Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Disco has been executed through inducing user interaction with malicious .zip and .msi files.

Output: Technique=T1204.002: Malicious File | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: MuddyWater has used VBScript files to execute its POWERSTATS payload, as well as macros.

Output: Technique=T1059.005: Visual Basic | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Pillowmint has used shellcode which reads code stored in the registry keys \REGISTRY\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DRM using the native Windows API as well as read HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces as part of its C2.

Output: Technique=T1012: Query Registry | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Many strings in JHUHUGIT are obfuscated with a XOR algorithm.

Output: Technique=T1027.013: Encrypted/Encoded File | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Frankenstein has used spearphishing emails to send trojanized Microsoft Word documents.

Output: Technique=T1566.001: Spearphishing Attachment | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: QUADAGENT uses AES and a preshared key to decrypt the custom Base64 routine used to encode strings and scripts.

Output: Technique=T1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TeamTNT has used a payload that removes itself after running. TeamTNT also has deleted locally staged files for collecting credentials or scan results for local IP addresses after exfiltrating them.

Output: Technique=T1070.004: File Deletion | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During Operation Wocao, threat actors archived collected files with WinRAR, prior to exfiltration.

Output: Technique=T1560.001: Archive via Utility | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: KONNI can download files and execute them on the victim’s machine.

Output: Technique=T1105: Ingress Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: RedCurl has used malware with string encryption. RedCurl has also encrypted data and has encoded PowerShell commands using Base64. RedCurl has used `PyArmor` to obfuscate code execution of LaZagne. Additionally, RedCurl has obfuscated downloaded files by renaming them as commonly used tools and has used `echo`, instead of file names themselves, to execute files.

Output: Technique=T1027: Obfuscated Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Gelsemium can set persistence with a Registry run key.

Output: Technique=T1547.001: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Hydraq creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can load and call DLL functions.

Output: Technique=T1129: Shared Modules | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Inception has used HTTP, HTTPS, and WebDav in network communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Stuxnet enumerates the currently running processes related to a variety of security products.

Output: Technique=T1518.001: Security Software Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: A module in Prikormka collects information from the victim about its IP addresses and MAC addresses.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TSCookie has the ability to upload and download files to and from the infected host.

Output: Technique=T1105: Ingress Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Stuxnet uses a Windows rootkit to mask its binaries and other relevant files.

Output: Technique=T1014: Rootkit | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: CostaRicto has used a layer of proxies to manage C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1090.003: Multi-hop Proxy | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During Cutting Edge, threat actors modified a JavaScript file on the Web SSL VPN component of Ivanti Connect Secure devices to keylog credentials.

Output: Technique=T1056.001: Keylogging | Tactic=TA0009 ; TA0006: Collection ; Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: WhisperGate can corrupt files by overwriting the first 1 MB with `0xcc` and appending random extensions.

Output: Technique=T1485: Data Destruction | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During Cutting Edge, threat actors used the ENUM4LINUX Perl script for discovery on Windows and Samba hosts.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Machete can find, encrypt, and upload files from fixed and removable drives.

Output: Technique=T1025: Data from Removable Media | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT33 has attempted to use WMI event subscriptions to establish persistence on compromised hosts.

Output: Technique=T1546.003: Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription | Tactic=TA0004 ; TA0003: Privilege Escalation ; Persistence


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: FIN8 has used RDP for lateral movement.

Output: Technique=T1021.001: Remote Desktop Protocol | Tactic=TA0008: Lateral Movement


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: BackConfig can leverage API functions such as ShellExecuteA and HttpOpenRequestA in the process of downloading and executing files.

Output: Technique=T1106: Native API | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Octopus can exfiltrate files from the system using a documents collector tool.

Output: Technique=T1005: Data from Local System | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: BendyBear communicates to a C2 server over port 443 using modified RC4 and XOR-encrypted chunks.

Output: Technique=T1573.001: Symmetric Cryptography | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Play has used valid local accounts to gain initial access.

Output: Technique=T1078.003: Local Accounts | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0001: Defense Evasion ; Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: zwShell has established persistence by adding itself as a new service.

Output: Technique=T1543.003: Windows Service | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cuckoo Stealer can run `screencapture` to collect screenshots from compromised hosts.

Output: Technique=T1113: Screen Capture | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Rifdoor has the ability to identify the Windows version on the compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Pandora can identify if incoming HTTP traffic contains a token and if so it will intercept the traffic and process the received command.

Output: Technique=T1205: Traffic Signaling | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0003 ; TA0011: Defense Evasion ; Persistence ; Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During FunnyDream, the threat actors used 7zr.exe to add collected files to an archive.

Output: Technique=T1560.001: Archive via Utility | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT32 created a Scheduled Task/Job that used regsvr32.exe to execute a COM scriptlet that dynamically downloaded a backdoor and injected it into memory. The group has also used regsvr32 to run their backdoor.

Output: Technique=T1218.010: Regsvr32 | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Gelsemium has the ability to distinguish between a standard user and an administrator on a compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1033: System Owner/User Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Mafalda can conduct mouse event logging.

Output: Technique=T1056: Input Capture | Tactic=TA0009 ; TA0006: Collection ; Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cobian RAT has a feature to perform voice recording on the victim’s machine.

Output: Technique=T1123: Audio Capture | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT32 has used pass the hash for lateral movement.

Output: Technique=T1550.002: Pass the Hash | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0008: Defense Evasion ; Lateral Movement


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT29 has registered algorithmically generated Twitter handles that are used for C2 by malware, such as HAMMERTOSS. APT29 has also used legitimate web services such as Dropbox and Constant Contact in their operations.

Output: Technique=T1583.006: Web Services | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ShimRat has installed shim databases in the AppPatch folder.

Output: Technique=T1546.011: Application Shimming | Tactic=TA0004 ; TA0003: Privilege Escalation ; Persistence


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT28 has cleared event logs, including by using the commands wevtutil cl System and wevtutil cl Security.

Output: Technique=T1070.001: Clear Windows Event Logs | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Derusbi binds to a raw socket on a random source port between 31800 and 31900 for C2.

Output: Technique=T1094: Custom Command and Control Protocol | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SNUGRIDE communicates with its C2 server over HTTP.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Ke3chang has used keyloggers.

Output: Technique=T1056.001: Keylogging | Tactic=TA0009 ; TA0006: Collection ; Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Ixeshe collects the computer name of the victim's system during the initial infection.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: BADCALL collects the network adapter information.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During HomeLand Justice, threat actors used the built-in administrator account to move laterally using RDP and Impacket.

Output: Technique=T1078.001: Default Accounts | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0001: Defense Evasion ; Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During the SolarWinds Compromise, APT29 gained initial network access to some victims via a trojanized update of SolarWinds Orion software.

Output: Technique=T1195.002: Compromise Software Supply Chain | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: HEXANE has used cloud services, including OneDrive, for C2.

Output: Technique=T1102.002: Bidirectional Communication | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Raspberry Robin has historically used infected USB media to spread to new victims.

Output: Technique=T1091: Replication Through Removable Media | Tactic=TA0008 ; TA0001: Lateral Movement ; Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PLEAD has the ability to execute shell commands on the compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1059.003: Windows Command Shell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Bumblebee can enumerate the OS version and domain on a targeted system.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: HEXANE has targeted executives, human resources staff, and IT personnel for spearphishing.

Output: Technique=T1589.002: Email Addresses | Tactic=TA0043: Reconnaissance


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Lazarus Group has replaced `win_fw.dll`, an internal component that is executed during IDA Pro installation, with a malicious DLL to download and execute a payload.

Output: Technique=T1574.002: DLL Side-Loading | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Chimera has harvested data from remote mailboxes including through execution of <code>\\<hostname>\c$\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook*.ost</code>.

Output: Technique=T1114.002: Remote Email Collection | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: FoggyWeb can compile and execute source code sent to the compromised AD FS server via a specific HTTP POST.

Output: Technique=T1027.004: Compile After Delivery | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Turla RPC backdoors can be used to transfer files to/from victim machines on the local network.

Output: Technique=T1570: Lateral Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0008: Lateral Movement


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: UNC2452 used WMI event subscriptions for persistence.

Output: Technique=T1546.003: Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription | Tactic=TA0004 ; TA0003: Privilege Escalation ; Persistence


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Zebrocy has the capability to upload dumper tools that extract credentials from web browsers and store them in database files.

Output: Technique=T1555.003: Credentials from Web Browsers | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: DarkComet can collect the computer name, RAM used, and operating system version from the victim’s machine.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During C0017, APT41 exploited CVE-2021-44207 in the USAHerds application and CVE-2021-44228 in Log4j, as well as other .NET deserialization, SQL injection, and directory traversal vulnerabilities to gain initial access.

Output: Technique=T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: QuasarRAT can hide process windows and make web requests invisible to the compromised user. Requests marked as invisible have been sent with user-agent string `Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_3) AppleWebKit/537.75.14 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/7.0.3 Safari/7046A194A` though QuasarRAT can only be run on Windows systems.

Output: Technique=T1564.003: Hidden Window | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Volt Typhoon has inspected server logs to remove their IPs.

Output: Technique=T1070.007: Clear Network Connection History and Configurations | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Hancitor has decoded Base64 encoded URLs to insert a recipient’s name into the filename of the Word document. Hancitor has also extracted executables from ZIP files.

Output: Technique=T1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: The IceApple OWA credential logger can monitor for OWA authentication requests and log the credentials.

Output: Technique=T1056.003: Web Portal Capture | Tactic=TA0009 ; TA0006: Collection ; Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: WinMM uses HTTP for C2.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Action RAT has the ability to collect drive and file information on an infected machine.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Gorgon Group sent emails to victims with malicious Microsoft Office documents attached.

Output: Technique=T1566.001: Spearphishing Attachment | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SDBbot has sent collected data from a compromised host to its C2 servers.

Output: Technique=T1041: Exfiltration Over C2 Channel | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT39 has used Mimikatz, Windows Credential Editor and ProcDump to dump credentials.

Output: Technique=T1003.001: LSASS Memory | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SUNBURST collected hostname and OS version.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike will break large data sets into smaller chunks for exfiltration.

Output: Technique=T1030: Data Transfer Size Limits | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cuckoo Stealer can achieve persistence by creating launch agents to repeatedly execute malicious payloads.

Output: Technique=T1543.001: Launch Agent | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Stealth Falcon malware gathers passwords from multiple sources, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome.

Output: Technique=T1555.003: Credentials from Web Browsers | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: FIVEHANDS has the ability to delete volume shadow copies on compromised hosts.

Output: Technique=T1490: Inhibit System Recovery | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: NightClub has used a non-standard encoding in DNS tunneling removing any `=` from the result of base64 encoding, and replacing `/` characters with `-s` and `+` characters with `-p`.

Output: Technique=T1132.002: Non-Standard Encoding | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Nebulae can download files from C2.

Output: Technique=T1105: Ingress Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Carbanak lists running processes.

Output: Technique=T1057: Process Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: down_new has the ability to use HTTP in C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Turla has developed its own unique malware for use in operations.

Output: Technique=T1587.001: Malware | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Volt Typhoon has obtained credentials insecurely stored on targeted network appliances.

Output: Technique=T1552: Unsecured Credentials | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Turla has used the VPS infrastructure of compromised Iranian threat actors.

Output: Technique=T1584.003: Virtual Private Server | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Squirrelwaffle has gathered victim computer information and configurations.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: LaZagne can use the `<PID>/maps` and `<PID>/mem` files to identify regex patterns to dump cleartext passwords from the browser's process memory.

Output: Technique=T1003.007: Proc Filesystem | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Machete has sent phishing emails that contain a link to an external server with ZIP and RAR archives.

Output: Technique=T1566.002: Spearphishing Link | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Play has used the information-stealing tool Grixba to enumerate network information.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Sharpshooter's first-stage downloader installed Rising Sun to the startup folder <code>%Startup%\mssync.exe</code>.

Output: Technique=T1547.001: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: EXOTIC LILY has created e-mail accounts to spoof targeted organizations.

Output: Technique=T1585.002: Email Accounts | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: CrackMapExec can enumerate the shared folders and associated permissions for a targeted network.

Output: Technique=T1135: Network Share Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: BackConfig has been signed with self signed digital certificates mimicking a legitimate software company.

Output: Technique=T1553.002: Code Signing | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Kinsing has searched bash_history for credentials.

Output: Technique=T1552.003: Bash History | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Bandook has used lure documents to convince the user to enable macros.

Output: Technique=T1204.002: Malicious File | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ShimRatReporter encrypted gathered information with a combination of shifting and XOR using a static key.

Output: Technique=T1027: Obfuscated Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: POORAIM can perform screen capturing.

Output: Technique=T1113: Screen Capture | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Sakula calls cmd.exe to run various DLL files via rundll32 and also to perform file cleanup. Sakula also has the capability to invoke a reverse shell.

Output: Technique=T1059.003: Windows Command Shell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ShimRatReporter listed all non-privileged and privileged accounts available on the machine.

Output: Technique=T1087: Account Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During Frankenstein, the threat actors exploited CVE-2017-11882 to execute code on the victim's machine.

Output: Technique=T1203: Exploitation for Client Execution | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Windshift has used compromised websites to register custom URL schemes on a remote system.

Output: Technique=T1189: Drive-by Compromise | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Hancitor has used a macro to check that an ActiveDocument shape object in the lure message is present. If this object is not found, the macro will exit without downloading additional payloads.

Output: Technique=T1497: Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0007: Defense Evasion ; Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: MuddyWater has compromised third parties and used compromised accounts to send spearphishing emails with targeted attachments to recipients.

Output: Technique=T1566.001: Spearphishing Attachment | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PipeMon can send time zone information from a compromised host to C2.

Output: Technique=T1124: System Time Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Aria-body has used ZIP to compress data gathered on a compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1560: Archive Collected Data | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PoshC2 has modules for enumerating domain trusts.

Output: Technique=T1482: Domain Trust Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During Operation Honeybee, the threat actors used a malicious DLL to search for files with specific keywords.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: FIN13 has used `nslookup` and `ipconfig` for network reconnaissance efforts. FIN13 has also utilized a compromised Symantec Altiris console and LanDesk account to retrieve network information.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: FIN8's malicious spearphishing payloads are executed as PowerShell. FIN8 has also used PowerShell for lateral movement and credential access.

Output: Technique=T1059.001: PowerShell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: CaddyWiper has the ability to destroy information about a physical drive's partitions including the MBR, GPT, and partition entries.

Output: Technique=T1561.002: Disk Structure Wipe | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: RainyDay has named services and scheduled tasks to appear benign including "ChromeCheck" and "googleupdate."

Output: Technique=T1036.004: Masquerade Task or Service | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Lazarus Group has used multiple proxies to obfuscate network traffic from victims.

Output: Technique=T1090.002: External Proxy | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Industroyer decrypts code to connect to a remote C2 server.

Output: Technique=T1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TeamTNT has disabled and uninstalled security tools such as Alibaba, Tencent, and BMC cloud monitoring agents on cloud-based infrastructure.

Output: Technique=T1562.001: Disable or Modify Tools | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT39 has used tools with the ability to search for files on a compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Chaes has used HTTP for C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Comnie uses the tasklist to view running processes on the victim’s machine.

Output: Technique=T1057: Process Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Pupy can record sound with the microphone.

Output: Technique=T1123: Audio Capture | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Koadic can retrieve the contents of the IP routing table as well as information about the Windows domain.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: C2 traffic from ADVSTORESHELL is encrypted, then encoded with Base64 encoding.

Output: Technique=T1132.001: Standard Encoding | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SVCReady can use `WMI` queries to detect the presence of a virtual machine environment.

Output: Technique=T1047: Windows Management Instrumentation | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Valak can gather information regarding the user.

Output: Technique=T1033: System Owner/User Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Agent Tesla has used process hollowing to create and manipulate processes through sections of unmapped memory by reallocating that space with its malicious code.

Output: Technique=T1055.012: Process Hollowing | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Dok persists via a Launch Agent.

Output: Technique=T1159: Launch Agent | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT32 has used legitimate local admin account credentials.

Output: Technique=T1078.003: Local Accounts | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0001: Defense Evasion ; Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: MoonWind has a keylogger.

Output: Technique=T1056.001: Keylogging | Tactic=TA0009 ; TA0006: Collection ; Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Azorult can collect host IP information from the victim’s machine.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SoreFang can collect usernames from the local system via net.exe user.

Output: Technique=T1087.001: Local Account | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike uses a custom command and control protocol that is encapsulated in HTTP, HTTPS, or DNS. In addition, it conducts peer-to-peer communication over Windows named pipes encapsulated in the SMB protocol. All protocols use their standard assigned ports.

Output: Technique=T1572: Protocol Tunneling | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TEMP.Veles has created staging folders in directories that were infrequently used by legitimate users or processes.

Output: Technique=T1074.001: Local Data Staging | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Accounts created by Dragonfly masqueraded as legitimate service accounts.

Output: Technique=T1036: Masquerading | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: RunningRAT gathers the OS version, logical drives information, processor information, and volume information.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Malware used by Ke3chang can run commands on the command-line interface.

Output: Technique=T1059: Command and Scripting Interpreter | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT34 has deleted initial drop files from the staging directory.

Output: Technique=T1107: File Deletion | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SysUpdate has exfiltrated data over its C2 channel.

Output: Technique=T1041: Exfiltration Over C2 Channel | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Clambling can store a file named `mpsvc.dll`, which opens a malicious `mpsvc.mui` file, in the same folder as the legitimate Microsoft executable `MsMpEng.exe` to gain execution.

Output: Technique=T1574.002: DLL Side-Loading | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike's Beacon payload is capable of running shell commands without cmd.exe and PowerShell commands without powershell.exe

Output: Technique=T1106: Native API | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT33 has used a publicly available exploit for CVE-2017-0213 to escalate privileges on a local system.

Output: Technique=T1068: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation | Tactic=TA0004: Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: T9000 can take screenshots of the desktop and target application windows, saving them to user directories as one byte XOR encrypted .dat files.

Output: Technique=T1113: Screen Capture | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: OilRig has used Putty to access compromised systems.

Output: Technique=T1021.004: SSH | Tactic=TA0008: Lateral Movement


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PLATINUM has transferred files using the Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT) Serial-over-LAN (SOL) channel.

Output: Technique=T1105: Ingress Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: RCSession can store its obfuscated configuration file in the Registry under `HKLM\SOFTWARE\Plus` or `HKCU\SOFTWARE\Plus`.

Output: Technique=T1027.011: Fileless Storage | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: QakBot can delete folders and files including overwriting its executable with legitimate programs.

Output: Technique=T1070.004: File Deletion | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT28 has performed large-scale scans in an attempt to find vulnerable servers.

Output: Technique=T1595.002: Vulnerability Scanning | Tactic=TA0043: Reconnaissance


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: FIN7 has registered look-alike domains for use in phishing campaigns.

Output: Technique=T1583.001: Domains | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During Night Dragon, threat actors used Cain & Abel to crack password hashes.

Output: Technique=T1110.002: Password Cracking | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: UBoatRAT can start a command shell.

Output: Technique=T1059.003: Windows Command Shell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Bundlore has disguised a malicious .app file as a Flash Player update.

Output: Technique=T1036.005: Match Legitimate Name or Location | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cobalt Group obfuscated several scriptlets and code used on the victim’s machine, including through use of XOR and RC4.

Output: Technique=T1027.010: Command Obfuscation | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: KeyBoy installs a service pointing to a malicious DLL dropped to disk.

Output: Technique=T1543.003: Windows Service | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: MuddyWater has run a tool that steals passwords saved in victim email.

Output: Technique=T1552.001: Credentials In Files | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: njRAT has a module that steals passwords saved in victim web browsers.

Output: Technique=T1555.003: Credentials from Web Browsers | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: LoJax has modified the Registry key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\BootExecute’ from ‘autocheck autochk *’ to ‘autocheck autoche *’.

Output: Technique=T1112: Modify Registry | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Imminent Monitor has a dynamic debugging feature to check whether it is located in the %TEMP% directory, otherwise it copies itself there.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SDBbot has the ability to get directory listings or drive information on a compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has manipulated timestamps for creation or compilation dates to defeat anti-forensics.

Output: Technique=T1070.006: Timestomp | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Carbanak has a command to create a reverse shell.

Output: Technique=T1059.003: Windows Command Shell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: HyperStack has used RSA encryption for C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1573.001: Symmetric Cryptography | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Kazuar uses /bin/bash to execute commands on the victim’s machine.

Output: Technique=T1059.004: Unix Shell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: DarkHydrus used an open-source tool, Phishery, to inject malicious remote template URLs into Microsoft Word documents and then sent them to victims to enable Forced Authentication.

Output: Technique=T1221: Template Injection | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Okrum uses AES to encrypt network traffic. The key can be hardcoded or negotiated with the C2 server in the registration phase.

Output: Technique=T1573.001: Symmetric Cryptography | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Ramsay can gather a list of running processes by using Tasklist.

Output: Technique=T1057: Process Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Clop can make modifications to Registry keys.

Output: Technique=T1112: Modify Registry | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has created accounts with net user.

Output: Technique=T1136.001: Local Account | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Volt Typhoon has appended copies of the ntds.dit database with a .gif file extension.

Output: Technique=T1036.008: Masquerade File Type | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: zwShell can obtain the victim PC name and OS version.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Kerrdown can download specific payloads to a compromised host based on OS architecture.

Output: Technique=T1105: Ingress Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: CharmPower can use `wmic` to gather information from a system.

Output: Technique=T1047: Windows Management Instrumentation | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: IMAPLoader uses WMI queries to query system information on victim hosts.

Output: Technique=T1047: Windows Management Instrumentation | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Shamoon obtains the victim's operating system version and keyboard layout and sends the information to the C2 server.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: CosmicDuke copies and exfiltrates the clipboard contents every 30 seconds.

Output: Technique=T1115: Clipboard Data | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PowerSploit modules are written in and executed via PowerShell.

Output: Technique=T1059.001: PowerShell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PLAINTEE gains persistence by adding the Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce.

Output: Technique=T1547.001: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: The net view \\remotesystem and net share commands in Net can be used to find shared drives and directories on remote and local systems respectively.

Output: Technique=T1135: Network Share Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Ember Bear retrieves follow-on payloads direct from adversary-owned infrastructure for deployment on compromised hosts.

Output: Technique=T1570: Lateral Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0008: Lateral Movement


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Attor's dispatcher can inject itself into running processes to gain higher privileges and to evade detection.

Output: Technique=T1055: Process Injection | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: UNC2452 removed evidence of email export requests using Remove-MailboxExportRequest. They temporarily replaced legitimate utilities with their own, executed their payload, and then restored the original file.

Output: Technique=T1070: Indicator Removal | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike can query shared drives on the local system.

Output: Technique=T1135: Network Share Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Chimera has used tasklist to enumerate processes.

Output: Technique=T1057: Process Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Ninja has the ability to inject an agent module into a new process and arbitrary shellcode into running processes.

Output: Technique=T1055: Process Injection | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Crimson can exfiltrate stolen information over its C2.

Output: Technique=T1041: Exfiltration Over C2 Channel | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Silence has injected a DLL library containing a Trojan into the fwmain32.exe process.

Output: Technique=T1055: Process Injection | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: OilRig has used reg query “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default” on a victim to query the Registry.

Output: Technique=T1012: Query Registry | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: njRAT has added persistence via the Registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run\ and dropped a shortcut in %STARTUP%.

Output: Technique=T1547.001: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT28 uses a module to receive a notification every time a USB mass storage device is inserted into a victim.

Output: Technique=T1120: Peripheral Device Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Sharpshooter's first-stage downloader was a VBA macro.

Output: Technique=T1059.005: Visual Basic | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Gold Dragon stores information gathered from the endpoint in a file named 1.hwp.

Output: Technique=T1074.001: Local Data Staging | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Bazar's loader can delete scheduled tasks created by a previous instance of the malware.

Output: Technique=T1070.009: Clear Persistence | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Scattered Spider retrieves browser histories via infostealer malware such as Raccoon Stealer.

Output: Technique=T1217: Browser Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Some variants of the Zeroaccess Trojan have been known to store data in Extended Attributes.

Output: Technique=T1564.004: NTFS File Attributes | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: GoldMax has impersonated systems management software to avoid detection.

Output: Technique=T1036.004: Masquerade Task or Service | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Wizard Spider has used Digicert code-signing certificates for some of its malware.

Output: Technique=T1553.002: Code Signing | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PingPull can encode C2 traffic with Base64.

Output: Technique=T1132.001: Standard Encoding | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT41 exploited CVE-2020-10189 against Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central through unsafe deserialization, and CVE-2019-19781 to compromise Citrix Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) and gateway devices. APT41 leveraged vulnerabilities such as ProxyLogon exploitation or SQL injection for initial access. APT41 exploited CVE-2021-26855 against a vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Server to gain initial access to the victim network.

Output: Technique=T1190: Exploit Public-Facing Application | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT37 uses HTTPS to conceal C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike can use WMI to deliver a payload to a remote host.

Output: Technique=T1047: Windows Management Instrumentation | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Pillowmint has modified the Registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DRM to store a malicious payload.

Output: Technique=T1112: Modify Registry | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Samurai can compile and execute downloaded modules at runtime.

Output: Technique=T1027.004: Compile After Delivery | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Donut can generate shellcode outputs that execute via Ruby.

Output: Technique=T1059: Command and Scripting Interpreter | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PUNCHBUGGY enables remote interaction and can obtain additional code over HTTPS GET and POST requests.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ZxShell has a feature to create local user accounts.

Output: Technique=T1136.001: Local Account | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: FIN6 has used a script to iterate through a list of compromised PoS systems, copy and remove data to a log file, and to bind to events from the submit payment button.

Output: Technique=T1119: Automated Collection | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Lokibot has the ability to copy itself to a hidden file and directory.

Output: Technique=T1564.001: Hidden Files and Directories | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SharpStage has been used to target Arabic-speaking users and used code that checks if the compromised machine has the Arabic language installed.

Output: Technique=T1614.001: System Language Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During Operation Dream Job, Lazarus Group used Windows API `ObtainUserAgentString` to obtain the victim's User-Agent and used the value to connect to their C2 server.

Output: Technique=T1106: Native API | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: gh0st RAT uses port 443 for C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1043: Commonly Used Port | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: CharmPower can remove persistence-related artifacts from the Registry.

Output: Technique=T1112: Modify Registry | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Valak can use the clientgrabber module to steal e-mail credentials from the Registry.

Output: Technique=T1552.002: Credentials in Registry | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: DarkGate can deploy follow-on ransomware payloads.

Output: Technique=T1486: Data Encrypted for Impact | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Koadic can obtain a list of directories.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Astaroth collects the external IP address from the system.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: The Komplex C2 channel uses HTTP POST requests.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Chimera has used PsExec to deploy beacons on compromised systems.

Output: Technique=T1569.002: Service Execution | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Gamaredon Group has used obfuscated VBScripts with randomly generated variable names and concatenated strings.

Output: Technique=T1001: Data Obfuscation | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ZLib has the ability to discover and manipulate Windows services.

Output: Technique=T1007: System Service Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SYNful Knock is malware that is inserted into a network device by patching the operating system image.

Output: Technique=T1601.001: Patch System Image | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Kessel can exfiltrate credentials and other information via HTTP POST request, TCP, and DNS.

Output: Technique=T1048.003: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Darkhotel has dropped an mspaint.lnk shortcut to disk which launches a shell script that downloads and executes a file.

Output: Technique=T1547.009: Shortcut Modification | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: HEXANE has acquired, and sometimes customized, open source tools such as Mimikatz, Empire, VNC remote access software, and DIG.net.

Output: Technique=T1588.002: Tool | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SombRAT has the ability to respawn itself using ShellExecuteW and CreateProcessW.

Output: Technique=T1106: Native API | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: HIDEDRV injects a DLL for Downdelph into the explorer.exe process.

Output: Technique=T1055.001: Dynamic-link Library Injection | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: IMAPLoader is executed via the AppDomainManager injection technique.

Output: Technique=T1574.014: AppDomainManager | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: LiteDuke can use HTTP GET requests in C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Empire can send data gathered from a target through the command and control channel.

Output: Technique=T1041: Exfiltration Over C2 Channel | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SMOKEDHAM has used the systeminfo command on a compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During the 2016 Ukraine Electric Power Attack, Sandworm Team used a script to attempt RPC authentication against a number of hosts.

Output: Technique=T1110: Brute Force | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Egregor has disabled Windows Defender to evade protections.

Output: Technique=T1562.001: Disable or Modify Tools | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Mispadu checks and will terminate execution if the compromised system’s language ID is not Spanish or Portuguese.

Output: Technique=T1614.001: System Language Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Anchor can establish persistence by creating a service.

Output: Technique=T1543.003: Windows Service | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Dok is packed with an UPX executable packer.

Output: Technique=T1027.002: Software Packing | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT32 uses UPX to pack their macOS backdoor.

Output: Technique=T1045: Software Packing | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike can deobfuscate shellcode using a rolling XOR and decrypt metadata from Beacon sessions.

Output: Technique=T1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Waterbear has the ability to decrypt its RC4 encrypted payload for execution.

Output: Technique=T1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TA459 has attempted to get victims to open malicious Microsoft Word attachment sent via spearphishing.

Output: Technique=T1204.002: Malicious File | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Micropsia uses HTTP and HTTPS for C2 network communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: build_downer has the ability to determine the local time to ensure malware installation only happens during the hours that the infected system is active.

Output: Technique=T1124: System Time Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TEARDROP modified the Registry to create a Windows service for itself on a compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1112: Modify Registry | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cyclops Blink can use the Linux API `statvfs` to enumerate the current working directory.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Frankenstein has used WMI queries to detect if virtualization environments or analysis tools were running on the system.

Output: Technique=T1518.001: Security Software Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Ninja can enumerate the IP address on compromised systems.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PoshC2 has a number of modules that use WMI to execute tasks.

Output: Technique=T1047: Windows Management Instrumentation | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cyclops Blink can decrypt and parse instructions sent from C2.

Output: Technique=T1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: xCaon has checked for the existence of Kaspersky antivirus software on the system.

Output: Technique=T1518.001: Security Software Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: MacMa has downloaded additional files, including an exploit for used privilege escalation.

Output: Technique=T1105: Ingress Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TeamTNT has scanned specific lists of target IP addresses.

Output: Technique=T1595.001: Scanning IP Blocks | Tactic=TA0043: Reconnaissance


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has staged collected data files under C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\.

Output: Technique=T1074.001: Local Data Staging | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: MCMD can use Registry Run Keys for persistence.

Output: Technique=T1547.001: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Remexi decrypts the configuration data using XOR with 25-character keys.

Output: Technique=T1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: UNC2452 obtained Ticket Granting Service (TGS) tickets for Active Directory Service Principle Names to crack offline.

Output: Technique=T1558.003: Kerberoasting | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Pay2Key has designated machines in the compromised network to serve as reverse proxy pivot points to channel communications with C2.

Output: Technique=T1090.001: Internal Proxy | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Mimikatz's SEKURLSA::Pth module can impersonate a user, with only a password hash, to execute arbitrary commands.

Output: Technique=T1550.002: Pass the Hash | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0008: Defense Evasion ; Lateral Movement


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PoetRAT used Nmap for remote system discovery.

Output: Technique=T1018: Remote System Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: LookBack can take desktop screenshots.

Output: Technique=T1113: Screen Capture | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Magic Hound has used gzip to archive dumped LSASS process memory and RAR to stage and compress local folders.

Output: Technique=T1560.001: Archive via Utility | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Machete logs keystrokes from the victim’s machine.

Output: Technique=T1056.001: Keylogging | Tactic=TA0009 ; TA0006: Collection ; Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: DarkComet can launch a remote shell to execute commands on the victim’s machine.

Output: Technique=T1059.003: Windows Command Shell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: DarkGate uses NirSoft tools to steal user credentials from the infected machine. NirSoft tools are executed via process hollowing in a newly-created instance of vbc.exe or regasm.exe.

Output: Technique=T1552: Unsecured Credentials | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Arp can be used to display ARP configuration information on the host.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SombRAT can SSL encrypt C2 traffic.

Output: Technique=T1573.002: Asymmetric Cryptography | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Rocke's miner has created UPX-packed files in the Windows Start Menu Folder.

Output: Technique=T1547.001: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Rocke has installed a systemd service script to maintain persistence.

Output: Technique=T1543.002: Systemd Service | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Rancor has used HTTP for C2.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Operation Wocao has used ProcDump to dump credentials from memory.

Output: Technique=T1003.001: LSASS Memory | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Playcrypt can avoid encrypting files with a .PLAY, .exe, .msi, .dll, .lnk, or .sys file extension.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: RTM collects data from the clipboard.

Output: Technique=T1115: Clipboard Data | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Pikabot gathers victim network information through commands such as ipconfig and ipconfig /all.

Output: Technique=T1016: System Network Configuration Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ToddyCat has used Powershell scripts to perform post exploit collection.

Output: Technique=T1059.001: PowerShell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Winter Vivern registered and hosted domains to allow for creation of web pages mimicking legitimate government email logon sites to collect logon information.

Output: Technique=T1056.003: Web Portal Capture | Tactic=TA0009 ; TA0006: Collection ; Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ADVSTORESHELL stores output from command execution in a .dat file in the %TEMP% directory.

Output: Technique=T1074.001: Local Data Staging | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: BitPaymer attempts to remove the backup shadow files from the host using vssadmin.exe Delete Shadows /All /Quiet.

Output: Technique=T1490: Inhibit System Recovery | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Daserf uses encrypted Windows APIs and also encrypts data using the alternative base64+RC4 or the Caesar cipher.

Output: Technique=T1027: Obfuscated Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Indrik Spider has used PowerView to enumerate all Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 7 instances in the Active Directory database.

Output: Technique=T1018: Remote System Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Sykipot may use netstat -ano to display active network connections.

Output: Technique=T1049: System Network Connections Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Net Crawler uses credential dumpers such as Mimikatz and Windows Credential Editor to extract cached credentials from Windows systems.

Output: Technique=T1003.001: LSASS Memory | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Magic Hound malware has a function to determine whether the C2 server wishes to execute the newly dropped file in a hidden window.

Output: Technique=T1564.003: Hidden Window | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT38 has attempted to get detailed information about a compromised host, including the operating system, version, patches, hotfixes, and service packs.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Shamoon attempts to access the ADMIN$, C$\Windows, D$\Windows, and E$\Windows shares on the victim with its current privileges.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Exaramel for Linux uses HTTPS for C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: IPsec Helper contains an embedded XML configuration file with an encrypted list of command and control servers. These are written to an external configuration file during execution.

Output: Technique=T1027.013: Encrypted/Encoded File | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: DEADEYE can use `rundll32.exe` for execution of living off the land binaries (lolbin) such as `SHELL32.DLL`.

Output: Technique=T1218.011: Rundll32 | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Pteranodon executes functions using rundll32.exe.

Output: Technique=T1218.011: Rundll32 | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: AvosLocker has enumerated shared drives on a compromised network.

Output: Technique=T1135: Network Share Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Tropic Trooper has used known administrator account credentials to execute the backdoor directly.

Output: Technique=T1078.003: Local Accounts | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0001: Defense Evasion ; Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SLIGHTPULSE has piped the output from executed commands to `/tmp/1`.

Output: Technique=T1074.001: Local Data Staging | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ECCENTRICBANDWAGON has stored keystrokes and screenshots within the %temp%\GoogleChrome, %temp%\Downloads, and %temp%\TrendMicroUpdate directories.

Output: Technique=T1074.001: Local Data Staging | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT29 named tasks <code>\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\EventCacheManager</code> in order to appear legitimate.

Output: Technique=T1036.004: Masquerade Task or Service | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike will timestomp any files or payloads placed on a target machine to help them blend in.

Output: Technique=T1070.006: Timestomp | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: GoldMax has set an execution trigger date and time, stored as an ASCII Unix/Epoch time value.

Output: Technique=T1497.003: Time Based Evasion | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0007: Defense Evasion ; Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ROKRAT has the ability to gather a list of files and directories on the infected system.

Output: Technique=T1083: File and Directory Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: USBferry can use tasklist to gather information about the process running on the infected system.

Output: Technique=T1057: Process Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Gootloader can determine if a targeted system is part of an Active Directory domain by expanding the %USERDNSDOMAIN% environment variable.

Output: Technique=T1069.002: Domain Groups | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: InvisiMole has executed legitimate tools in hidden windows.

Output: Technique=T1564.003: Hidden Window | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: RCSession can gather system owner information, including user and administrator privileges.

Output: Technique=T1033: System Owner/User Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: ObliqueRAT can halt execution if it identifies processes belonging to virtual machine software or analysis tools.

Output: Technique=T1497.001: System Checks | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0007: Defense Evasion ; Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: BlackCat has the ability to stop VM services on compromised networks.

Output: Technique=T1489: Service Stop | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Leviathan has used an uploader known as LUNCHMONEY that can exfiltrate files to Dropbox.

Output: Technique=T1567.002: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: FIN4 has used spearphishing emails containing attachments (which are often stolen, legitimate documents sent from compromised accounts) with embedded malicious macros.

Output: Technique=T1566.001: Spearphishing Attachment | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: DealersChoice makes modifications to open-source scripts from GitHub and executes them on the victim’s machine.

Output: Technique=T1059.003: Windows Command Shell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Squirrelwaffle has been obfuscated with a XOR-based algorithm.

Output: Technique=T1027.013: Encrypted/Encoded File | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Hildegard has disguised itself as a known Linux process.

Output: Technique=T1036.004: Masquerade Task or Service | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Squirrelwaffle has downloaded and executed additional encoded payloads.

Output: Technique=T1105: Ingress Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Bazar can use Winlogon Helper DLL to establish persistence.

Output: Technique=T1547.004: Winlogon Helper DLL | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: COATHANGER provides a BusyBox reverse shell for command and control.

Output: Technique=T1059.004: Unix Shell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SDBbot has the ability to download a DLL from C2 to a compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1105: Ingress Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Lazarus Group has rebooted victim machines to establish persistence by installing a SSP DLL.

Output: Technique=T1547.005: Security Support Provider | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: FIN13 has used Windows Registry run keys such as, `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hosts` to maintain persistence.

Output: Technique=T1547.001: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Some S-Type samples have been packed with UPX.

Output: Technique=T1027.002: Software Packing | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Woody RAT can identify administrator accounts on an infected machine.

Output: Technique=T1087: Account Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Kerrdown has been distributed through malicious e-mail attachments.

Output: Technique=T1566.001: Spearphishing Attachment | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Amadey has collected the computer name and OS version from a compromised machine.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Pupy can access a connected webcam and capture pictures.

Output: Technique=T1125: Video Capture | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: The OsInfo function in Komplex collects a running process list.

Output: Technique=T1057: Process Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: InvisiMole has disguised its droppers as legitimate software or documents, matching their original names and locations, and saved its files as mpr.dll in the Windows folder.

Output: Technique=T1036.005: Match Legitimate Name or Location | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT29 has used multiple software exploits for common client software, like Microsoft Word, Exchange, and Adobe Reader, to gain code execution.

Output: Technique=T1203: Exploitation for Client Execution | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Bazar can attempt to overload sandbox analysis by sending 1550 calls to printf.

Output: Technique=T1497: Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0007: Defense Evasion ; Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Lazarus Group has used DOCX files to retrieve a malicious document template/DOTM file.

Output: Technique=T1221: Template Injection | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Aria-body has the ability to gather TCP and UDP table status listings.

Output: Technique=T1049: System Network Connections Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: njRAT can be configured to spread via removable drives.

Output: Technique=T1091: Replication Through Removable Media | Tactic=TA0008 ; TA0001: Lateral Movement ; Initial Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Doki was run through a deployed container.

Output: Technique=T1610: Deploy Container | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0002: Defense Evasion ; Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Royal can use `GetNativeSystemInfo` and `GetLogicalDrives` to enumerate system processors and logical drives.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: BRONZE BUTLER has used various tools (such as Mimikatz and WCE) to perform credential dumping.

Output: Technique=T1003.001: LSASS Memory | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TeamTNT has searched for security products on infected machines.

Output: Technique=T1518.001: Security Software Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Amadey has used a variety of Windows API calls, including `GetComputerNameA`, `GetUserNameA`, and `CreateProcessA`.

Output: Technique=T1106: Native API | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Saint Bot can run a batch script named `del.bat` to remove any Saint Bot payload-linked files from a compromise system if anti-analysis or locale checks fail.

Output: Technique=T1070.004: File Deletion | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TA551 has used encoded ASCII text for initial C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1132.001: Standard Encoding | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: RedCurl has used AES-128 CBC to encrypt C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1573.001: Symmetric Cryptography | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Latrodectus can create scheduled tasks for persistence.

Output: Technique=T1053.005: Scheduled Task | Tactic=TA0002 ; TA0003 ; TA0004: Execution ; Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During C0018, the threat actors used HTTP for C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Sakula calls cmd.exe to run various DLL files via rundll32.

Output: Technique=T1218.011: Rundll32 | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Scattered Spider enumerates data stored within victim code repositories, such as internal GitHub repositories.

Output: Technique=T1213.003: Code Repositories | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Agent Tesla has the ability to steal credentials from FTP clients and wireless profiles.

Output: Technique=T1555: Credentials from Password Stores | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: APT41 DUST used stolen code signing certificates to sign DUSTTRAP malware and components.

Output: Technique=T1588.003: Code Signing Certificates | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Ursnif has used tmp files to stage gathered information.

Output: Technique=T1074.001: Local Data Staging | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: During C0027, Scattered Spider downloaded tools using victim organization systems.

Output: Technique=T1105: Ingress Tool Transfer | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: RIPTIDE is a RAT that communicates with HTTP.

Output: Technique=T1043: Commonly Used Port | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Attor can detect whether it is executed in some virtualized or emulated environment by searching for specific artifacts, such as communication with I/O ports and using VM-specific instructions.

Output: Technique=T1497.001: System Checks | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0007: Defense Evasion ; Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Rocke has modified /etc/ld.so.preload to hook libc functions in order to hide the installed dropper and mining software in process lists.

Output: Technique=T1014: Rootkit | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: PoshC2 can enumerate service and service permission information.

Output: Technique=T1007: System Service Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Ke3chang backdoor RoyalDNS established persistence through adding a service called Nwsapagent.

Output: Technique=T1543.003: Windows Service | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: LOWBALL uses the Dropbox cloud storage service for command and control.

Output: Technique=T1102.002: Bidirectional Communication | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TrickBot uses a custom crypter leveraging Microsoft’s CryptoAPI to encrypt C2 traffic.Newer versions of TrickBot have been known to use `bcrypt` to encrypt and digitally sign responses to their C2 server.

Output: Technique=T1573.001: Symmetric Cryptography | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: DRATzarus can use `IsDebuggerPresent` to detect whether a debugger is present on a victim.

Output: Technique=T1622: Debugger Evasion | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0007: Defense Evasion ; Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: IndigoZebra sent spearphishing emails containing malicious attachments that urged recipients to review modifications in the file which would trigger the attack.

Output: Technique=T1204.002: Malicious File | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Octopus can collect system drive information, the computer name, the size of the disk, OS version, and OS architecture information.

Output: Technique=T1082: System Information Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Lokibot has used PowerShell commands embedded inside batch scripts.

Output: Technique=T1059.001: PowerShell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Crimson has the ability to execute commands with the COMSPEC environment variable.

Output: Technique=T1059.003: Windows Command Shell | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: TinyZBot contains functionality to collect information from the clipboard.

Output: Technique=T1115: Clipboard Data | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: SUNBURST had a command to delete files.

Output: Technique=T1070.004: File Deletion | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: GrimAgent has the ability to use HTTP for C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.001: Web Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Gorgon Group malware can decode contents from a payload that was Base64 encoded and write the contents to a file.

Output: Technique=T1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Mispadu has relied on users to execute malicious files in order to gain execution on victim machines.

Output: Technique=T1204.002: Malicious File | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


Instruction: Which MITRE ATT&CK technique and tactic does this activity demonstrate?

Input: Activity: Ninja has the ability to use a proxy chain with up to 255 hops when using TCP.

Output: Technique=T1090.003: Multi-hop Proxy | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control