeJS)
JScript is th... | [
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"description": "OpenJS Foundation. (n.d.). Node.js. Retrieved June 23, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "NodeJS",
"url": "https... | [
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] | Monitor for events associated with scripting execution, such as process activity, usage of the Windows Script Host (typically cscript.exe or wscript.exe), file activity involving scripts, or loading of modules associated with scripting languages (ex: JScript.dll). Scripting execution is likely to perform actions with v... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"macOS",
"Linux"
] | 2.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--0ff59227-8aa8-4c09-bf1f-925605bd07ea | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T15:47:10.102000Z | 2022-10-21T14:32:48.393000Z | DNS | Adversaries may gather information about the victim's DNS that can be used during targeting. DNS information may include a variety of details, including registered name servers as well as records that outline addressing for a target’s subdomains, mail servers, and other hosts. DNS, MX, TXT, and SPF records may also rev... | [
{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1590.002",
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"description": "CIRCL Computer Incident Response Center. (n.d.). Passive DNS. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
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"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Much of this activity may have a very high occurrence and associated false positive rate, as well as potentially taking place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection difficult for defenders.
Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Initia... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1035cdf2-3e5f-446f-a7a7-e8f6d7925967 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:31:34.528000Z | 2024-01-23T22:53:18.389000Z | Audio Capture | An adversary can leverage a computer's peripheral devices (e.g., microphones and webcams) or applications (e.g., voice and video call services) to capture audio recordings for the purpose of listening into sensitive conversations to gather information.(Citation: ESET Attor Oct 2019)
Malware or scripts may be used to i... | [
{
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1123",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1123"
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"description": "Hromcova, Z. (2019, October). AT COMMANDS, TOR-BASED COMMUNICATIONS: MEET ATTOR, A FANTASY CREATURE AND ALSO A SPY PLATFORM. Retrieved May 6, ... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Detection of this technique may be difficult due to the various APIs that may be used. Telemetry data regarding API use may not be useful depending on how a system is normally used, but may provide context to other potentially malicious activity occurring on a system.
Behavior that could indicate technique use include... | [
"enterprise-attack"
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"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-10T16:03:18.865000Z | 2024-02-15T14:14:03.942000Z | Create or Modify System Process | Adversaries may create or modify system-level processes to repeatedly execute malicious payloads as part of persistence. When operating systems boot up, they can start processes that perform background system functions. On Windows and Linux, these system processes are referred to as services.(Citation: TechNet Services... | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1543",
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"description": "Apple. (n.d.). Creating Launch Daemons and Agents. Retrieved July 10, 2017.",
"external_id": null,
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"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor for changes to system processes that do not correlate with known software, patch cycles, etc., including by comparing results against a trusted system baseline. New, benign system processes may be created during installation of new software. Data and events should not be viewed in isolation, but as part of a ch... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"macOS",
"Linux",
"Containers"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--10d51417-ee35-4589-b1ff-b6df1c334e8d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:31:44.421000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:36.318000Z | External Remote Services | Adversaries may leverage external-facing remote services to initially access and/or persist within a network. Remote services such as VPNs, Citrix, and other access mechanisms allow users to connect to internal enterprise network resources from external locations. There are often remote service gateways that manage con... | [
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"description": null,
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"description": "Adair, S. (2015, October 7). Virtual Private Keylogging: Cisco Web VPNs Leveraged for Access and Persistence. Retrieved March 20, 2017.",
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Follow best practices for detecting adversary use of [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) for authenticating to remote services. Collect authentication logs and analyze for unusual access patterns, windows of activity, and access outside of normal business hours.
When authentication is not requi... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Linux",
"Containers",
"macOS"
] | 2.4 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--10ff21b9-5a01-4268-a1b5-3b55015f1847 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-24T14:21:52.750000Z | 2022-04-20T17:08:21.101000Z | LC_LOAD_DYLIB Addition | Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by the execution of tainted binaries. Mach-O binaries have a series of headers that are used to perform certain operations when a binary is loaded. The LC_LOAD_DYLIB header in a Mach-O binary tells macOS and OS X which dynamic libraries (dyl... | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1546.006",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/006"
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"description": "Patrick Wardle. (2015). Malware Persistence on OS X Yosemite. Retrieved July 10, 2017.",
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Co... | [
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"description": "Brian Krebs. (2023, May 30). Discord Admins Hacked by Malicious Bookmarks. Retrieved January 2, 2024.",
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"source_n... | [
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"enterprise-attack"
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"macOS",
"Windows",
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"Google Workspace"
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"description": "The Kubernetes Authors. (n.d.). Kubernetes CronJob. Retrieved March 29, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
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"enterprise-attack"
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"Containers"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--118f61a5-eb3e-4fb6-931f-2096647f4ecd | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-10T17:44:59.787000Z | 2022-03-11T18:26:23.432000Z | Domain Generation Algorithms | Adversaries may make use of Domain Generation Algorithms (DGAs) to dynamically identify a destination domain for command and control traffic rather than relying on a list of static IP addresses or domains. This has the advantage of making it much harder for defenders to block, track, or take over the command and contro... | [
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"description": "Sternfeld, U. (2016). Dissecting Domain Generation Algorithms: Eight Real World DGA Variants. Retrieved February 18, 2019.",
"exte... | [
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] | Detecting dynamically generated domains can be challenging due to the number of different DGA algorithms, constantly evolving malware families, and the increasing complexity of the algorithms. There is a myriad of approaches for detecting a pseudo-randomly generated domain name, including using frequency analysis, Mark... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--11f29a39-0942-4d62-92b6-fe236cf3066e | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-08-04T20:54:03.066000Z | 2021-10-14T21:09:59.588000Z | Double File Extension | Adversaries may abuse a double extension in the filename as a means of masquerading the true file type. A file name may include a secondary file type extension that may cause only the first extension to be displayed (ex: <code>File.txt.exe</code> may render in some views as just <code>File.txt</code>). However, the sec... | [
{
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"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
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] | false | [
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"description": "PCMag. (n.d.). Encyclopedia: double extension. Retrieved August 4, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
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] | Monitor for files written to disk that contain two file extensions, particularly when the second is an executable.(Citation: Seqrite DoubleExtension) | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-30T14:24:34.977000Z | 2023-04-21T12:35:39.112000Z | Bypass User Account Control | Adversaries may bypass UAC mechanisms to elevate process privileges on system. Windows User Account Control (UAC) allows a program to elevate its privileges (tracked as integrity levels ranging from low to high) to perform a task under administrator-level permissions, possibly by prompting the user for confirmation. Th... | [
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] | false | [
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"description": "Davidson, L. (n.d.). Windows 7 UAC whitelist. Retrieved November 12, 2014.",
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] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 2.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--132d5b37-aac5-4378-a8dc-3127b18a73dc | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-03-17T15:28:10.689000Z | 2021-03-25T17:03:26.632000Z | Internet Connection Discovery | Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems. This may be performed during automated discovery and can be accomplished in numerous ways such as using [Ping](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0097), <code>tracert</code>, and GET requests to websites.
Adversaries may use the results and respon... | [
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] | false | [
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"source_name": "mitre-attack",
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] | [
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] | System and network discovery techniques normally occur throughout an operation as an adversary learns the environment. Data and events should not be viewed in isolation, but as part of a chain of behavior that could lead to other activities, such as Command and Control, based on the information obtained.
Monitor proce... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1365fe3b-0f50-455d-b4da-266ce31c23b0 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-30T14:34:44.992000Z | 2022-03-14T16:28:19.781000Z | Sudo and Sudo Caching | Adversaries may perform sudo caching and/or use the sudoers file to elevate privileges. Adversaries may do this to execute commands as other users or spawn processes with higher privileges.
Within Linux and MacOS systems, sudo (sometimes referred to as "superuser do") allows users to perform commands from terminals wi... | [
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] | false | [
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"description": "Todd C. Miller. (2018). Sudo Man Page. Retrieved March 19, 2018.",
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... | [
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] | On Linux, auditd can alert every time a user's actual ID and effective ID are different (this is what happens when you sudo). This technique is abusing normal functionality in macOS and Linux systems, but sudo has the ability to log all input and output based on the <code>LOG_INPUT</code> and <code>LOG_OUTPUT</code> di... | [
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"Linux",
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--143c0cbb-a297-4142-9624-87ffc778980b | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-20T21:09:55.995000Z | 2020-03-25T22:48:14.605000Z | Archive via Custom Method | An adversary may compress or encrypt data that is collected prior to exfiltration using a custom method. Adversaries may choose to use custom archival methods, such as encryption with XOR or stream ciphers implemented with no external library or utility references. Custom implementations of well-known compression algor... | [
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"phase_name": "collection"
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] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1560.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1560/003"
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"description": "ESET. (2016, October). En Route with Sednit - Part 2: Observing the Comings and Goings. Retrieved November 21, 2016.",
"external_i... | [
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] | Custom archival methods can be very difficult to detect, since many of them use standard programming language concepts, such as bitwise operations. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--144e007b-e638-431d-a894-45d90c54ab90 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-08-30T18:03:05.864000Z | 2023-09-05T20:45:22.041000Z | Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure | An adversary may attempt to modify a cloud account's compute service infrastructure to evade defenses. A modification to the compute service infrastructure can include the creation, deletion, or modification of one or more components such as compute instances, virtual machines, and snapshots.
Permissions gained from t... | [
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] | false | [
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"external_id": "T1578",
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"description": "Mandiant. (2020, February). M-Trends 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Mandiant M-Trends 2020",
... | [
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] | Establish centralized logging for the activity of cloud compute infrastructure components. Monitor for suspicious sequences of events, such as the creation of multiple snapshots within a short period of time or the mount of a snapshot to a new instance by a new or unexpected user. To reduce false positives, valid chang... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"IaaS"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--149b477f-f364-4824-b1b5-aa1d56115869 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2024-03-28T03:29:35.616000Z | 2024-04-19T12:24:40.659000Z | Network Devices | Adversaries may compromise third-party network devices that can be used during targeting. Network devices, such as small office/home office (SOHO) routers, may be compromised where the adversary's ultimate goal is not [Initial Access](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001) to that environment -- instead leveraging th... | [
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"description": "Greenberg, A. (2022, November 10). Russia’s New Cyberwarfare in Ukraine Is Fast, Dirty, and Relentless. Retrieved March 22, 2023.",
... | [
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"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--155207c0-7f53-4f13-a06b-0a9907ef5096 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-02-21T20:46:57.170000Z | 2023-04-17T15:32:39.470000Z | Malvertising | Adversaries may purchase online advertisements that can be abused to distribute malware to victims. Ads can be purchased to plant as well as favorably position artifacts in specific locations online, such as prominently placed within search engine results. These ads may make it more difficult for users to distinguish ... | [
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"description": "BBC. (2011, March 29). Spotify ads hit by malware attack. Retrieved February 21, 2023.",
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"source_name": "... | [
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"PRE"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:55.471000Z | 2023-04-15T17:26:53.365000Z | Permission Groups Discovery | Adversaries may attempt to discover group and permission settings. This information can help adversaries determine which user accounts and groups are available, the membership of users in particular groups, and which users and groups have elevated permissions.
Adversaries may attempt to discover group permission setti... | [
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"description": null,
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"description": "Kubernetes. (n.d.). Authorization Overview. Retrieved June 24, 2021.",
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"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | System and network discovery techniques normally occur throughout an operation as an adversary learns the environment. Data and events should not be viewed in isolation, but as part of a chain of behavior that could lead to other activities, such as Lateral Movement, based on the information obtained.
Monitor processe... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
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"Azure AD",
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"IaaS",
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Google Workspace",
"Containers"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1608f3e1-598a-42f4-a01a-2e252e81728f | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:31:25.454000Z | 2023-09-29T21:06:03.098000Z | Email Collection | Adversaries may target user email to collect sensitive information. Emails may contain sensitive data, including trade secrets or personal information, that can prove valuable to adversaries. Adversaries can collect or forward email from mail servers or clients. | [
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"description": "McMichael, T.. (2015, June 8). Exchange and Office 365 Mail Forwarding. Retrieved October 8, 2019.",
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"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | There are likely a variety of ways an adversary could collect email from a target, each with a different mechanism for detection.
File access of local system email files for Exfiltration, unusual processes connecting to an email server within a network, or unusual access patterns or authentication attempts on a public... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Office 365",
"Google Workspace",
"macOS",
"Linux"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1644e709-12d2-41e5-a60f-3470991f5011 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-11T18:42:07.281000Z | 2023-07-24T18:53:10.860000Z | Security Account Manager | Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored. The SAM is a database file that contains local accounts for the host, typically those found with the <code>net use... | [
{
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"description": null,
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"description": "Flathers, R. (2018, February 19). creddump7. Retrieved April 11, 2018.",
"external_id": null,
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"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
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"enterprise-attack"
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"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--166de1c6-2814-4fe5-8438-4e80f76b169f | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T16:56:49.744000Z | 2021-04-15T03:50:44.113000Z | WHOIS | Adversaries may search public WHOIS data for information about victims that can be used during targeting. WHOIS data is stored by regional Internet registries (RIR) responsible for allocating and assigning Internet resources such as domain names. Anyone can query WHOIS servers for information about a registered domain,... | [
{
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"description": null,
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"description": "NTT America. (n.d.). Whois Lookup. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "WHOIS",
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"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Much of this activity may have a very high occurrence and associated false positive rate, as well as potentially taking place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection difficult for defenders.
Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Initia... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--16ab6452-c3c1-497c-a47d-206018ca1ada | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-12-19T19:43:34.507000Z | 2024-04-16T12:21:51.311000Z | System Firmware | Adversaries may modify system firmware to persist on systems.The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) and The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) are examples of system firmware that operate as the software interface between the operating system and hardware of a computer.(Ci... | [
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"description": null,
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"description": "Beek, C., Samani, R. (2017, March 8). CHIPSEC Support Against Vault 7 Disclosure Scanning. Retrieved March 13, 2017.",
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] | System firmware manipulation may be detected. (Citation: MITRE Trustworthy Firmware Measurement) Dump and inspect BIOS images on vulnerable systems and compare against known good images. (Citation: MITRE Copernicus) Analyze differences to determine if malicious changes have occurred. Log attempts to read/write to BIOS ... | [
"enterprise-attack"
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"Windows",
"Network"
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"external_id": "T1594",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1594"
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"description": "Bischoff, P. (2020, October 15). Broadvoice database of more than 350 million customer records exposed online. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
... | [
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] | Monitor for suspicious network traffic that could be indicative of adversary reconnaissance, such as rapid successions of requests indicative of web crawling and/or large quantities of requests originating from a single source (especially if the source is known to be associated with an adversary). Analyzing web metadat... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--16e94db9-b5b1-4cd0-b851-f38fbd0a70f2 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-21T21:15:33.222000Z | 2023-03-21T13:33:40.625000Z | Cloud Groups | Adversaries may attempt to find cloud groups and permission settings. The knowledge of cloud permission groups can help adversaries determine the particular roles of users and groups within an environment, as well as which users are associated with a particular group.
With authenticated access there are several tools ... | [
{
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"phase_name": "discovery"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1069.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1069/003"
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"description": "Amazon Web Services. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "AWS Get Bucket ACL",
"url": "h... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | System and network discovery techniques normally occur throughout an operation as an adversary learns the environment. Data and events should not be viewed in isolation, but as part of a chain of behavior that could lead to other activities, such as Lateral Movement, based on the information obtained.
Monitor processe... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Azure AD",
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"IaaS",
"Google Workspace"
] | 1.4 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--17cc750b-e95b-4d7d-9dde-49e0de24148c | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-13T11:42:14.444000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:38.651000Z | Services Registry Permissions Weakness | Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking the Registry entries used by services. Adversaries may use flaws in the permissions for Registry keys related to services to redirect from the originally specified executable to one that they control, in order to launch their own code when a service star... | [
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"phase_name": "privilege-escalation"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1574.011",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/011"
},
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"description": "@r0wdy_. (2017, November 30). Service Recovery Parameters. Retrieved April 9, 2018.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Twe... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Service changes are reflected in the Registry. Modification to existing services should not occur frequently. If a service binary path or failure parameters are changed to values that are not typical for that service and does not correlate with software updates, then it may be due to malicious activity. Data and events... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--17fd695c-b88c-455a-a3d1-43b6cb728532 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T16:57:45.044000Z | 2021-04-15T03:49:13.409000Z | DNS/Passive DNS | Adversaries may search DNS data for information about victims that can be used during targeting. DNS information may include a variety of details, including registered name servers as well as records that outline addressing for a target’s subdomains, mail servers, and other hosts.
Adversaries may search DNS data to ga... | [
{
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"phase_name": "reconnaissance"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1596.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596/001"
},
{
"description": "Hacker Target. (n.d.). DNS Dumpster. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "DNS Dumpster",
"ur... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Much of this activity may have a very high occurrence and associated false positive rate, as well as potentially taking place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection difficult for defenders.
Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Initia... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--18cffc21-3260-437e-80e4-4ab8bf2ba5e9 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-20T15:35:00.025000Z | 2022-03-25T18:07:45.176000Z | Application Exhaustion Flood | Adversaries may target resource intensive features of applications to cause a denial of service (DoS), denying availability to those applications. For example, specific features in web applications may be highly resource intensive. Repeated requests to those features may be able to exhaust system resources and deny acc... | [
{
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"phase_name": "impact"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1499.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1499/003"
},
{
"description": "Philippe Alcoy, Steinthor Bjarnason, Paul Bowen, C.F. Chui, Kirill Kasavchnko, and Gary Sockrider of Netscout Arbor. (2018, January). ... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Detection of Endpoint DoS can sometimes be achieved before the effect is sufficient to cause significant impact to the availability of the service, but such response time typically requires very aggressive monitoring and responsiveness. Typical network throughput monitoring tools such as netflow, SNMP, and custom scrip... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Azure AD",
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"IaaS",
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Google Workspace"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--191cc6af-1bb2-4344-ab5f-28e496638720 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-11T14:13:42.916000Z | 2024-04-13T14:47:31.204000Z | Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools | Adversaries may manipulate software dependencies and development tools prior to receipt by a final consumer for the purpose of data or system compromise. Applications often depend on external software to function properly. Popular open source projects that are used as dependencies in many applications may be targeted a... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "initial-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1195.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1195/001"
},
{
"description": "Trendmicro. (2018, November 29). Hacker Infects Node.js Package to Steal from Bitcoin Wallets. Retrieved April 10, 2019.",
"extern... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Use verification of distributed binaries through hash checking or other integrity checking mechanisms. Scan downloads for malicious signatures and attempt to test software and updates prior to deployment while taking note of potential suspicious activity. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--19401639-28d0-4c3c-adcc-bc2ba22f6421 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-01T02:14:18.044000Z | 2021-10-16T17:44:09.486000Z | Digital Certificates | Adversaries may buy and/or steal SSL/TLS certificates that can be used during targeting. SSL/TLS certificates are designed to instill trust. They include information about the key, information about its owner's identity, and the digital signature of an entity that has verified the certificate's contents are correct. If... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "resource-development"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1588.004",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1588/004"
},
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"description": "Fisher, D. (2012, October 31). Final Report on DigiNotar Hack Shows Total Compromise of CA Servers. Retrieved March 6, 2017.",
"ex... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Consider use of services that may aid in the tracking of newly issued certificates and/or certificates in use on sites across the Internet. In some cases it may be possible to pivot on known pieces of certificate information to uncover other adversary infrastructure.(Citation: Splunk Kovar Certificates 2017) Some serve... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--197ef1b9-e764-46c3-b96c-23f77985dc81 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-01T00:40:45.279000Z | 2021-04-15T02:49:49.702000Z | DNS Server | Adversaries may set up their own Domain Name System (DNS) servers that can be used during targeting. During post-compromise activity, adversaries may utilize DNS traffic for various tasks, including for Command and Control (ex: [Application Layer Protocol](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071)). Instead of hijacki... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "resource-development"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1583.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1583/002"
},
{
"description": "Hinchliffe, A. (2019, March 15). DNS Tunneling: how DNS can be (ab)used by malicious actors. Retrieved October 3, 2020.",
"externa... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Much of this activity will take place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection of this behavior difficult. Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Command and Control. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1988cc35-ced8-4dad-b2d1-7628488fa967 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-20T22:02:20.372000Z | 2023-04-20T18:16:41.942000Z | Disk Wipe | Adversaries may wipe or corrupt raw disk data on specific systems or in large numbers in a network to interrupt availability to system and network resources. With direct write access to a disk, adversaries may attempt to overwrite portions of disk data. Adversaries may opt to wipe arbitrary portions of disk data and/or... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "impact"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1561",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1561"
},
{
"description": "Cisco. (2022, August 16). erase - Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference . Retrieved July 13, 2022.",
"external_id": null,... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Look for attempts to read/write to sensitive locations like the partition boot sector, master boot record, disk partition table, or BIOS parameter block/superblock. Monitor for direct access read/write attempts using the <code>\\\\.\\</code> notation.(Citation: Microsoft Sysmon v6 May 2017) Monitor for unusual kernel d... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-15T16:27:31.768000Z | 2023-12-26T20:54:38.721000Z | DNS | Adversaries may communicate using the Domain Name System (DNS) application layer protocol to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with existing traffic. Commands to the remote system, and often the results of those commands, will be embedded within the protocol traffic between the client and server.
The D... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "command-and-control"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1071.004",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/004"
},
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"description": "Galobardes, R. (2018, October 30). Learn how easy is to bypass firewalls using DNS tunneling (and also how to block it). Retrieved Mar... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Analyze network data for uncommon data flows (e.g., a client sending significantly more data than it receives from a server). Processes utilizing the network that do not normally have network communication or have never been seen before are suspicious. Analyze packet contents to detect application layer protocols that ... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--19bf235b-8620-4997-b5b4-94e0659ed7c3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-11T18:47:46.619000Z | 2023-03-21T13:56:27.910000Z | Cloud Instance Metadata API | Adversaries may attempt to access the Cloud Instance Metadata API to collect credentials and other sensitive data.
Most cloud service providers support a Cloud Instance Metadata API which is a service provided to running virtual instances that allows applications to access information about the running virtual instanc... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1552.005",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/005"
},
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"description": "AWS. (n.d.). Instance Metadata and User Data. Retrieved July 18, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "AWS Instance Met... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor access to the Instance Metadata API and look for anomalous queries.
It may be possible to detect adversary use of credentials they have obtained such as in [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078). | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"IaaS"
] | 1.4 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1a80d097-54df-41d8-9d33-34e755ec5e72 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-12T18:56:31.051000Z | 2024-03-29T16:37:34.772000Z | Securityd Memory | An adversary with root access may gather credentials by reading `securityd`’s memory. `securityd` is a service/daemon responsible for implementing security protocols such as encryption and authorization.(Citation: Apple Dev SecurityD) A privileged adversary may be able to scan through `securityd`'s memory to find the c... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1555.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1555/002"
},
{
"description": "Alex Rymdeko-Harvey, Steve Borosh. (2016, May 14). External to DA, the OS X Way. Retrieved July 3, 2017.",
"external_id": null,
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor processes and command-line arguments for activity surrounded users searching for credentials or using automated tools to scan memory for passwords. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1b20efbf-8063-4fc3-a07d-b575318a301b | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-08-06T13:10:12.916000Z | 2023-01-06T12:41:08.579000Z | Group Policy Discovery | Adversaries may gather information on Group Policy settings to identify paths for privilege escalation, security measures applied within a domain, and to discover patterns in domain objects that can be manipulated or used to blend in the environment. Group Policy allows for centralized management of user and computer s... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "discovery"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1615",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1615"
},
{
"description": "Metcalf, S. (2016, March 14). Sneaky Active Directory Persistence #17: Group Policy. Retrieved March 5, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | System and network discovery techniques normally occur throughout an operation as an adversary learns the environment. Data and events should not be viewed in isolation, but as part of a chain of behavior that could lead to other activities based on the information obtained.
Monitor for suspicious use of <code>gpresul... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1b7b1806-7746-41a1-a35d-e48dae25ddba | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-12-19T21:05:38.123000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:47.417000Z | Bootkit | Adversaries may use bootkits to persist on systems. Bootkits reside at a layer below the operating system and may make it difficult to perform full remediation unless an organization suspects one was used and can act accordingly.
A bootkit is a malware variant that modifies the boot sectors of a hard drive, including ... | [
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"phase_name": "persistence"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1542.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1542/003"
},
{
"description": "Mandiant. (2016, February 25). Mandiant M-Trends 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Mandian... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Perform integrity checking on MBR and VBR. Take snapshots of MBR and VBR and compare against known good samples. Report changes to MBR and VBR as they occur for indicators of suspicious activity and further analysis. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1b7ba276-eedc-4951-a762-0ceea2c030ec | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:31.584000Z | 2021-10-15T22:17:35.218000Z | Data from Removable Media | Adversaries may search connected removable media on computers they have compromised to find files of interest. Sensitive data can be collected from any removable media (optical disk drive, USB memory, etc.) connected to the compromised system prior to Exfiltration. Interactive command shells may be in use, and common f... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "collection"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1025",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1025"
}
] | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor processes and command-line arguments for actions that could be taken to collect files from a system's connected removable media. Remote access tools with built-in features may interact directly with the Windows API to gather data. Data may also be acquired through Windows system management tools such as [Window... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1bae753e-8e52-4055-a66d-2ead90303ca9 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-09-22T17:45:10.241000Z | 2022-04-19T17:35:08.315000Z | Mavinject | Adversaries may abuse mavinject.exe to proxy execution of malicious code. Mavinject.exe is the Microsoft Application Virtualization Injector, a Windows utility that can inject code into external processes as part of Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V).(Citation: LOLBAS Mavinject)
Adversaries may abuse mavinje... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1218.013",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/013"
},
{
"description": "Fernando Martinez. (2021, July 6). Lazarus campaign TTPs and evolution. Retrieved September 22, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
"... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor the execution and arguments of mavinject.exe. Compare recent invocations of mavinject.exe with prior history of known good arguments and injected DLLs to determine anomalous and potentially adversarial activity.
Adversaries may rename abusable binaries to evade detections, but the argument <code>INJECTRUNNING<... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 2.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-13T21:13:10.467000Z | 2022-04-21T16:07:10.829000Z | Local Data Staging | Adversaries may stage collected data in a central location or directory on the local system prior to Exfiltration. Data may be kept in separate files or combined into one file through techniques such as [Archive Collected Data](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1560). Interactive command shells may be used, and comm... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "collection"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1074.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1074/001"
},
{
"description": "Smith, S., Stafford, M. (2021, December 14). DarkWatchman: A new evolution in fileless techniques. Retrieved January 10, 2022.",
"... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Processes that appear to be reading files from disparate locations and writing them to the same directory or file may be an indication of data being staged, especially if they are suspected of performing encryption or compression on the files, such as 7zip, RAR, ZIP, or zlib. Monitor publicly writeable directories, cen... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-10T20:43:10.239000Z | 2023-09-14T21:12:48.409000Z | Match Legitimate Name or Location | Adversaries may match or approximate the name or location of legitimate files or resources when naming/placing them. This is done for the sake of evading defenses and observation. This may be done by placing an executable in a commonly trusted directory (ex: under System32) or giving it the name of a legitimate, truste... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1036.005",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/005"
},
{
"description": "Carr, N.. (2018, October 25). Nick Carr Status Update Masquerading. Retrieved April 22, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"source_n... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Collect file hashes; file names that do not match their expected hash are suspect. Perform file monitoring; files with known names but in unusual locations are suspect. Likewise, files that are modified outside of an update or patch are suspect.
If file names are mismatched between the file name on disk and that of th... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Containers"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1cec9319-743b-4840-bb65-431547bce82a | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-01T01:42:24.974000Z | 2021-10-16T17:32:34.604000Z | Digital Certificates | Adversaries may create self-signed SSL/TLS certificates that can be used during targeting. SSL/TLS certificates are designed to instill trust. They include information about the key, information about its owner's identity, and the digital signature of an entity that has verified the certificate's contents are correct. ... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "resource-development"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1587.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1587/003"
},
{
"description": "Kovar, R. (2017, December 11). Tall Tales of Hunting with TLS/SSL Certificates. Retrieved October 16, 2020.",
"external_id": null,... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Consider use of services that may aid in the tracking of certificates in use on sites across the Internet. In some cases it may be possible to pivot on known pieces of certificate information to uncover other adversary infrastructure.(Citation: Splunk Kovar Certificates 2017)
Detection efforts may be focused on relate... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1cfcb312-b8d7-47a4-b560-4b16cc677292 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-02T14:22:24.410000Z | 2022-04-19T23:03:49.461000Z | Stored Data Manipulation | Adversaries may insert, delete, or manipulate data at rest in order to influence external outcomes or hide activity, thus threatening the integrity of the data.(Citation: FireEye APT38 Oct 2018)(Citation: DOJ Lazarus Sony 2018) By manipulating stored data, adversaries may attempt to affect a business process, organizat... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "impact"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1565.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1565/001"
},
{
"description": "Department of Justice. (2018, September 6). Criminal Complaint - United States of America v. PARK JIN HYOK. Retrieved March 29, 2019."... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Where applicable, inspect important file hashes, locations, and modifications for suspicious/unexpected values. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1d24cdee-9ea2-4189-b08e-af110bf2435d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-11T18:38:56.197000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:48.643000Z | Password Cracking | Adversaries may use password cracking to attempt to recover usable credentials, such as plaintext passwords, when credential material such as password hashes are obtained. [OS Credential Dumping](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003) can be used to obtain password hashes, this may only get an adversary so far when... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1110.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/002"
},
{
"description": "US-CERT. (2018, April 20). Alert (TA18-106A) Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Targeting Network Infrastructure Devices. Retrieved ... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | It is difficult to detect when hashes are cracked, since this is generally done outside the scope of the target network. Consider focusing efforts on detecting other adversary behavior used to acquire credential materials, such as [OS Credential Dumping](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003) or [Kerberoasting](htt... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Office 365",
"Azure AD",
"Network"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1e9eb839-294b-48cc-b0d3-c45555a2a004 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-19T18:46:06.098000Z | 2020-03-24T17:59:20.983000Z | Local Email Collection | Adversaries may target user email on local systems to collect sensitive information. Files containing email data can be acquired from a user’s local system, such as Outlook storage or cache files.
Outlook stores data locally in offline data files with an extension of .ost. Outlook 2010 and later supports .ost file siz... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "collection"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1114.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1114/001"
},
{
"description": "N. O'Bryan. (2018, May 30). Managing Outlook Cached Mode and OST File Sizes. Retrieved February 19, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor processes and command-line arguments for actions that could be taken to gather local email files. Monitor for unusual processes accessing local email files. Remote access tools with built-in features may interact directly with the Windows API to gather information. Information may also be acquired through Windo... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1eaebf46-e361-4437-bc23-d5d65a3b92e3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-12T18:55:24.728000Z | 2022-04-18T20:32:22.122000Z | Keychain | Adversaries may acquire credentials from Keychain. Keychain (or Keychain Services) is the macOS credential management system that stores account names, passwords, private keys, certificates, sensitive application data, payment data, and secure notes. There are three types of Keychains: Login Keychain, System Keychain, ... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1555.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1555/001"
},
{
"description": "Alex Rymdeko-Harvey, Steve Borosh. (2016, May 14). External to DA, the OS X Way. Retrieved July 3, 2017.",
"external_id": null,
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Unlocking the keychain and using passwords from it is a very common process, so there is likely to be a lot of noise in any detection technique. Monitoring of system calls to the keychain can help determine if there is a suspicious process trying to access it. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"macOS"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-23T17:46:59.535000Z | 2024-04-16T12:26:07.945000Z | Boot or Logon Autostart Execution | Adversaries may configure system settings to automatically execute a program during system boot or logon to maintain persistence or gain higher-level privileges on compromised systems. Operating systems may have mechanisms for automatically running a program on system boot or account logon.(Citation: Microsoft Run Key)... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "persistence"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "privilege-escalation"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1547",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547"
},
{
"description": "Langendorf, S. (2013, September 24). Windows Registry Persistence, Part 2: The Run Keys and Search-Order. Retrieved April 11, 2018.",
"ext... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor for additions or modifications of mechanisms that could be used to trigger autostart execution, such as relevant additions to the Registry. Look for changes that are not correlated with known updates, patches, or other planned administrative activity. Tools such as Sysinternals Autoruns may also be used to dete... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1ecfdab8-7d59-4c98-95d4-dc41970f57fc | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-21T16:22:09.493000Z | 2021-04-21T21:12:38.361000Z | LSA Secrets | Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.(Citation: Passcape LSA Secrets)(Citation: Microsoft AD Admin Tier Model)(Citation: Tilbury Windows Credentials) ... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1003.004",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/004"
},
{
"description": "Passcape. (n.d.). Windows LSA secrets. Retrieved February 21, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Passcape LSA Secret... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor processes and command-line arguments for program execution that may be indicative of credential dumping. Remote access tools may contain built-in features or incorporate existing tools like Mimikatz. PowerShell scripts also exist that contain credential dumping functionality, such as PowerSploit's Invoke-Mimika... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1f9012ef-1e10-4e48-915e-e03563435fe8 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-19T18:47:08.759000Z | 2020-10-21T22:37:49.258000Z | Weaken Encryption | Adversaries may compromise a network device’s encryption capability in order to bypass encryption that would otherwise protect data communications. (Citation: Cisco Synful Knock Evolution)
Encryption can be used to protect transmitted network traffic to maintain its confidentiality (protect against unauthorized disclo... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1600",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1600"
},
{
"description": "Graham Holmes. (2015, October 8). Evolution of attacks on Cisco IOS devices. Retrieved October 19, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"sourc... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | There is no documented method for defenders to directly identify behaviors that weaken encryption. Detection efforts may be focused on closely related adversary behaviors, such as [Modify System Image](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1601). Some detection methods require vendor support to aid in investigation. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Network"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--1f9c2bae-b441-4f66-a8af-b65946ee72f2 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-12-17T15:24:12.240000Z | 2024-03-01T17:55:56.116000Z | SAML Tokens | An adversary may forge SAML tokens with any permissions claims and lifetimes if they possess a valid SAML token-signing certificate.(Citation: Microsoft SolarWinds Steps) The default lifetime of a SAML token is one hour, but the validity period can be specified in the <code>NotOnOrAfter</code> value of the <code>condit... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1606.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1606/002"
},
{
"description": "Lambert, J. (2020, December 13). Important steps for customers to protect themselves from recent nation-state cyberattacks. Retrieved ... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | This technique may be difficult to detect as SAML tokens are signed by a trusted certificate. The forging process may not be detectable since it is likely to happen outside of a defender's visibility, but subsequent usage of the forged token may be seen. Monitor for anomalous logins using SAML tokens created by a compr... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Azure AD",
"SaaS",
"Windows",
"Office 365",
"Google Workspace",
"IaaS"
] | 1.3 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--208884f1-7b83-4473-ac22-4e1cf6c41471 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-03-08T22:40:06.918000Z | 2023-06-14T23:03:51.540000Z | Masquerade File Type | Adversaries may masquerade malicious payloads as legitimate files through changes to the payload's formatting, including the file’s signature, extension, and contents. Various file types have a typical standard format, including how they are encoded and organized. For example, a file’s signature (also known as header o... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1036.008",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/008"
},
{
"description": "Lim, M. (2022, September 27). More Than Meets the Eye: Exposing a Polyglot File That Delivers IcedID. Retrieved September 29, 2022.",
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--20fb2507-d71c-455d-9b6d-6104461cf26b | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-03-29T19:00:55.901000Z | 2022-07-28T18:47:11.957000Z | Service Stop | Adversaries may stop or disable services on a system to render those services unavailable to legitimate users. Stopping critical services or processes can inhibit or stop response to an incident or aid in the adversary's overall objectives to cause damage to the environment.(Citation: Talos Olympic Destroyer 2018)(Cita... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "impact"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1489",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1489"
},
{
"description": "Counter Threat Unit Research Team. (2017, May 18). WCry Ransomware Analysis. Retrieved March 26, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"source_... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor processes and command-line arguments to see if critical processes are terminated or stop running.
Monitor for edits for modifications to services and startup programs that correspond to services of high importance. Look for changes to services that do not correlate with known software, patch cycles, etc. Windo... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--212306d8-efa4-44c9-8c2d-ed3d2e224aa0 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-01T01:33:01.433000Z | 2022-01-14T17:14:27.890000Z | Malware | Adversaries may develop malware and malware components that can be used during targeting. Building malicious software can include the development of payloads, droppers, post-compromise tools, backdoors (including backdoored images), packers, C2 protocols, and the creation of infected removable media. Adversaries may de... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "resource-development"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1587.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1587/001"
},
{
"description": "Mandiant. (n.d.). APT1 Exposing One of China’s Cyber Espionage Units. Retrieved July 18, 2016.",
"external_id": null,
"source_... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Consider analyzing malware for features that may be associated with the adversary and/or their developers, such as compiler used, debugging artifacts, or code similarities. Malware repositories can also be used to identify additional samples associated with the adversary and identify development patterns over time.
Mu... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--215d9700-5881-48b8-8265-6449dbb7195d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-03-28T20:14:49.087000Z | 2023-05-04T18:07:16.804000Z | Device Driver Discovery | Adversaries may attempt to enumerate local device drivers on a victim host. Information about device drivers may highlight various insights that shape follow-on behaviors, such as the function/purpose of the host, present security tools (i.e. [Security Software Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1518/001))... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "discovery"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1652",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1652"
},
{
"description": "Kerrisk, M. (2022, December 18). lsmod(8) — Linux manual page. Retrieved March 28, 2023.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "lsmod ... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-21T21:08:26.480000Z | 2024-04-15T21:33:57.732000Z | Domain Account | Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of domain accounts. This information can help adversaries determine which domain accounts exist to aid in follow-on behavior such as targeting specific accounts which possess particular privileges.
Commands such as <code>net user /domain</code> and <code>net group /domain</code... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "discovery"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1087.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087/002"
},
{
"description": "CrowdStrike. (2022, January 27). Early Bird Catches the Wormhole: Observations from the StellarParticle Campaign. Retrieved February 7... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | System and network discovery techniques normally occur throughout an operation as an adversary learns the environment. Data and events should not be viewed in isolation, but as part of a chain of behavior that could lead to other activities, such as Lateral Movement, based on the information obtained.
Monitor processe... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--22522668-ddf6-470b-a027-9d6866679f67 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-12-18T16:33:13.098000Z | 2023-03-22T14:17:17.353000Z | Active Setup | Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine. Active Setup is a Windows mechanism that is used to execute programs when a user logs in. The value stored in the Registry key will be executed after a user logs into the computer.(Citation: Klein Active Setup 2010) T... | [
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"phase_name": "persistence"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "privilege-escalation"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1547.014",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/014"
},
{
"description": "Baumgartner, K., Guerrero-Saade, J. (2015, March 4). Who’s Really Spreading through the Bright Star?. Retrieved December 18, 2020.",
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor Registry key additions and/or modifications to <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\</code>.
Tools such as Sysinternals Autoruns may also be used to detect system changes that could be attempts at persistence, including listing the Active Setup Registry locations and st... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-26T17:41:25.933000Z | 2024-03-29T17:45:48.126000Z | Hide Artifacts | Adversaries may attempt to hide artifacts associated with their behaviors to evade detection. Operating systems may have features to hide various artifacts, such as important system files and administrative task execution, to avoid disrupting user work environments and prevent users from changing files or features on t... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1564",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1564"
},
{
"description": "Amit Serper. (2016). Cybereason Lab Analysis OSX.Pirrit. Retrieved December 10, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Cybereaso... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor files, processes, and command-line arguments for actions indicative of hidden artifacts. Monitor event and authentication logs for records of hidden artifacts being used. Monitor the file system and shell commands for hidden attribute usage. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Office 365"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--232a7e42-cd6e-4902-8fe9-2960f529dd4d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-12T14:10:50.699000Z | 2023-09-15T18:57:21.881000Z | Dynamic Data Exchange | Adversaries may use Windows Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) to execute arbitrary commands. DDE is a client-server protocol for one-time and/or continuous inter-process communication (IPC) between applications. Once a link is established, applications can autonomously exchange transactions consisting of strings, warm data l... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "execution"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1559.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/002"
},
{
"description": " Albinowax Timo Goosen. (n.d.). CSV Injection. Retrieved February 7, 2022.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "OWASP CSV In... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor processes for abnormal behavior indicative of DDE abuse, such as Microsoft Office applications loading DLLs and other modules not typically associated with the application or these applications spawning unusual processes (such as cmd.exe).
OLE, Office Open XML, CSV, and other files can be scanned for ‘DDEAUTO'... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.3 |
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