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"description": "Lich, B., Miroshnikov, A. (2017, April 5). 4720(S): A user account was created. Retrieved June 30, 2017.",
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... | [
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] | Monitor for processes and command-line parameters associated with domain account creation, such as <code>net user /add /domain</code>. Collect data on account creation within a network. Event ID 4720 is generated when a user account is created on a Windows domain controller. (Citation: Microsoft User Creation Event) Pe... | [
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Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Initia... | [
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] | Monitor for anomalous Kerberos activity, such as malformed or blank fields in Windows logon/logoff events (Event ID 4624, 4672, 4634), RC4 encryption within TGTs, and TGS requests without preceding TGT requests.(Citation: ADSecurity Kerberos and KRBTGT)(Citation: CERT-EU Golden Ticket Protection)(Citation: Stealthbits ... | [
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--774a3188-6ba9-4dc4-879d-d54ee48a5ce9 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:29.458000Z | 2024-01-24T00:04:01.066000Z | Automated Exfiltration | Adversaries may exfiltrate data, such as sensitive documents, through the use of automated processing after being gathered during Collection.(Citation: ESET Gamaredon June 2020)
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"description": "Boutin, J. (2020, June 11). Gamaredon group grows its game. Retrieved June 16, 2020.",
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] | Monitor process file access patterns and network behavior. Unrecognized processes or scripts that appear to be traversing file systems and sending network traffic may be suspicious. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--774ad5bb-2366-4c13-a8a9-65e50b292e7c | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T16:47:16.719000Z | 2021-10-17T16:35:09.668000Z | Client Configurations | Adversaries may gather information about the victim's client configurations that can be used during targeting. Information about client configurations may include a variety of details and settings, including operating system/version, virtualization, architecture (ex: 32 or 64 bit), language, and/or time zone.
Adversar... | [
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"description": "Blasco, J. (2014, August 28). Scanbox: A Reconnaissance Framework Used with Watering Hole Attacks. Retrieved October 19, 2020.",
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"PRE"
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Cloud environments typically uti... | [
{
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"description": "A. Randazzo, B. Manahan and S. Lipton. (2020, April 28). Finding Evil in AWS. Retrieved June 25, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
... | [
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] | Monitor cloud logs for modification or creation of new security groups or firewall rules. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"IaaS"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--77eae145-55db-4519-8ae5-77b0c7215d69 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-10T19:55:29.385000Z | 2021-10-14T21:01:59.733000Z | Right-to-Left Override | Adversaries may abuse the right-to-left override (RTLO or RLO) character (U+202E) to disguise a string and/or file name to make it appear benign. RTLO is a non-printing Unicode character that causes the text that follows it to be displayed in reverse. For example, a Windows screensaver executable named <code>March 25 \... | [
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"description": "Security Ninja. (2015, April 16). Spoof Using Right to Left Override (RTLO) Technique. Retrieved April 22, 2019.",
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] | Detection methods should include looking for common formats of RTLO characters within filenames such as <code>\u202E</code>, <code>[U+202E]</code>, and <code>%E2%80%AE</code>. Defenders should also check their analysis tools to ensure they do not interpret the RTLO character and instead print the true name of the file ... | [
"enterprise-attack"
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"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7807d3a4-a885-4639-a786-c1ed41484970 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-01T02:06:11.499000Z | 2021-10-17T16:15:52.805000Z | Malware | Adversaries may buy, steal, or download malware that can be used during targeting. Malicious software can include payloads, droppers, post-compromise tools, backdoors, packers, and C2 protocols. Adversaries may acquire malware to support their operations, obtaining a means for maintaining control of remote machines, ev... | [
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"description": "FireEye. (2014). SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS: From Quartermaster to SunshopFireEye. Retrieved March 6, 2017.",
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... | [
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] | Consider analyzing malware for features that may be associated with malware providers, such as compiler used, debugging artifacts, code similarities, or even group identifiers associated with specific MaaS offerings. Malware repositories can also be used to identify additional samples associated with the developers and... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--791481f8-e96a-41be-b089-a088763083d4 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-12-19T20:21:21.669000Z | 2022-04-01T20:43:55.632000Z | Component Firmware | Adversaries may modify component firmware to persist on systems. Some adversaries may employ sophisticated means to compromise computer components and install malicious firmware that will execute adversary code outside of the operating system and main system firmware or BIOS. This technique may be similar to [System Fi... | [
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{
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] | Data and telemetry from use of device drivers (i.e. processes and API calls) and/or provided by SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) disk monitoring may reveal malicious manipulations of components.(Citation: SanDisk SMART)(Citation: SmartMontools) Otherwise, this technique may be difficult to det... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:55.892000Z | 2023-04-11T22:27:54.003000Z | Indicator Removal | Adversaries may delete or modify artifacts generated within systems to remove evidence of their presence or hinder defenses. Various artifacts may be created by an adversary or something that can be attributed to an adversary’s actions. Typically these artifacts are used as defensive indicators related to monitored eve... | [
{
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] | File system monitoring may be used to detect improper deletion or modification of indicator files. Events not stored on the file system may require different detection mechanisms. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
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"Network",
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--79a4052e-1a89-4b09-aea6-51f1d11fe19c | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-15T15:30:42.378000Z | 2020-03-28T00:43:24.228000Z | Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol | Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over a symmetrically encrypted network protocol other than that of the existing command and control channel. The data may also be sent to an alternate network location from the main command and control server.
Symmetric encryption algorithms are those that use shared or t... | [
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"description": "Gardiner, J., Cova, M., Nagaraja, S. (2014, February). Command & Control Understanding, Denying and Detecting. Retrieved April 20, 20... | [
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] | 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.(Citation: University of Birmingham C2)
Artifacts and evidence of ... | [
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--79a47ad0-fc3b-4821-9f01-a026b1ddba21 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-11-07T20:29:17.788000Z | 2021-08-16T21:27:10.873000Z | Office Template Macros | Adversaries may abuse Microsoft Office templates to obtain persistence on a compromised system. Microsoft Office contains templates that are part of common Office applications and are used to customize styles. The base templates within the application are used each time an application starts. (Citation: Microsoft Chang... | [
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"description": "Max Goncharov. (2015, July 15). Criminal Hideouts for Lease: Bulletproof Hosting Services. Retrieved March 6, 2017.",
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] | Once adversaries have provisioned a VPS (ex: for use as a command and control server), internet scans may reveal servers that adversaries have acquired. Consider looking for identifiable patterns such as services listening, certificates in use, SSL/TLS negotiation features, or other response artifacts associated with a... | [
"enterprise-attack"
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Adversaries may leverage Confluence repositories to mine valuable information. Often found in development environments alongside Atlassian JIRA, Confluence is generally used to store development-related documentation, however, in general may contain more diverse categories of useful information, such as:
* Policies, ... | [
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"description": "Atlassian. (2018, January 9). How to Enable User Access Logging. Retrieved April 4, 2018.",
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"enterprise-attack"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7b211ac6-c815-4189-93a9-ab415deca926 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-30T17:03:43.072000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:38.108000Z | Pass the Ticket | Adversaries may “pass the ticket” using stolen Kerberos tickets to move laterally within an environment, bypassing normal system access controls. Pass the ticket (PtT) is a method of authenticating to a system using Kerberos tickets without having access to an account's password. Kerberos authentication can be used as ... | [
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"description": "Metcalf, S. (2014, November 22). Mimikatz and Active Directory Kerberos Attacks. Retrieved June 2, 2016.",
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Event ID 4769 is generated on the Domain Controller when using a golden ... | [
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"external_id": "T1609",
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"description": "Docker. (n.d.). Docker Exec. Retrieved March 29, 2021.",
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"source_name": "Docker Exec",
"url": "https://docs.d... | [
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] | Container administration service activities and executed commands can be captured through logging of process execution with command-line arguments on the container and the underlying host. In Docker, the daemon log provides insight into events at the daemon and container service level. Kubernetes system component logs ... | [
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"Containers"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:31:04.710000Z | 2024-04-16T12:40:10.978000Z | File and Directory Discovery | Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system. Adversaries may use the information from [File and Directory Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1083) during automated discovery to shape follow-on be... | [
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"phase_name": "discovery"
}
] | false | [
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"external_id": "T1083",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1083"
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"description": "Tomonaga, S. (2016, January 26). Windows Commands Abused by Attackers. Retrieved February 2, 2016.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name... | [
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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 Collection and Exfiltration, based on the information obtained.
Monit... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network"
] | 1.6 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7bd9c723-2f78-4309-82c5-47cad406572b | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-10T17:28:11.747000Z | 2022-03-11T18:26:23.782000Z | Dynamic Resolution | Adversaries may dynamically establish connections to command and control infrastructure to evade common detections and remediations. This may be achieved by using malware that shares a common algorithm with the infrastructure the adversary uses to receive the malware's communications. These calculations can be used to ... | [
{
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"phase_name": "command-and-control"
}
] | false | [
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"external_id": "T1568",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1568"
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"description": "Brumaghin, E. et al. (2017, September 18). CCleanup: A Vast Number of Machines at Risk. Retrieved March 9, 2018.",
"external_id": null,
... | [
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] | Detecting dynamically generated C2 can be challenging due to the number of different algorithms, constantly evolving malware families, and the increasing complexity of the algorithms. There are multiple approaches to detecting a pseudo-randomly generated domain name, including using frequency analysis, Markov chains, e... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-10T20:30:07.426000Z | 2023-09-29T20:30:58.300000Z | Masquerade Task or Service | Adversaries may attempt to manipulate the name of a task or service to make it appear legitimate or benign. Tasks/services executed by the Task Scheduler or systemd will typically be given a name and/or description.(Citation: TechNet Schtasks)(Citation: Systemd Service Units) Windows services will have a service name a... | [
{
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"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
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"external_id": "T1036.004",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036/004"
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"description": "Doctor Web. (2014, November 21). Linux.BackDoor.Fysbis.1. Retrieved December 7, 2017.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "F... | [
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] | Look for changes to tasks and services that do not correlate with known software, patch cycles, etc. Suspicious program execution through scheduled tasks or services may show up as outlier processes that have not been seen before when compared against historical data. Monitor processes and command-line arguments for ac... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7c0f17c9-1af6-4628-9cbd-9e45482dd605 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-14T01:29:43.786000Z | 2021-10-18T12:23:46.476000Z | Asynchronous Procedure Call | Adversaries may inject malicious code into processes via the asynchronous procedure call (APC) queue in order to evade process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate privileges. APC injection is a method of executing arbitrary code in the address space of a separate live process.
APC injection is commonly perform... | [
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}
] | false | [
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"external_id": "T1055.004",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1055/004"
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"description": "Microsoft. (n.d.). Asynchronous Procedure Calls. Retrieved December 8, 2017.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Microsoft ... | [
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] | Monitoring Windows API calls indicative of the various types of code injection may generate a significant amount of data and may not be directly useful for defense unless collected under specific circumstances for known bad sequences of calls, since benign use of API functions may be common and difficult to distinguish... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7c46b364-8496-4234-8a56-f7e6727e21e1 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-19T13:40:11.118000Z | 2023-04-14T23:23:30.327000Z | Traffic Duplication | Adversaries may leverage traffic mirroring in order to automate data exfiltration over compromised infrastructure. Traffic mirroring is a native feature for some devices, often used for network analysis. For example, devices may be configured to forward network traffic to one or more destinations for analysis by a netw... | [
{
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"phase_name": "exfiltration"
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] | false | [
{
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"external_id": "T1020.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1020/001"
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"description": "Amazon Web Services. (n.d.). How Traffic Mirroring works. Retrieved March 17, 2022.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "AWS... | [
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] | Monitor network traffic for uncommon data flows (e.g. unusual network communications, suspicious communications that have never been seen before, communications sending fixed size data packets at regular intervals). Analyze packet contents to detect communications that do not follow the expected protocol behavior for ... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Network",
"IaaS"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7d20fff9-8751-404e-badd-ccd71bda0236 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2022-04-09T15:06:32.458000Z | 2022-04-20T22:00:33.375000Z | Plist File Modification | Adversaries may modify property list files (plist files) to enable other malicious activity, while also potentially evading and bypassing system defenses. macOS applications use plist files, such as the <code>info.plist</code> file, to store properties and configuration settings that inform the operating system how to ... | [
{
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"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1647",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1647"
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"description": "ESET. (2012, January 1). OSX/Flashback. Retrieved April 19, 2022.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "eset_osx_flashback",
"url... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor for common command-line editors used to modify plist files located in auto-run locations, such as <code>\~/LaunchAgents</code>, <code>~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagementagent/backgrounditems.btm</code>, and an application's <code>Info.plist</code>.
Monitor for plist file modificat... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"macOS"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7d57b371-10c2-45e5-b3cc-83a8fb380e4c | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-24T14:47:41.795000Z | 2020-11-10T18:29:31.052000Z | AppCert DLLs | Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by AppCert DLLs loaded into processes. Dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) that are specified in the <code>AppCertDLLs</code> Registry key under <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\</... | [
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{
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"phase_name": "persistence"
}
] | false | [
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"external_id": "T1546.009",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/009"
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"description": "Hosseini, A. (2017, July 18). Ten Process Injection Techniques: A Technical Survey Of Common And Trending Process Injection Techniques... | [
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] | Monitor DLL loads by processes, specifically looking for DLLs that are not recognized or not normally loaded into a process. Monitor the AppCertDLLs Registry value for modifications that do not correlate with known software, patch cycles, etc. Monitor and analyze application programming interface (API) calls that are i... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7d77a07d-02fe-4e88-8bd9-e9c008c01bf0 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-19T18:54:47.103000Z | 2023-04-12T20:47:47.583000Z | Email Forwarding Rule | Adversaries may setup email forwarding rules to collect sensitive information. Adversaries may abuse email forwarding rules to monitor the activities of a victim, steal information, and further gain intelligence on the victim or the victim’s organization to use as part of further exploits or operations.(Citation: US-CE... | [
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"phase_name": "collection"
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1114.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1114/003"
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"description": "Apple. (n.d.). Reply to, forward, or redirect emails in Mail on Mac. Retrieved June 22, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
"source_n... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Detection is challenging because all messages forwarded because of an auto-forwarding rule have the same presentation as a manually forwarded message. It is also possible for the user to not be aware of the addition of such an auto-forwarding rule and not suspect that their account has been compromised; email-forwardin... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Office 365",
"Windows",
"Google Workspace",
"macOS",
"Linux"
] | 1.3 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:58.938000Z | 2022-07-20T20:07:40.167000Z | Data Staged | Adversaries may stage collected data in a central location or directory 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 common functionality wit... | [
{
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"phase_name": "collection"
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] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1074",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1074"
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"description": "Mandiant. (2020, February). M-Trends 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Mandiant M-Trends 2020",
... | [
"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"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"IaaS",
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 1.4 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7de1f7ac-5d0c-4c9c-8873-627202205331 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2022-08-03T03:20:58.955000Z | 2023-03-02T19:06:41.828000Z | Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates | Adversaries may steal or forge certificates used for authentication to access remote systems or resources. Digital certificates are often used to sign and encrypt messages and/or files. Certificates are also used as authentication material. For example, Azure AD device certificates and Active Directory Certificate Serv... | [
{
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"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1649",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1649"
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"description": "HarmJ0y. (2018, August 22). SharpDPAPI - Certificates. Retrieved August 2, 2022.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "GitHub GhostPa... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Azure AD"
] | 1.1 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7decb26c-715c-40cf-b7e0-026f7d7cc215 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2022-03-04T18:30:38.989000Z | 2023-10-03T17:38:39.065000Z | Device Registration | Adversaries may register a device to an adversary-controlled account. Devices may be registered in a multifactor authentication (MFA) system, which handles authentication to the network, or in a device management system, which handles device access and compliance.
MFA systems, such as Duo or Okta, allow users to assoc... | [
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{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
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}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/005"
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"description": "Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (2022, March 15). Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Gain Network Access by Exploi... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Azure AD",
"Windows",
"SaaS"
] | 1.2 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:45.139000Z | 2022-09-06T22:35:34.231000Z | System Network Connections Discovery | Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of network connections to or from the compromised system they are currently accessing or from remote systems by querying for information over the network.
An adversary who gains access to a system that is part of a cloud-based environment may map out Virtual Private Clouds or ... | [
{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1049",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1049"
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"description": "Amazon. (n.d.). What Is Amazon VPC?. Retrieved October 6, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Amazon AWS VPC Guide",
"url... | [
"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 | [
"Windows",
"IaaS",
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Network"
] | 2.4 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7e3beebd-8bfe-4e7b-a892-e44ab06a75f9 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-01T00:36:30.759000Z | 2024-03-28T03:53:28.299000Z | Compromise Infrastructure | Adversaries may compromise third-party infrastructure that can be used during targeting. Infrastructure solutions include physical or cloud servers, domains, network devices, and third-party web and DNS services. Instead of buying, leasing, or renting infrastructure an adversary may compromise infrastructure and use it... | [
{
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"phase_name": "resource-development"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1584",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1584"
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"description": "Amnesty International Security Lab. (2021, July 18). Forensic Methodology Report: How to catch NSO Group’s Pegasus. Retrieved February 22, 202... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Consider monitoring for anomalous changes to domain registrant information and/or domain resolution information that may indicate the compromise of a domain. Efforts may need to be tailored to specific domains of interest as benign registration and resolution changes are a common occurrence on the internet.
Once adve... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.5 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7e7c2fba-7cca-486c-9582-4c1bb2851961 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-02-22T14:20:31.650000Z | 2023-03-22T14:19:50.768000Z | Mark-of-the-Web Bypass | Adversaries may abuse specific file formats to subvert Mark-of-the-Web (MOTW) controls. In Windows, when files are downloaded from the Internet, they are tagged with a hidden NTFS Alternate Data Stream (ADS) named <code>Zone.Identifier</code> with a specific value known as the MOTW.(Citation: Microsoft Zone.Identifier ... | [
{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1553.005",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1553/005"
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"description": "Beek, C. (2020, December 3). Investigating the Use of VHD Files By Cybercriminals. Retrieved February 22, 2021.",
"external_id": n... | [
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] | Monitor compressed/archive and image files downloaded from the Internet as the contents may not be tagged with the MOTW. Data and events should not be viewed in isolation, but as part of a chain of behavior that could lead to other activities.(Citation: Disable automount for ISO) | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7efba77e-3bc4-4ca5-8292-d8201dcd64b5 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-19T19:11:18.757000Z | 2020-10-21T22:37:48.503000Z | Disable Crypto Hardware | Adversaries disable a network device’s dedicated hardware encryption, which may enable them to leverage weaknesses in software encryption in order to reduce the effort involved in collecting, manipulating, and exfiltrating transmitted data.
Many network devices such as routers, switches, and firewalls, perform encrypt... | [
{
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1600.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1600/002"
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"description": "Omar Santos. (2020, October 19). Attackers Continue to Target Legacy Devices. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | There is no documented method for defenders to directly identify behaviors that disable cryptographic hardware. Detection efforts may be focused on closely related adversary behaviors, such as [Modify System Image](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1601) and [Network Device CLI](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Network"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--7f0ca133-88c4-40c6-a62f-b3083a7fbc2e | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-11-13T14:44:49.439000Z | 2024-02-26T14:26:14.364000Z | Pre-OS Boot | Adversaries may abuse Pre-OS Boot mechanisms as a way to establish persistence on a system. During the booting process of a computer, firmware and various startup services are loaded before the operating system. These programs control flow of execution before the operating system takes control.(Citation: Wikipedia Boot... | [
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{
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}
] | false | [
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"description": "Pinola, M. (2014, December 14). 3 tools to check your hard drive's health and make sure it's not already dying on you. Retrieved October 2, 20... | [
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] | Perform integrity checking on pre-OS boot mechanisms that can be manipulated for malicious purposes. Take snapshots of boot records and firmware and compare against known good images. Log changes to boot records, BIOS, and EFI, which can be performed by API calls, and compare against known good behavior and patching.
... | [
"enterprise-attack"
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"Linux",
"Windows",
"Network",
"macOS"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--800f9819-7007-4540-a520-40e655876800 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-03-30T17:54:03.944000Z | 2023-04-15T16:22:09.807000Z | Build Image on Host | Adversaries may build a container image directly on a host to bypass defenses that monitor for the retrieval of malicious images from a public registry. A remote <code>build</code> request may be sent to the Docker API that includes a Dockerfile that pulls a vanilla base image, such as alpine, from a public or local re... | [
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"description": "Assaf Morag. (2020, July 15). Threat Alert: Attackers Building Malicious Images on Your Hosts. Retrieved March 29, 2021.",
"external_id": ... | [
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] | Monitor for unexpected Docker image build requests to the Docker daemon on hosts in the environment. Additionally monitor for subsequent network communication with anomalous IPs that have never been seen before in the environment that indicate the download of malicious code. | [
"enterprise-attack"
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"Containers"
] | 1.3 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--806a49c4-970d-43f9-9acc-ac0ee11e6662 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-14T01:27:31.344000Z | 2021-10-18T12:21:11.178000Z | Portable Executable Injection | Adversaries may inject portable executables (PE) into processes in order to evade process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate privileges. PE injection is a method of executing arbitrary code in the address space of a separate live process.
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"description": "Hosseini, A. (2017, July 18). Ten Process Injection Techniques: A Technical Survey Of Common And Trending Process Injection Techniques... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitoring Windows API calls indicative of the various types of code injection may generate a significant amount of data and may not be directly useful for defense unless collected under specific circumstances for known bad sequences of calls, since benign use of API functions may be common and difficult to distinguish... | [
"enterprise-attack"
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"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--808e6329-ca91-4b87-ac2d-8eadc5f8f327 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-08-10T13:59:38.443000Z | 2022-05-20T17:35:28.221000Z | Verclsid | Adversaries may abuse verclsid.exe to proxy execution of malicious code. Verclsid.exe is known as the Extension CLSID Verification Host and is responsible for verifying each shell extension before they are used by Windows Explorer or the Windows Shell.(Citation: WinOSBite verclsid.exe)
Adversaries may abuse verclsid.e... | [
{
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}
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1218.012",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/012"
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"description": "BOHOPS. (2018, August 18). Abusing the COM Registry Structure (Part 2): Hijacking & Loading Techniques. Retrieved August 10, 2020.",
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Use process monitoring to monitor the execution and arguments of verclsid.exe. Compare recent invocations of verclsid.exe with prior history of known good arguments and loaded files to determine anomalous and potentially adversarial activity. Command arguments used before and after the invocation of verclsid.exe may al... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 2.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--81033c3b-16a4-46e4-8fed-9b030dd03c4a | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-01T01:17:15.965000Z | 2023-04-11T01:08:56.774000Z | Compromise Accounts | Adversaries may compromise accounts with services that can be used during targeting. For operations incorporating social engineering, the utilization of an online persona may be important. Rather than creating and cultivating accounts (i.e. [Establish Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1585)), adversaries m... | [
{
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"phase_name": "resource-development"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1586",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1586"
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"description": "Bright, P. (2011, February 15). Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack. Retrieved March 9, 2017.",
"external_id": null,
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Consider monitoring social media activity related to your organization. Suspicious activity may include personas claiming to work for your organization or recently modified accounts making numerous connection requests to accounts affiliated with your organization.
Much of this activity will take place outside the visi... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--810aa4ad-61c9-49cb-993f-daa06199421d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-10T18:26:56.187000Z | 2021-10-15T18:40:23.141000Z | Launchctl | Adversaries may abuse launchctl to execute commands or programs. Launchctl interfaces with launchd, the service management framework for macOS. Launchctl supports taking subcommands on the command-line, interactively, or even redirected from standard input.(Citation: Launchctl Man)
Adversaries use launchctl to execute... | [
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1569.001",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1569/001"
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"description": "SS64. (n.d.). launchctl. Retrieved March 28, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Launchctl Man",
"url": "https://... | [
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] | Every Launch Agent and Launch Daemon must have a corresponding plist file on disk which can be monitored. Monitor for recently modified or created plist files with a significant change to the executable path executed with the command-line <code>launchctl</code> command. Plist files are located in the root, system, and ... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"macOS"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--810d8072-afb6-4a56-9ee7-86379ac4a6f3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-01T00:58:35.269000Z | 2022-04-19T15:55:58.319000Z | Botnet | Adversaries may compromise numerous third-party systems to form a botnet that can be used during targeting. A botnet is a network of compromised systems that can be instructed to perform coordinated tasks.(Citation: Norton Botnet) Instead of purchasing/renting a botnet from a booter/stresser service, adversaries may bu... | [
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}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1584.005",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1584/005"
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"description": "Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit Threat Intelligence. (2015, October 13). Dridex (Bugat v5) Botnet Takeover Operation. Retrieved M... | [
"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 [Phishing](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1566), [Endpoint Denial of Service](https://... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--818302b2-d640-477b-bf88-873120ce85c4 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-20T00:09:33.072000Z | 2022-04-19T20:28:09.848000Z | Network Device CLI | Adversaries may abuse scripting or built-in command line interpreters (CLI) on network devices to execute malicious command and payloads. The CLI is the primary means through which users and administrators interact with the device in order to view system information, modify device operations, or perform diagnostic and ... | [
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}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1059.008",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/008"
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"description": "Cisco. (n.d.). Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Command History. Retrieved October 21, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"s... | [
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] | Consider reviewing command history in either the console or as part of the running memory to determine if unauthorized or suspicious commands were used to modify device configuration.(Citation: Cisco IOS Software Integrity Assurance - Command History)
Consider comparing a copy of the network device configuration again... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Network"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8187bd2a-866f-4457-9009-86b0ddedffa3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-04T13:02:11.685000Z | 2022-03-08T21:34:44.728000Z | Bash History | Adversaries may search the bash command history on compromised systems for insecurely stored credentials. Bash keeps track of the commands users type on the command-line with the "history" utility. Once a user logs out, the history is flushed to the user’s <code>.bash_history</code> file. For each user, this file resid... | [
{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1552.003",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/003"
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"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"
] | Monitoring when the user's <code>.bash_history</code> is read can help alert to suspicious activity. While users do typically rely on their history of commands, they often access this history through other utilities like "history" instead of commands like <code>cat ~/.bash_history</code>. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--824add00-99a1-4b15-9a2d-6c5683b7b497 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-10-08T14:06:28.212000Z | 2023-10-03T16:40:15.445000Z | Downgrade Attack | Adversaries may downgrade or use a version of system features that may be outdated, vulnerable, and/or does not support updated security controls. Downgrade attacks typically take advantage of a system’s backward compatibility to force it into less secure modes of operation.
Adversaries may downgrade and use various ... | [
{
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1562.010",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/010"
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"description": "Bart Lenaerts-Bergman. (2023, March 14). WHAT ARE DOWNGRADE ATTACKS?. Retrieved May 24, 2023.",
"external_id": null,
"source_n... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor for commands or other activity that may be indicative of attempts to abuse older or deprecated technologies (ex: <code>powershell –v 2</code>). Also monitor for other abnormal events, such as execution of and/or processes spawning from a version of a tool that is not expected in the environment.
Monitor for Wi... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Linux",
"macOS"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8252f135-ed26-4ce1-ae61-f26e94429a19 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-10-12T06:45:36.763000Z | 2022-04-20T22:54:47.164000Z | XPC Services | Adversaries can provide malicious content to an XPC service daemon for local code execution. macOS uses XPC services for basic inter-process communication between various processes, such as between the XPC Service daemon and third-party application privileged helper tools. Applications can send messages to the XPC Serv... | [
{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1559.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/003"
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"description": "Apple. (2016, September 9). Creating XPC Services. Retrieved April 19, 2022.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "creatingXP... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"macOS"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--82caa33e-d11a-433a-94ea-9b5a5fbef81d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-04-17T22:22:24.505000Z | 2021-10-18T14:57:48.989000Z | Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion | Adversaries may employ various means to detect and avoid virtualization and analysis environments. This may include changing behaviors based on the results of checks for the presence of artifacts indicative of a virtual machine environment (VME) or sandbox. If the adversary detects a VME, they may alter their malware t... | [
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"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "discovery"
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1497",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1497"
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"description": "Torello, A. & Guibernau, F. (n.d.). Environment Awareness. Retrieved May 18, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Deloitte Env... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Virtualization, sandbox, user activity, and related discovery techniques will likely occur in the first steps of an operation but may also occur throughout 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, s... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"macOS",
"Linux"
] | 1.3 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:31:13.915000Z | 2020-03-26T23:26:10.297000Z | Web Service | Adversaries may use an existing, legitimate external Web service as a means for relaying data to/from a compromised system. Popular websites and social media acting as a mechanism for C2 may give a significant amount of cover due to the likelihood that hosts within a network are already communicating with them prior to... | [
{
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"phase_name": "command-and-control"
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1102",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1102"
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"description": "Gardiner, J., Cova, M., Nagaraja, S. (2014, February). Command & Control Understanding, Denying and Detecting. Retrieved April 20, 2016.",
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Host data that can relate unknown or suspicious process activity using a network connection is important to supplement any existing indicators of compromise based on malware command and control signatures and infrastructure or the presence of strong encryption. Packet capture analysis will require SSL/TLS inspection if... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--837f9164-50af-4ac0-8219-379d8a74cefc | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-04T12:52:13.006000Z | 2024-04-15T21:33:00.213000Z | Credentials In Files | Adversaries may search local file systems and remote file shares for files containing insecurely stored credentials. These can be files created by users to store their own credentials, shared credential stores for a group of individuals, configuration files containing passwords for a system or service, or source code/b... | [
{
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1552.001",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/001"
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"description": "CG. (2014, May 20). Mimikatz Against Virtual Machine Memory Part 1. Retrieved November 12, 2014.",
"external_id": null,
"sourc... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | While detecting adversaries accessing these files may be difficult without knowing they exist in the first place, it may be possible to detect adversary use of credentials they have obtained. Monitor the command-line arguments of executing processes for suspicious words or regular expressions that may indicate searchin... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"IaaS",
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Containers"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--83a766f8-1501-4b3a-a2de-2e2849e8dfc1 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-11T14:56:34.154000Z | 2020-03-27T20:54:28.287000Z | DNS Calculation | Adversaries may perform calculations on addresses returned in DNS results to determine which port and IP address to use for command and control, rather than relying on a predetermined port number or the actual returned IP address. A IP and/or port number calculation can be used to bypass egress filtering on a C2 channe... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "command-and-control"
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{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1568.003",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1568/003"
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"description": "Meyers, A. (2013, March 29). Whois Numbered Panda. Retrieved January 14, 2016.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Meyers N... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Detection for this technique is difficult because it would require knowledge of the specific implementation of the port calculation algorithm. Detection may be possible by analyzing DNS records if the algorithm is known. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-23T19:32:49.557000Z | 2022-03-11T20:38:28.802000Z | Mshta | Adversaries may abuse mshta.exe to proxy execution of malicious .hta files and Javascript or VBScript through a trusted Windows utility. There are several examples of different types of threats leveraging mshta.exe during initial compromise and for execution of code (Citation: Cylance Dust Storm) (Citation: Red Canary ... | [
{
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"description": null,
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/005"
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"description": "Gross, J. (2016, February 23). Operation Dust Storm. Retrieved December 22, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Cylan... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Use process monitoring to monitor the execution and arguments of mshta.exe. Look for mshta.exe executing raw or obfuscated script within the command-line. Compare recent invocations of mshta.exe with prior history of known good arguments and executed .hta files to determine anomalous and potentially adversarial activit... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 2.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--84601337-6a55-4ad7-9c35-79e0d1ea2ab3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-10-05T21:26:15.081000Z | 2021-10-18T16:36:37.042000Z | Login Items | Adversaries may add login items to execute upon user login to gain persistence or escalate privileges. Login items are applications, documents, folders, or server connections that are automatically launched when a user logs in.(Citation: Open Login Items Apple) Login items can be added via a shared file list or Service... | [
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{
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"phase_name": "privilege-escalation"
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1547.015",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/015"
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"description": "Apple. (n.d.). Open items automatically when you log in on Mac. Retrieved October 1, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | All login items created via shared file lists are viewable by using the System Preferences GUI or in the <code>~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagementagent/backgrounditems.btm</code> file.(Citation: Open Login Items Apple)(Citation: Startup Items Eclectic)(Citation: objsee block blocking login ... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"macOS"
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"description": "Adair, S. and Lancaster, T. (2020, November 6). OceanLotus: Extending Cyber Espionage Operations Through Fake Websites. Retrieved November 20,... | [
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Much of this activity will take place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection of this beh... | [
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] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--84ae8255-b4f4-4237-b5c5-e717405a9701 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-03-17T20:35:08.429000Z | 2024-04-28T15:57:26.842000Z | Link Target | Adversaries may put in place resources that are referenced by a link that can be used during targeting. An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to divulge information (including credentials) or to gain execution, as in [Malicious Link](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1204/001). Links c... | [
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"phase_name": "resource-development"
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"description": "Ashwin Vamshi. (2019, January 24). Targeted Attacks Abusing Google Cloud Platform Open Redirection. Retrieved August 18, 2022.",
"... | [
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] | If infrastructure or patterns in malicious web content have been previously identified, internet scanning may uncover when an adversary has staged web content to make it accessible for targeting.
Much of this activity will take place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection of this behavior ... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.4 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--84e02621-8fdf-470f-bd58-993bb6a89d91 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:31:15.935000Z | 2020-07-14T19:43:38.181000Z | Multi-Stage Channels | Adversaries may create multiple stages for command and control that are employed under different conditions or for certain functions. Use of multiple stages may obfuscate the command and control channel to make detection more difficult.
Remote access tools will call back to the first-stage command and control server f... | [
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] | [
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] | Host data that can relate unknown or suspicious process activity using a network connection is important to supplement any existing indicators of compromise based on malware command and control signatures and infrastructure. Relating subsequent actions that may result from Discovery of the system and network informatio... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--851e071f-208d-4c79-adc6-5974c85c78f3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-08-18T20:50:04.222000Z | 2024-04-11T20:22:14.359000Z | Financial Theft | Adversaries may steal monetary resources from targets through extortion, social engineering, technical theft, or other methods aimed at their own financial gain at the expense of the availability of these resources for victims. Financial theft is the ultimate objective of several popular campaign types including extort... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "impact"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1657",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
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"description": "CloudFlare. (n.d.). What is vendor email compromise (VEC)?. Retrieved September 12, 2023.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "VEC",... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"Google Workspace"
] | 1.1 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--853c4192-4311-43e1-bfbb-b11b14911852 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-01-31T02:10:08.261000Z | 2022-05-03T02:39:29.314000Z | Execution Guardrails | Adversaries may use execution guardrails to constrain execution or actions based on adversary supplied and environment specific conditions that are expected to be present on the target. Guardrails ensure that a payload only executes against an intended target and reduces collateral damage from an adversary’s campaign.(... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1480",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1480"
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"description": "McWhirt, M., Carr, N., Bienstock, D. (2019, December 4). Breaking the Rules: A Tough Outlook for Home Page Attacks (CVE-2017-11774). Retrieved... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Detecting the use of guardrails may be difficult depending on the implementation. Monitoring for suspicious processes being spawned that gather a variety of system information or perform other forms of [Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007), especially in a short period of time, may aid in detection. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8565825b-21c8-4518-b75e-cbc4c717a156 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2021-10-01T17:58:26.445000Z | 2022-04-11T22:29:43.677000Z | Cloud Storage Object Discovery | Adversaries may enumerate objects in cloud storage infrastructure. Adversaries may use this information during automated discovery to shape follow-on behaviors, including requesting all or specific objects from cloud storage. Similar to [File and Directory Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1083) on a loc... | [
{
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"phase_name": "discovery"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1619",
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"description": "Amazon - ListObjectsV2. Retrieved October 4, 2021.",
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"url": "https://docs.aws... | [
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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 Collection and Exfiltration, based on the information obtained.
Monit... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"IaaS"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--861b8fd2-57f3-4ee1-ab5d-c19c3b8c7a4a | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-12-17T02:14:34.178000Z | 2023-09-19T21:25:10.511000Z | Web Cookies | Adversaries may forge web cookies that can be used to gain access to web applications or Internet services. Web applications and services (hosted in cloud SaaS environments or on-premise servers) often use session cookies to authenticate and authorize user access.
Adversaries may generate these cookies in order to gai... | [
{
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"phase_name": "credential-access"
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] | false | [
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"source_name": "mitre-attack",
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"description": "Cash, D. et al. (2020, December 14). Dark Halo Leverages SolarWinds Compromise to Breach Organizations. Retrieved December 29, 2020.",... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor for anomalous authentication activity, such as logons or other user session activity associated with unknown accounts. Monitor for unexpected and abnormal access to resources, including access of websites and cloud-based applications by the same user in different locations or by different systems that do not ma... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"SaaS",
"IaaS"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--866d0d6d-02c6-42bd-aa2f-02907fdc0969 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-07-10T16:50:57.587000Z | 2023-09-30T22:18:46.711000Z | Log Enumeration | Adversaries may enumerate system and service logs to find useful data. These logs may highlight various types of valuable insights for an adversary, such as user authentication records ([Account Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087)), security or vulnerable software ([Software Discovery](https://attack.... | [
{
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"phase_name": "discovery"
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] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1654",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
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"description": "Mandiant Intelligence. (2023, May 16). SIM Swapping and Abuse of the Microsoft Azure Serial Console: Serial Is Part of a Well Balanced Attack.... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"IaaS"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--86850eff-2729-40c3-b85e-c4af26da4a2d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-18T16:39:06.289000Z | 2024-01-10T17:57:36.177000Z | Token Impersonation/Theft | Adversaries may duplicate then impersonate another user's existing token to escalate privileges and bypass access controls. For example, an adversary can duplicate an existing token using `DuplicateToken` or `DuplicateTokenEx`.(Citation: DuplicateToken function) The token can then be used with `ImpersonateLoggedOnUser`... | [
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{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
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}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1134.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/001"
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"description": "Mathers, B. (2017, March 7). Command line process auditing. Retrieved April 21, 2017.",
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"source_name": "M... | [
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] | If an adversary is using a standard command-line shell, analysts can detect token manipulation by auditing command-line activity. Specifically, analysts should look for use of the <code>runas</code> command. Detailed command-line logging is not enabled by default in Windows.(Citation: Microsoft Command-line Logging)
A... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--86a96bf6-cf8b-411c-aaeb-8959944d64f7 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-09T14:51:11.772000Z | 2023-09-15T19:08:16.882000Z | Exfiltration to Code Repository | Adversaries may exfiltrate data to a code repository rather than over their primary command and control channel. Code repositories are often accessible via an API (ex: https://api.github.com). Access to these APIs are often over HTTPS, which gives the adversary an additional level of protection.
Exfiltration to a code... | [
{
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"phase_name": "exfiltration"
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] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1567.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1567/001"
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] | [
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] | Analyze network data for uncommon data flows (e.g., a client sending significantly more data than it receives from a server) to code repositories. Processes utilizing the network that do not normally have network communication or have never been seen before are suspicious. User behavior monitoring may help to detect ab... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8861073d-d1b8-4941-82ce-dce621d398f0 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-02-21T19:38:13.371000Z | 2023-04-14T22:27:04.095000Z | Cloud Services | Adversaries may log into accessible cloud services within a compromised environment using [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) that are synchronized with or federated to on-premises user identities. The adversary may then perform management actions or access cloud-hosted resources as the logged-o... | [
{
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"phase_name": "lateral-movement"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1021.007",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/007"
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] | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Office 365",
"Azure AD",
"SaaS",
"IaaS",
"Google Workspace"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8868cb5b-d575-4a60-acb2-07d37389a2fd | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-07-01T18:23:25.002000Z | 2022-03-11T18:31:23.996000Z | Port Knocking | Adversaries may use port knocking to hide open ports used for persistence or command and control. To enable a port, an adversary sends a series of attempted connections to a predefined sequence of closed ports. After the sequence is completed, opening a port is often accomplished by the host based firewall, but could a... | [
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1205/001"
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"description": "Hartrell, Greg. (2002, August). Get a handle on cd00r: The invisible backdoor. Retrieved October 13, 2018.",
"external_id": null,
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Record network packets sent to and from the system, looking for extraneous packets that do not belong to established flows. | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--887274fc-2d63-4bdc-82f3-fae56d1d5fdc | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-09-29T15:28:42.409000Z | 2023-10-17T02:12:05.242000Z | LNK Icon Smuggling | Adversaries may smuggle commands to download malicious payloads past content filters by hiding them within otherwise seemingly benign windows shortcut files. Windows shortcut files (.LNK) include many metadata fields, including an icon location field (also known as the `IconEnvironmentDataBlock`) designed to specify th... | [
{
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"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1027.012",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1027/012"
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"description": "Unprotect Project. (2019, March 18). Shortcut Hiding. Retrieved October 3, 2023.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Unprot... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--88d31120-5bc7-4ce3-a9c0-7cf147be8e54 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-01T00:50:29.936000Z | 2024-01-16T22:47:59.395000Z | Web Services | Adversaries may register for web services that can be used during targeting. A variety of popular websites exist for adversaries to register for a web-based service that can be abused during later stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as during Command and Control ([Web Service](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1... | [
{
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1583.006",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1583/006"
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"description": "FireEye Labs. (2015, July). HAMMERTOSS: Stealthy Tactics Define a Russian Cyber Threat Group. Retrieved September 17, 2015.",
"ext... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Once adversaries leverage the web service as infrastructure (ex: for command and control), it may be possible to look for unique characteristics associated with adversary software, if known.(Citation: ThreatConnect Infrastructure Dec 2020)
Much of this activity will take place outside the visibility of the target orga... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--890c9858-598c-401d-a4d5-c67ebcdd703a | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-09-04T15:54:25.684000Z | 2024-03-24T19:41:54.832000Z | Steal Application Access Token | Adversaries can steal application access tokens as a means of acquiring credentials to access remote systems and resources.
Application access tokens are used to make authorized API requests on behalf of a user or service and are commonly used as a way to access resources in cloud and container-based applications and ... | [
{
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"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1528",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1528"
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"description": "Amnesty International. (2019, August 16). Evolving Phishing Attacks Targeting Journalists and Human Rights Defenders from the Middle-East and ... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Administrators should set up monitoring to trigger automatic alerts when policy criteria are met. For example, using a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), admins can create a “High severity app permissions” policy that generates alerts if apps request high severity permissions or send permissions requests for too many... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"SaaS",
"Office 365",
"Azure AD",
"Google Workspace",
"Containers"
] | 1.3 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8982a661-d84c-48c0-b4ec-1db29c6cf3bc | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T17:08:57.386000Z | 2021-04-15T03:41:33.335000Z | Spearphishing Attachment | Adversaries may send spearphishing messages with a malicious attachment to elicit sensitive information that can be used during targeting. Spearphishing for information is an attempt to trick targets into divulging information, frequently credentials or other actionable information. Spearphishing for information freque... | [
{
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] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1598.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1598/002"
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"description": "Ducklin, P. (2020, October 2). Serious Security: Phishing without links – when phishers bring along their own web pages. Retrieved Oct... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor for suspicious email activity, such as numerous accounts receiving messages from a single unusual/unknown sender. Filtering based on DKIM+SPF or header analysis can help detect when the email sender is spoofed.(Citation: Microsoft Anti Spoofing)(Citation: ACSC Email Spoofing) | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8a2f40cf-8325-47f9-96e4-b1ca4c7389bd | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-19T16:10:15.008000Z | 2024-02-28T14:35:00.862000Z | Additional Cloud Credentials | Adversaries may add adversary-controlled credentials to a cloud account to maintain persistent access to victim accounts and instances within the environment.
For example, adversaries may add credentials for Service Principals and Applications in addition to existing legitimate credentials in Azure AD.(Citation: Micro... | [
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}
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/001"
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"description": " Vaishnav Murthy and Joel Eng. (2023, January 30). How Adversaries Can Persist with AWS User Federation. Retrieved March 10, 2023.",
... | [
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] | Monitor Azure Activity Logs for Service Principal and Application modifications. Monitor for the usage of APIs that create or import SSH keys, particularly by unexpected users or accounts such as the root account.
Monitor for use of credentials at unusual times or to unusual systems or services. This may also correlat... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"IaaS",
"Azure AD",
"SaaS"
] | 2.7 |
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] | false | [
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"description": "Brian Krebs. (2023, May 30). Discord Admins Hacked by Malicious Bookmarks. Retrieved January 2, 2024.",
"external_id": null,
"source_n... | [
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] | Monitor the execution of and command-line arguments for applications that may be used by an adversary to gain Initial Access that require user interaction. This includes compression applications, such as those for zip files, that can be used to [Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniqu... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"Windows",
"macOS",
"IaaS",
"Containers"
] | 1.6 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8c41090b-aa47-4331-986b-8c9a51a91103 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-20T14:31:34.778000Z | 2022-07-28T18:55:35.988000Z | Internal Defacement | An adversary may deface systems internal to an organization in an attempt to intimidate or mislead users, thus discrediting the integrity of the systems. This may take the form of modifications to internal websites, or directly to user systems with the replacement of the desktop wallpaper.(Citation: Novetta Blockbuster... | [
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}
] | false | [
{
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"external_id": "T1491.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1491/001"
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"description": "Novetta Threat Research Group. (2016, February 24). Operation Blockbuster: Destructive Malware Report. Retrieved March 2, 2016.",
... | [
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] | Monitor internal and 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 atte... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8c4aef43-48d5-49aa-b2af-c0cd58d30c3d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-13T20:12:40.876000Z | 2022-04-19T02:31:01.315000Z | Hidden Users | Adversaries may use hidden users to hide the presence of user accounts they create or modify. Administrators may want to hide users when there are many user accounts on a given system or if they want to hide their administrative or other management accounts from other users.
In macOS, adversaries can create or modify... | [
{
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"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1564.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1564/002"
},
{
"description": "Amit Serper. (2016). Cybereason Lab Analysis OSX.Pirrit. Retrieved December 10, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "C... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor for users that may be hidden from the login screen but still present in additional artifacts of usage such as directories and authentication logs.
Monitor processes and command-line events for actions that could be taken to add a new user and subsequently hide it from login screens. Monitor Registry events fo... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Linux"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8cdeb020-e31e-4f88-a582-f53dcfbda819 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-18T18:03:37.481000Z | 2024-01-10T17:55:46.905000Z | Make and Impersonate Token | Adversaries may make new tokens and impersonate users to escalate privileges and bypass access controls. For example, if an adversary has a username and password but the user is not logged onto the system the adversary can then create a logon session for the user using the `LogonUser` function.(Citation: LogonUserW fun... | [
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{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "privilege-escalation"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1134.003",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1134/003"
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"description": "Mathers, B. (2017, March 7). Command line process auditing. Retrieved April 21, 2017.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "M... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | If an adversary is using a standard command-line shell, analysts can detect token manipulation by auditing command-line activity. Specifically, analysts should look for use of the <code>runas</code> command. Detailed command-line logging is not enabled by default in Windows.(Citation: Microsoft Command-line Logging)
I... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8d7bd4f5-3a89-4453-9c82-2c8894d5655e | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-11T18:43:06.253000Z | 2020-06-17T14:25:38.082000Z | Group Policy Preferences | Adversaries may attempt to find unsecured credentials in Group Policy Preferences (GPP). GPP are tools that allow administrators to create domain policies with embedded credentials. These policies allow administrators to set local accounts.(Citation: Microsoft GPP 2016)
These group policies are stored in SYSVOL on a d... | [
{
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"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1552.006",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/006"
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"description": "Microsoft. (2016, August 31). Group Policy Preferences. Retrieved March 9, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Micros... | [
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] | Monitor for attempts to access SYSVOL that involve searching for XML files.
Deploy a new XML file with permissions set to Everyone:Deny and monitor for Access Denied errors.(Citation: ADSecurity Finding Passwords in SYSVOL) | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8e350c1d-ac79-4b5c-bd4e-7476d7e84ec5 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-15T15:34:30.767000Z | 2021-10-15T22:44:11.953000Z | Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol | Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over an asymmetrically encrypted network protocol other than that of the existing command and control channel. The data may also be sent to an alternate network location from the main command and control server.
Asymmetric encryption algorithms are those that use differen... | [
{
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] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1048.002",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1048/002"
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"description": "Gardiner, J., Cova, M., Nagaraja, S. (2014, February). Command & Control Understanding, Denying and Detecting. Retrieved April 20, 20... | [
"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.(Citation: University of Birmingham C2) | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8f104855-e5b7-4077-b1f5-bc3103b41abe | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-21T21:08:36.570000Z | 2021-03-16T12:54:41.133000Z | Cloud Account | Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of cloud accounts. Cloud accounts are those created and configured by an organization for use by users, remote support, services, or for administration of resources within a cloud service provider or SaaS application.
With authenticated access there are several tools that can b... | [
{
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"phase_name": "discovery"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1087.004",
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"description": "Microsoft. (n.d.). Get-MsolRoleMember. Retrieved October 6, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Microsoft msolrolemem... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor processes, command-line arguments, and logs for actions that could be taken to gather information about cloud accounts, including the use of calls to cloud APIs that perform account discovery.
System and network discovery techniques normally occur throughout an operation as an adversary learns the environment,... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Azure AD",
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"IaaS",
"Google Workspace"
] | 1.2 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:48.728000Z | 2024-04-16T12:43:55.369000Z | Process Discovery | Adversaries may attempt to get information about running processes on a system. Information obtained could be used to gain an understanding of common software/applications running on systems within the network. Administrator or otherwise elevated access may provide better process details. Adversaries may use the inform... | [
{
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"phase_name": "discovery"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1057",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1057"
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"description": "Cisco. (2022, August 16). show processes - . Retrieved July 13, 2022.",
"external_id": null,
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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 Lateral Movement, based on the information obtained.
Normal, benign s... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--8f504411-cb96-4dac-a537-8d2bb7679c59 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-21T20:56:06.498000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:47.940000Z | Impair Command History Logging | Adversaries may impair command history logging to hide commands they run on a compromised system. Various command interpreters keep track of the commands users type in their terminal so that users can retrace what they've done.
On Linux and macOS, command history is tracked in a file pointed to by the environment var... | [
{
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"description": "jak. (2020, June 27). Live Discover - PowerShell command audit. Retrieved August 21, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Correlating a user session with a distinct lack of new commands in their <code>.bash_history</code> can be a clue to suspicious behavior. Additionally, users checking or changing their <code>HISTCONTROL</code>, <code>HISTFILE</code>, or <code>HISTFILESIZE</code> environment variables may be suspicious.
Monitor for mod... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--90c4a591-d02d-490b-92aa-619d9701ac04 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-03-30T22:45:00.431000Z | 2023-05-04T18:02:51.318000Z | Network Provider DLL | Adversaries may register malicious network provider dynamic link libraries (DLLs) to capture cleartext user credentials during the authentication process. Network provider DLLs allow Windows to interface with specific network protocols and can also support add-on credential management functions.(Citation: Network Provi... | [
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"description": null,
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1556/008"
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"description": " Dray Agha. (2022, August 16). Cleartext Shenanigans: Gifting User Passwords to Adversaries With NPPSPY. Retrieved March 30, 2023.",
... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--910906dd-8c0a-475a-9cc1-5e029e2fad58 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-24T14:07:56.276000Z | 2024-04-13T14:08:20.882000Z | Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription | Adversaries may establish persistence and elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) event subscription. WMI can be used to install event filters, providers, consumers, and bindings that execute code when a defined event occurs. Examples of events that may ... | [
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{
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"phase_name": "persistence"
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/003"
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"description": "Ballenthin, W., et al. (2015). Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Offense, Defense, and Forensics. Retrieved March 30, 2016.",
... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor WMI event subscription entries, comparing current WMI event subscriptions to known good subscriptions for each host. Tools such as Sysinternals Autoruns may also be used to detect WMI changes that could be attempts at persistence.(Citation: TechNet Autoruns)(Citation: Medium Detecting WMI Persistence) Monitor f... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.4 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--91177e6d-b616-4a03-ba4b-f3b32f7dda75 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T16:59:56.648000Z | 2021-04-15T03:47:55.905000Z | CDNs | Adversaries may search content delivery network (CDN) data about victims that can be used during targeting. CDNs allow an organization to host content from a distributed, load balanced array of servers. CDNs may also allow organizations to customize content delivery based on the requestor’s geographical region.
Advers... | [
{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1596.004",
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"description": "Swisscom & Digital Shadows. (2017, September 6). Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) Can Leave You Exposed – How You Might Be Affected An... | [
"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--91541e7e-b969-40c6-bbd8-1b5352ec2938 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-06T21:04:12.454000Z | 2021-10-18T14:57:48.362000Z | User Activity Based Checks | Adversaries may employ various user activity checks to detect and avoid virtualization and analysis environments. This may include changing behaviors based on the results of checks for the presence of artifacts indicative of a virtual machine environment (VME) or sandbox. If the adversary detects a VME, they may alter ... | [
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{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
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}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1497.002",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1497/002"
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"description": "Torello, A. & Guibernau, F. (n.d.). Environment Awareness. Retrieved May 18, 2021.",
"external_id": null,
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"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | User activity-based checks will likely occur in the first steps of an operation but may also occur throughout 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 informat... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--926d8cfd-1d0d-4da2-ab49-3ca10ec3f3b5 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2022-05-27T14:06:05.130000Z | 2022-10-25T15:49:14.785000Z | Cloud Accounts | Adversaries may create accounts with cloud providers that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use cloud accounts to further their operations, including leveraging cloud storage services such as Dropbox, MEGA, Microsoft OneDrive, or AWS S3 buckets for [Exfiltration to Cloud Storage](https://attack.mitre.org/te... | [
{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1585.003",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1585/003"
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"description": "Gary Golomb and Tory Kei. (n.d.). Threat Hunting Series: Detecting Command & Control in the Cloud. Retrieved May 27, 2022.",
"exte... | [
"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 exfiltration (ex: [Transfer Data to Cloud Account](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1537... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--92a78814-b191-47ca-909c-1ccfe3777414 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:57.201000Z | 2024-04-12T03:40:37.954000Z | Software Deployment Tools | Adversaries may gain access to and use centralized software suites installed within an enterprise to execute commands and move laterally through the network. Configuration management and software deployment applications may be used in an enterprise network or cloud environment for routine administration purposes. These... | [
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{
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"description": null,
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"description": "ALEXANDER MARVI, BRAD SLAYBAUGH, DAN EBREO, TUFAIL AHMED, MUHAMMAD UMAIR, TINA JOHNSON. (2023, March 16). Fortinet Zero-Day and Custom Malware... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Detection methods will vary depending on the type of third-party software or system and how it is typically used.
The same investigation process can be applied here as with other potentially malicious activities where the distribution vector is initially unknown but the resulting activity follows a discernible patter... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows",
"Network",
"SaaS"
] | 3.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2017-05-31T21:30:41.804000Z | 2023-04-07T17:09:14.040000Z | Exfiltration Over C2 Channel | Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over an existing command and control channel. Stolen data is encoded into the normal communications channel using the same protocol as command and control communications. | [
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1041"
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"description": "Gardiner, J., Cova, M., Nagaraja, S. (2014, February). Command & Control Understanding, Denying and Detecting. Retrieved April 20, 2016.",
... | [
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] | 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 communications that do not follow... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
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"description": "Chester, A. (2017, November 20). Alternative methods of becoming SYSTEM. Retrieved June 4, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"sourc... | [
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] | Look for inconsistencies between the various fields that store PPID information, such as the EventHeader ProcessId from data collected via Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), Creator Process ID/Name from Windows event logs, and the ProcessID and ParentProcessID (which are also produced from ETW and other utilities such as... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--937e4772-8441-4e4a-8bf0-8d447d667e23 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T16:27:02.339000Z | 2021-08-27T15:37:09.343000Z | Gather Victim Org Information | Adversaries may gather information about the victim's organization that can be used during targeting. Information about an organization may include a variety of details, including the names of divisions/departments, specifics of business operations, as well as the roles and responsibilities of key employees.
Adversari... | [
{
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"phase_name": "reconnaissance"
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1591",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1591"
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"description": "Seals, T. (2020, October 15). Broadvoice Leak Exposes 350M Records, Personal Voicemail Transcripts. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
"externa... | [
"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"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--94cb00a4-b295-4d06-aa2b-5653b9c1be9c | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-12-17T02:13:46.247000Z | 2023-10-15T11:10:03.428000Z | Forge Web Credentials | Adversaries may forge credential materials that can be used to gain access to web applications or Internet services. Web applications and services (hosted in cloud SaaS environments or on-premise servers) often use session cookies, tokens, or other materials to authenticate and authorize user access.
Adversaries may g... | [
{
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"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1606",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1606"
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"description": "AWS. (n.d.). Requesting temporary security credentials. Retrieved April 1, 2022.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "AWS Temporary ... | [
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] | Monitor for anomalous authentication activity, such as logons or other user session activity associated with unknown accounts. Monitor for unexpected and abnormal access to resources, including access of websites and cloud-based applications by the same user in different locations or by different systems that do not ma... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"SaaS",
"Windows",
"macOS",
"Linux",
"Azure AD",
"Office 365",
"Google Workspace",
"IaaS"
] | 1.4 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--954a1639-f2d6-407d-aef3-4917622ca493 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2022-04-01T02:15:49.754000Z | 2024-04-19T04:26:29.365000Z | Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation | Adversaries may attempt to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) mechanisms and gain access to accounts by generating MFA requests sent to users.
Adversaries in possession of credentials to [Valid Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078) may be unable to complete the login process if they lack access to... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1621",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1621"
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"description": "Catalin Cimpanu. (2021, December 9). Russian hackers bypass 2FA by annoying victims with repeated push notifications. Retrieved March 31, 2022... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor user account logs as well as 2FA/MFA application logs for suspicious events: unusual login attempt source location, mismatch in location of login attempt and smart device receiving 2FA/MFA request prompts, and high volume of repeated login attempts, all of which may indicate user's primary credentials have been... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"Office 365",
"Linux",
"macOS",
"IaaS",
"SaaS",
"Azure AD",
"Google Workspace"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--960c3c86-1480-4d72-b4e0-8c242e84a5c5 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-02-11T18:18:34.279000Z | 2024-04-16T13:03:40.824000Z | Compromise Host Software Binary | Adversaries may modify host software binaries to establish persistent access to systems. Software binaries/executables provide a wide range of system commands or services, programs, and libraries. Common software binaries are SSH clients, FTP clients, email clients, web browsers, and many other user or server applicati... | [
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"phase_name": "persistence"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1554",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1554"
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"description": "Or Chechik. (2022, October 31). Banking Trojan Techniques: How Financially Motivated Malware Became Infrastructure. Retrieved September 27, 20... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Collect and analyze signing certificate metadata and check signature validity on software that executes within the environment. Look for changes to client software that do not correlate with known software or patch cycles.
Consider monitoring for anomalous behavior from client applications, such as atypical module lo... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--9664ad0e-789e-40ac-82e2-d7b17fbe8fb3 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2023-03-14T14:38:03.673000Z | 2023-04-11T00:34:00.779000Z | Chat Messages | Adversaries may directly collect unsecured credentials stored or passed through user communication services. Credentials may be sent and stored in user chat communication applications such as email, chat services like Slack or Teams, collaboration tools like Jira or Trello, and any other services that support user comm... | [
{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1552.008",
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"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1552/008"
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"description": "Michael Osakwe. (2020, November 18). 4 SaaS and Slack Security Risks to Consider. Retrieved March 17, 2023.",
"external_id": null,... | [
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] | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"Google Workspace"
] | 1.0 | |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-09T13:48:55.078000Z | 2024-03-01T18:01:37.575000Z | PowerShell | Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution. PowerShell is a powerful interactive command-line interface and scripting environment included in the Windows operating system.(Citation: TechNet PowerShell) Adversaries can use PowerShell to perform a number of actions, including discovery of informa... | [
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1059.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/001"
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"description": "Babinec, K. (2014, April 28). Executing PowerShell scripts from C#. Retrieved April 22, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
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"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | If proper execution policy is set, adversaries will likely be able to define their own execution policy if they obtain administrator or system access, either through the Registry or at the command line. This change in policy on a system may be a way to detect malicious use of PowerShell. If PowerShell is not used in an... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
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attack-pattern | attack-pattern--98034fef-d9fb-4667-8dc4-2eab6231724c | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-24T13:40:47.282000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:40.699000Z | Change Default File Association | Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by a file type association. When a file is opened, the default program used to open the file (also called the file association or handler) is checked. File association selections are stored in the Windows Registry and can be edited by users,... | [
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{
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{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1546.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1546/001"
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"description": "Microsoft. (n.d.). Change which programs Windows 7 uses by default. Retrieved July 26, 2016.",
"external_id": null,
"source_na... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Collect and analyze changes to Registry keys that associate file extensions to default applications for execution and correlate with unknown process launch activity or unusual file types for that process.
User file association preferences are stored under <code> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--98be40f2-c86b-4ade-b6fc-4964932040e5 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-14T01:35:00.781000Z | 2022-07-07T17:09:09.048000Z | VDSO Hijacking | Adversaries may inject malicious code into processes via VDSO hijacking in order to evade process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate privileges. Virtual dynamic shared object (vdso) hijacking is a method of executing arbitrary code in the address space of a separate live process.
VDSO hijacking involves redir... | [
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{
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}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1055.014",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1055/014"
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"description": "backtrace. (2016, April 22). ELF SHARED LIBRARY INJECTION FORENSICS. Retrieved June 15, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_n... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor for malicious usage of system calls, such as ptrace and mmap, that can be used to attach to, manipulate memory, then redirect a processes' execution path. Monitoring for Linux specific calls such as the ptrace system call should not generate large amounts of data due to their specialized nature, and can be a ve... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--9a60a291-8960-4387-8a4a-2ab5c18bb50b | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-15T16:16:25.763000Z | 2024-01-18T17:23:22.591000Z | File Transfer Protocols | Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols associated with transferring files 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. ... | [
{
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"phase_name": "command-and-control"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1071.002",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/002"
},
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"description": "ESET. (2019, July). MACHETE JUST GOT SHARPER Venezuelan government institutions under attack. Retrieved September 13, 2019.",
"ext... | [
"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--9c306d8d-cde7-4b4c-b6e8-d0bb16caca36 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2018-04-18T17:59:24.739000Z | 2023-10-15T11:45:21.555000Z | Exploitation for Credential Access | Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials. Exploitation of a software vulnerability occurs when an adversary takes advantage of a programming error in a program, service, or within the operating system software or kernel itself to execute adversary-controlled code.
Credenti... | [
{
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"phase_name": "credential-access"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1212",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1212"
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"description": "Bugcrowd. (n.d.). Replay Attack. Retrieved September 27, 2023.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Bugcrowd Replay Attack",
"ur... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Detecting software exploitation may be difficult depending on the tools available. Software exploits may not always succeed or may cause the exploited process to become unstable or crash. Also look for behavior on the system that might indicate successful compromise, such as abnormal behavior of processes. Credential r... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"Windows",
"macOS",
"Azure AD"
] | 1.5 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--9c45eaa3-8604-4780-8988-b5074dbb9ecd | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-24T15:15:13.426000Z | 2022-04-20T00:16:01.732000Z | Emond | Adversaries may gain persistence and elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by the Event Monitor Daemon (emond). Emond is a [Launch Daemon](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1543/004) that accepts events from various services, runs them through a simple rules engine, and takes action. The emond ... | [
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{
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"phase_name": "persistence"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
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"description": "Reynolds, James. (2016, April 7). What is emond?. Retrieved September 10, 2019.",
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"source_name": "magnusv... | [
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] | Monitor emond rules creation by checking for files created or modified in <code>/etc/emond.d/rules/</code> and <code>/private/var/db/emondClients</code>. | [
"enterprise-attack"
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"macOS"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--9c99724c-a483-4d60-ad9d-7f004e42e8e8 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-14T22:45:52.963000Z | 2020-03-26T23:26:10.109000Z | One-Way Communication | Adversaries may use an existing, legitimate external Web service as a means for sending commands to a compromised system without receiving return output over the Web service channel. Compromised systems may leverage popular websites and social media to host command and control (C2) instructions. Those infected systems ... | [
{
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1102.003",
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"description": "Gardiner, J., Cova, M., Nagaraja, S. (2014, February). Command & Control Understanding, Denying and Detecting. Retrieved April 20, 20... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Host data that can relate unknown or suspicious process activity using a network connection is important to supplement any existing indicators of compromise based on malware command and control signatures and infrastructure or the presence of strong encryption. Packet capture analysis will require SSL/TLS inspection if... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"macOS",
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--9d48cab2-7929-4812-ad22-f536665f0109 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-10-02T15:45:17.628000Z | 2021-04-15T03:34:23.229000Z | Gather Victim Network Information | Adversaries may gather information about the victim's networks that can be used during targeting. Information about networks may include a variety of details, including administrative data (ex: IP ranges, domain names, etc.) as well as specifics regarding its topology and operations.
Adversaries may gather this inform... | [
{
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] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1590",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
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"description": "NTT America. (n.d.). Whois Lookup. Retrieved October 20, 2020.",
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"url": "https://www.... | [
"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"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"PRE"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--9db0cf3a-a3c9-4012-8268-123b9db6fd82 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2018-04-18T17:59:24.739000Z | 2022-02-24T15:06:46.006000Z | Exploitation of Remote Services | Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network. Exploitation of a software vulnerability occurs when an adversary takes advantage of a programming error in a program, service, or within the operating system software or kernel itself to execute adversary-... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "lateral-movement"
}
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"description": null,
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"description": "CIS. (2017, May 15). Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows SMB Server Could Allow for Remote Code Execution. Retrieved April 3, 2018."... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Detecting software exploitation may be difficult depending on the tools available. Software exploits may not always succeed or may cause the exploited process to become unstable or crash. Also look for behavior on the endpoint system that might indicate successful compromise, such as abnormal behavior of the processes.... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Linux",
"Windows",
"macOS"
] | 1.1 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--9e7452df-5144-4b6e-b04a-b66dd4016747 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2019-09-04T19:26:12.441000Z | 2024-02-16T13:09:39.215000Z | Internal Spearphishing | After they already have access to accounts or systems within the environment, adversaries may use internal spearphishing to gain access to additional information or compromise other users within the same organization. Internal spearphishing is multi-staged campaign where a legitimate account is initially compromised ei... | [
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "lateral-movement"
}
] | false | [
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"description": null,
"external_id": "T1534",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1534"
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"description": "Chris Taylor. (2017, October 5). When Phishing Starts from the Inside. Retrieved October 8, 2019.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name"... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Network intrusion detection systems and email gateways usually do not scan internal email, but an organization can leverage the journaling-based solution which sends a copy of emails to a security service for offline analysis or incorporate service-integrated solutions using on-premise or API-based integrations to help... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | false | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows",
"macOS",
"Linux",
"Office 365",
"SaaS",
"Google Workspace"
] | 1.3 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--9e8b28c9-35fe-48ac-a14d-e6cc032dcbcd | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-03-12T20:43:53.998000Z | 2023-03-30T21:01:37.026000Z | Services File Permissions Weakness | Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking the binaries used by services. Adversaries may use flaws in the permissions of Windows services to replace the binary that is executed upon service start. These service processes may automatically execute specific binaries as part of their functionality ... | [
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"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "privilege-escalation"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "defense-evasion"
}
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{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1574.010",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/010"
}
] | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Look for changes to binaries and service executables that may normally occur during software updates. If an executable is written, renamed, and/or moved to match an existing service executable, it could be detected and correlated with other suspicious behavior. Hashing of binaries and service executables could be used ... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 1.0 |
attack-pattern | attack-pattern--9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279 | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | 2020-01-23T22:02:48.566000Z | 2023-10-16T09:08:22.319000Z | Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a program to a startup folder or referencing it with a Registry run key. Adding an entry to the "run keys" in the Registry or startup folder will cause the program referenced to be executed when a user logs in.(Citation: Microsoft Run Key) These programs will be executed un... | [
{
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"phase_name": "persistence"
},
{
"kill_chain_name": "mitre-attack",
"phase_name": "privilege-escalation"
}
] | false | [
{
"description": null,
"external_id": "T1547.001",
"source_name": "mitre-attack",
"url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1547/001"
},
{
"description": "Arntz, P. (2016, March 30). Hiding in Plain Sight. Retrieved August 3, 2020.",
"external_id": null,
"source_name": "Malwarebyt... | [
"marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168"
] | Monitor Registry for changes to run keys that do not correlate with known software, patch cycles, etc. Monitor the start folder for additions or changes. Tools such as Sysinternals Autoruns may also be used to detect system changes that could be attempts at persistence, including listing the run keys' Registry location... | [
"enterprise-attack"
] | true | identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5 | [
"Windows"
] | 2.0 |
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