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

Input: Activity: Crutch can use Dropbox to receive commands and upload stolen data.

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: QUIETEXIT can use an inverse negotiated SSH connection as part of its C2.

Output: Technique=T1071: Application Layer Protocol | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: PowerLess is written in and executed via PowerShell without using powershell.exe.

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


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

Input: Activity: Small Sieve can use SSL/TLS for its HTTPS Telegram Bot API-based C2 channel.

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: Cobalt Strike can use net localgroup to list local groups on a system.

Output: Technique=T1069.001: Local Groups | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: ZIRCONIUM has used the AES256 algorithm with a SHA1 derived key to decrypt exploit code.

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: Pony has sent collected information to the C2 via HTTP POST request.

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: StrongPity can add directories used by the malware to the Windows Defender exclusions list to prevent detection.

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: Threat Group-3390 has used RAR to compress, encrypt, and password-protect files prior to exfiltration.

Output: Technique=T1560.002: Archive via Library | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


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

Input: Activity: Pupy can compress data with Zip before sending it over C2.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT41 has encrypted payloads using the Data Protection API (DPAPI), which relies on keys tied to specific user accounts on specific machines. APT41 has also environmentally keyed second stage malware with an RC5 key derived in part from the infected system's volume serial number.

Output: Technique=T1480.001: Environmental Keying | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: SUNBURST strings were compressed and encoded in Base64. SUNBURST also obfuscated collected system information using a FNV-1a + XOR algorithm.

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: FlawedAmmyy leverages WMI to enumerate anti-virus on the victim.

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


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

Input: Activity: Wingbird performs multiple process injections to hijack system processes and execute malicious code.

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: KOCTOPUS has been distributed as a malicious link within an email.

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


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

Input: Activity: Dragonfly 2.0 used command line for execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: Patchwork has used spearphishing with links to deliver files with exploits to initial victims.

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


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

Input: Activity: HALFBAKED can delete a specified file.

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


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

Input: Activity: Donut includes subprojects that enumerate and identify information about Process Injection candidates.

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


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

Input: Activity: ComRAT has embedded a XOR encrypted communications module inside the orchestrator module.

Output: Technique=T1027.009: Embedded Payloads | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: FIN13 has gained access to compromised environments via remote access services such as the corporate virtual private network (VPN).

Output: Technique=T1133: External Remote Services | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0001: Persistence ; Initial Access


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

Input: Activity: DustySky contains 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: QuasarRAT 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: Dragonfly has moved laterally via RDP.

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: LookBack sets up a Registry Run key to establish a persistence mechanism.

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: Agrius has used the folder, C:\\windows\\temp\\s\\, to stage data for exfiltration.

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


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

Input: Activity: Hancitor has used PowerShell to execute commands.

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


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

Input: Activity: UNC2452 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: FIN13 has utilized tools such as Incognito V2 for token manipulation and impersonation.

Output: Technique=T1134.003: Make and Impersonate Token | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: CURIUM has used SMTPS to exfiltrate collected data from victims.

Output: Technique=T1048.002: Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


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

Input: Activity: Astaroth has used a DGA in C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1568.002: Domain Generation Algorithms | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: Heyoka Backdoor can inject a DLL into rundll32.exe for execution.

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: LIGHTWIRE is a web shell capable of command execution and establishing persistence on compromised Ivanti Secure Connect VPNs.

Output: Technique=T1505.003: Web Shell | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


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

Input: Activity: SoreFang has the ability to list 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: Clop has used the sleep command to avoid sandbox detection.

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: Cyclops Blink can enumerate the process it is currently running under.

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


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

Input: Activity: Flame contains modules to infect USB sticks and spread laterally to other Windows systems the stick is plugged into using Autorun functionality.

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: Reg may be used to find credentials in the Windows 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: SOUNDBITE is capable of enumerating and manipulating files and 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: Play has used Cobalt Strike to download files to compromised machines.

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: Dragonfly 2.0 collected data from local victim systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: Magic Hound has used multiple web shells to gain execution.

Output: Technique=T1505.003: Web Shell | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


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

Input: Activity: Gorgon Group malware can use process hollowing to inject one of its trojans into another process.

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: Honeybee removes batch files to reduce fingerprint on the system as well as deletes the CAB file that gets encoded upon infection.

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


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

Input: Activity: Operation Wocao has obtained the password for the victim's password manager via a custom 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: Olympic Destroyer contains a module that tries to obtain stored credentials from 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: APT37 has access to destructive malware that is capable of overwriting a machine's Master Boot Record (MBR).

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


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

Input: Activity: ThreatNeedle can collect data and files from a compromised host.

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


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

Input: Activity: BlackCat can bypass UAC to escalate privileges.

Output: Technique=T1548.002: Bypass User Account Control | Tactic=TA0004 ; TA0005: Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Leviathan has used a DLL known as SeDll to decrypt and execute other JavaScript backdoors.

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: Sandworm Team has distributed NotPetya by compromising the legitimate Ukrainian accounting software M.E.Doc and replacing a legitimate software update with a malicious one.

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: Astaroth has used an XOR-based algorithm to encrypt payloads twice with different keys.

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: Pupy has a built-in utility command for netstat, can do net session through PowerView, and has an interactive shell which can be used to discover additional information.

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


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

Input: Activity: Molerats has sent malicious links via email trick users into opening a RAR archive and running an executable.

Output: Technique=T1204.001: Malicious Link | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


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

Input: Activity: APT29 has developed malware variants written in Python.

Output: Technique=T1059.006: Python | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


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

Input: Activity: KONNI has hardcoded API calls within its functions to use on the victim's machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: LiteDuke has the ability to download files.

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: Hacking Team UEFI Rootkit is a UEFI BIOS rootkit developed by the company Hacking Team to persist remote access software on some targeted systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: KV Botnet Activity utilizes multiple Bash scripts during botnet installation stages, and the final botnet payload allows for running commands in the Bash shell.

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


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

Input: Activity: FoggyWeb can invoke the `Common.Compress` method to compress data with the C# GZipStream compression class.

Output: Technique=T1560.002: Archive via Library | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


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

Input: Activity: Mis-Type uses Base64 encoding for C2 traffic.

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: Saint Bear initial loaders will also drop a malicious Windows batch file, available via open source GitHub repositories, that disables Microsoft Defender functionality.

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


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

Input: Activity: LoudMiner can automatically launch at startup if the AutoStart option is enabled in the VBoxVmService configuration file.

Output: Technique=T1547: Boot or Logon Autostart Execution | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: metaMain can encrypt the data that it sends and receives from the C2 server using an RC4 encryption algorithm.

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: FIN8 executes commands remotely via cmd.exe.

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


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

Input: Activity: During Cutting Edge, threat actors sent a magic 48-byte sequence to enable the PITSOCK backdoor to communicate via the `/tmp/clientsDownload.sock` socket.

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: Turla has used PowerShell to execute commands/scripts, in some cases via a custom executable or code from Empire's PSInject. Turla has also used PowerShell scripts to load and execute malware in memory.

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


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

Input: Activity: LunarWeb can identify shared resources in compromised environments.

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


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

Input: Activity: Fysbis has used the command ls /etc | egrep -e"fedora\*|debian\*|gentoo\*|mandriva\*|mandrake\*|meego\*|redhat\*|lsb-\*|sun-\*|SUSE\*|release" to determine which Linux OS version is running.

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


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

Input: Activity: Sardonic has the ability to execute the `net view` command.

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


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

Input: Activity: MarkiRAT can look for files carrying specific extensions such as: .rtf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .pps, .ppsx, .txt, .gpg, .pkr, .kdbx, .key, and .jpb.

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


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

Input: Activity: BloodHound can collect information about domain groups and members.

Output: Technique=T1069.002: Domain Groups | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: SVCReady can check for the number of devices plugged into an infected host.

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


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

Input: Activity: Saint Bear has delivered malicious Microsoft Office files containing an embedded JavaScript object that would, on execution, download and execute OutSteel and Saint Bot.

Output: Technique=T1059.007: JavaScript | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


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

Input: Activity: Shark has the ability to upload files from the compromised host over a DNS or HTTP 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: GoldenSpy has been packaged with a legitimate tax preparation 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: POSHSPY uploads data in 2048-byte chunks.

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


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

Input: Activity: Carberp has queued an APC routine to explorer.exe by calling ZwQueueApcThread.

Output: Technique=T1055.004: Asynchronous Procedure Call | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: UNC2452 used dynamic DNS resolution to construct and resolve to randomly-generated subdomains for C2.

Output: Technique=T1568: Dynamic Resolution | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: APT33 has used HTTP over TCP ports 808 and 880 for command and control.

Output: Technique=T1571: Non-Standard Port | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: Winter Vivern executed PowerShell scripts to create scheduled tasks to retrieve remotely-hosted 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: NativeZone can display an RTF document to the user to enable execution of Cobalt Strike stage shellcode.

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


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

Input: Activity: HotCroissant has the ability to retrieve a list of files in a given directory as well as drives and drive types.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT37 has a function in the initial dropper to bypass Windows UAC in order to execute the next payload with higher privileges.

Output: Technique=T1548.002: Bypass User Account Control | Tactic=TA0004 ; TA0005: Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: NOKKI has used FTP for C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1071.002: File Transfer Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: Bazar can use various APIs to allocate memory and facilitate code execution/injection.

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


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

Input: Activity: BlackEnergy has used a plug-in to gather credentials from web browsers including FireFox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer.

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: APT41 has transferred implant files using Windows Admin Shares and the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, then executes files through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

Output: Technique=T1021.002: SMB/Windows Admin Shares | Tactic=TA0008: Lateral Movement


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

Input: Activity: Remcos can capture data from the system’s microphone.

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


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

Input: Activity: DarkGate installation includes binary code stored in a file located in a hidden directory, such as shell.txt, that is decrypted then executed. DarkGate uses hexadecimal-encoded shellcode payloads during installation that are called via Windows API CallWindowProc() to decode and then execute.

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: Higaisa used a payload that creates 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: LightNeuron can be configured to exfiltrate data during nighttime or working hours.

Output: Technique=T1029: Scheduled Transfer | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


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

Input: Activity: Dyre has the ability to send information staged on a compromised host externally to 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: CHIMNEYSWEEP can capture screenshots on targeted systems using a timer and either upload them or store them to disk.

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


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

Input: Activity: Mispadu has been spread via malicious links embedded in emails.

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


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

Input: Activity: Mustang Panda has used mshta.exe to launch collection scripts.

Output: Technique=T1218.005: Mshta | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Bazar can launch cmd.exe to perform reconnaissance commands.

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


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

Input: Activity: FIN13 has collected local host information by utilizing Windows commands `systeminfo`, `fsutil`, and `fsinfo`. FIN13 has also utilized a compromised Symantex Altiris console and LanDesk account to retrieve host information.

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


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

Input: Activity: CookieMiner has installed multiple new Launch Agents in order to maintain persistence for cryptocurrency mining software.

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: Ember Bear has used publicly available tools such as MASSCAN and Acunetix for vulnerability scanning of public-facing infrastructure.

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


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

Input: Activity: Bazar downloads have been hosted on Google Docs.

Output: Technique=T1102: Web Service | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: FRP can tunnel SSH and Unix Domain Socket communications over TCP between external nodes and exposed resources behind firewalls or NAT.

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


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

Input: Activity: FIN7 has used the command `cmd.exe /C quser` to collect user session information.

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


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

Input: Activity: SLOTHFULMEDIA has uploaded files and information from victim machines.

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


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

Input: Activity: Vasport can download files.

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: Rocke has distributed cryptomining malware.

Output: Technique=T1496.001: Compute Hijacking | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


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

Input: Activity: KeyBoy attempts to collect passwords from 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: Dtrack used hard-coded credentials to gain access to a network share.

Output: Technique=T1078: Valid 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: BlackEnergy has run a plug-in on a victim to spread through the local network by using PsExec and accessing admin shares.

Output: Technique=T1021.002: SMB/Windows Admin Shares | Tactic=TA0008: Lateral Movement


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

Input: Activity: WellMess can decode and decrypt data received 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: MirageFox has the capability to execute commands using cmd.exe.

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


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

Input: Activity: TajMahal has the ability to manage an automated queue of egress files and commands sent to its C2.

Output: Technique=T1020: Automated Exfiltration | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


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

Input: Activity: Zebrocy has exfiltrated data to the designated C2 server using HTTP POST requests.

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


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

Input: Activity: SEASHARPEE can timestomp files on victims using a Web shell.

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


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

Input: Activity: Lizar has used PowerShell scripts.

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


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

Input: Activity: Netwalker's PowerShell script can decode and decrypt multiple layers of obfuscation, leading to the Netwalker DLL being loaded into memory.

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: Ke3chang transferred compressed and encrypted RAR files containing exfiltration through the established backdoor command and control channel during operations.

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


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

Input: Activity: InvisiMole has a command to create, set, copy, or delete a specified Registry key or value.

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


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

Input: Activity: FIN6 has used scheduled tasks to establish persistence for various malware it uses, including downloaders known as HARDTACK and SHIPBREAD and FrameworkPOS.

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: KOMPROGO is capable of retrieving information about the infected system.

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


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

Input: Activity: PoetRAT checked the size of the hard drive to determine if it was being run in a sandbox environment. In the event of sandbox detection, it would delete itself by overwriting the malware scripts with the contents of "License.txt" and exiting.

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: Metamorfo has digitally signed executables using AVAST Software certificates.

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


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

Input: Activity: Out1 has the ability to encode data.

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: An APT28 loader Trojan uses a cmd.exe and batch script to run its payload. The group has also used macros to execute payloads.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kwampirs collects a list of available servers with the command net view.

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


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

Input: Activity: Clop can enumerate all 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: Spark can collect the hostname, keyboard layout, and language from the system.

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


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

Input: Activity: Operation Wocao has used a custom collection method to intercept two-factor authentication soft tokens.

Output: Technique=T1111: Multi-Factor Authentication Interception | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: NETWIRE creates a Registry start-up entry to establish 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: Molerats has sent malicious files via email that tricked users into clicking Enable Content to run an embedded macro and to download malicious archives.

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


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

Input: Activity: INC Ransom has used INC Ransomware to encrypt victim's data.

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


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

Input: Activity: QUADAGENT uses PowerShell scripts for execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT29 has set the hostnames of its C2 infrastructure to match legitimate hostnames in the victim environment. They have also used IP addresses originating from the same country as the victim for their VPN infrastructure.

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


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

Input: Activity: Tarrask is able to delete the Security Descriptor (`SD`) registry subkey in order to “hide” scheduled tasks.

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


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

Input: Activity: Xbash can perform port scanning of TCP and UDP ports.

Output: Technique=T1046: Network Service Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: OceanSalt can encode data with a NOT operation before sending the data to the control server.

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: MultiLayer Wiper creates a malicious scheduled task that launches a batch file to remove Windows Event Logs.

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: VersaMem was installed through exploitation of CVE-2024-39717 in Versa Director servers.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT3 will identify Microsoft Office documents on the victim's computer.

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


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

Input: Activity: Aria-body has the ability to launch files using ShellExecute.

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


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

Input: Activity: During Operation CuckooBees, the threat actors renamed a malicious executable to `rundll32.exe` to allow it to blend in with other Windows system files.

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: Explosive has encrypted communications with the RC4 method.

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: SysUpdate can contact the DNS server operated by Google as part of its C2 establishment process.

Output: Technique=T1016.001: Internet Connection Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: DCSrv can compare the current time on an infected host with a configuration value to determine when to start the encryption process.

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


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

Input: Activity: Grandoreiro can delete .LNK files created in the Startup folder.

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


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

Input: Activity: Astaroth has been delivered via 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: The Remsec loader implements itself with the name Security Support Provider, a legitimate Windows function. Various Remsec .exe files mimic legitimate file names used by Microsoft, Symantec, Kaspersky, Hewlett-Packard, and VMWare. Remsec also disguised malicious modules using similar filenames as custom network encryption software on victims.

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: Uroburos can use a `Put` command to write files to an infected 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: Peirates can gain a reverse shell on a host node by mounting the Kubernetes hostPath.

Output: Technique=T1611: Escape to Host | Tactic=TA0004: Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: Raccoon Stealer attempts to steal cookies and related information in browser history.

Output: Technique=T1539: Steal Web Session Cookie | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: OilRig has run whoami on a victim.

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


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

Input: Activity: Koadic can perform process injection by using a reflective DLL.

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: BoomBox can execute an LDAP query to discover e-mail accounts for domain users.

Output: Technique=T1087.003: Email Account | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: Ramsay can collect data from removable media and stage it for exfiltration.

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


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

Input: Activity: HiddenWasp adds itself as a shared object to the LD_PRELOAD environment variable.

Output: Technique=T1574.006: Dynamic Linker Hijacking | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: APT41 DUST used internet scan data for target development.

Output: Technique=T1596.005: Scan Databases | Tactic=TA0043: Reconnaissance


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

Input: Activity: BADNEWS attempts to hide its payloads using legitimate filenames.

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: Samurai can base64 encode data sent in C2 communications prior to its encryption.

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: Cobalt Strike can deliver additional payloads to victim machines.

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: Cobalt Strike can use `rundll32.exe` to load DLL from the command line.

Output: Technique=T1218.011: Rundll32 | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: BITTER has downloaded additional malware and tools onto 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: Cobalt Strike can exploit vulnerabilities such as MS14-058.

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: Bisonal has added itself to the Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run\ 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: creates a Registry subkey that registers a new system device.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike can use PowerShell, Python, VBA, PowerSploit, other scripting frameworks to perform execution.

Output: Technique=T1064: Scripting | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0002: Defense Evasion ; Execution


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

Input: Activity: DarkGate initial infection payloads can masquerade as pirated media content requiring user interaction for code execution. DarkGate is distributed through phishing links to VBS or MSI objects requiring user interaction for execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: Bad Rabbit spread through watering holes on popular sites by injecting JavaScript into the HTML body or a <code>.js</code> file.

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


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

Input: Activity: NOKKI uses Base64 encoding for strings.

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: Turla and its RPC backdoors have used APIs calls for various tasks related to subverting AMSI and accessing then executing commands through RPC and/or named pipes.

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


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

Input: Activity: Elise is capable of launching a remote shell on the host to delete itself.

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


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

Input: Activity: LiteDuke has the ability to discover the proxy configuration of Firefox and/or Opera.

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


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

Input: Activity: Maze has delivered components for its ransomware attacks using MSI files, some of which have been executed from the command-line using msiexec.

Output: Technique=T1218.007: Msiexec | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: FIN13 has researched employees to target for social engineering attacks.

Output: Technique=T1589: Gather Victim Identity Information | Tactic=TA0043: Reconnaissance


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

Input: Activity: P.A.S. Webshell has the ability to list files and file characteristics including extension, size, ownership, and permissions.

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


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

Input: Activity: Honeybee uses a batch file to load a DLL into the svchost.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: CURIUM has created dedicated servers for command and control and exfiltration purposes.

Output: Technique=T1583.004: Server | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: Gelsemium can enumerate running processes.

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


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

Input: Activity: SVCReady can collect the username from an infected 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: The Clambling dropper can use PowerShell to download the malware.

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


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

Input: Activity: Zox has been encoded with Base64.

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: FatDuke can identify the MAC address on the target computer.

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


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

Input: Activity: Variants of WEBC2 achieve persistence by using DLL search order hijacking, usually by copying the DLL file to %SYSTEMROOT% (C:\WINDOWS\ntshrui.dll).

Output: Technique=T1574.001: DLL Search Order Hijacking | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Dragonfly 2.0 compromised user credentials and used valid accounts for operations.

Output: Technique=T1078: Valid 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: Variants of Emissary have used rundll32.exe in Registry values added to establish persistence.

Output: Technique=T1218.011: Rundll32 | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Matryoshka uses reflective DLL injection to inject the malicious library and execute the RAT.

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: SQLRat has scripts that are responsible for deobfuscating additional 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: Bonadan can find the external IP address of the infected 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: Darkhotel has used 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: RGDoor uses cmd.exe 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: SslMM identifies and kills anti-malware processes.

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: DustySky has used both HTTP and HTTPS 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: China Chopper's server component can upload local files.

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


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

Input: Activity: TeamTNT has run netstat -anp to search for rival malware connections. TeamTNT has also used `libprocesshider` to modify /etc/ld.so.preload.

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 search a list of running processes for Tr.exe.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cuba can retrieve the ARP cache from the local system by using GetIpNetTable.

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


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

Input: Activity: DarkGate uses the native Windows API CallWindowProc() to decode and launch encoded shellcode payloads during execution. DarkGate can call kernel mode functions directly to hide the use of process hollowing methods during execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kazuar encodes communications to the C2 server in 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: Zeus Panda can take screenshots of the victim’s machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has lured victims into clicking malicious links.

Output: Technique=T1204.001: Malicious Link | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


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

Input: Activity: ToddyCat has hidden malicious scripts using `powershell.exe -windowstyle hidden`.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ursnif has used Registry modifications as part of its installation routine.

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 remote webcam monitoring capability.

Output: Technique=T1125: Video Capture | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


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

Input: Activity: DDKONG lists files on the victim’s 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: RedCurl has used HTTPS for C2 communication.

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: APT16 has compromised otherwise legitimate sites as staging servers for second-stage payloads.

Output: Technique=T1584.004: Server | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: Uroburos can add extra characters in encoded strings to help mimic DNS legitimate requests.

Output: Technique=T1001.001: Junk Data | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: WhisperGate can stop its execution when it recognizes the presence of certain monitoring 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: ThreatNeedle relies on a victim to click on a malicious document for initial execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: PLAINTEE performs the tasklist command to list running processes.

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


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

Input: Activity: Raspberry Robin can delete its initial delivery script from disk during execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: Blue Mockingbird has used batch script files to automate execution and deployment of payloads.

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


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

Input: Activity: OceanSalt can delete files from the system.

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


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

Input: Activity: DropBook can collect the names of all files and folders in the Program Files 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: Imminent Monitor has a PasswordRecoveryPacket module for recovering browser passwords.

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: TEARDROP checked that HKU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CTF existed before decoding its embedded payload.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ramsay can hijack outdated Windows application dependencies with malicious versions of its own DLL payload.

Output: Technique=T1574.001: DLL Search Order Hijacking | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: A module in Prikormka collects information from the victim about the current user name.

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


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

Input: Activity: Gazer can establish persistence by creating a .lnk file in the Start menu.

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: Night Dragon has obtained and used tools such as gsecdump.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ebury has verified C2 domain ownership by decrypting the TXT record using an embedded RSA public key.

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: LoudMiner used a batch script to run the Linux virtual machine as a service.

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


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

Input: Activity: Rancor has complied VBScript-generated MOF files into 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: A FinFisher variant uses DLL search order hijacking.

Output: Technique=T1574.001: DLL Search Order Hijacking | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: BloodHound can collect information on user sessions.

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


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

Input: Activity: For Operation Wocao, the threat actors registered email accounts to use during the campaign.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT1 gathered a list of running processes on the system using tasklist /v.

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


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

Input: Activity: Lazarus Group has sent malicious links to victims via email.

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


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

Input: Activity: Empire can upload and download to and from a victim 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: RARSTONE downloads its backdoor component from a C2 server and loads it directly into memory.

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: TA551 has used obfuscated variable names in a JavaScript configuration file.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT34 has dumped credentials from victims in several ways, including by using open source tools Mimikatz and Lazagne, or by harvesting credentials when users log into Outlook Web Access.

Output: Technique=T1003: OS Credential Dumping | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: Wizard Spider has used scheduled tasks to install TrickBot, using task names to appear legitimate such as WinDotNet, GoogleTask, or Sysnetsf. It has also used common document file names for other malware binaries.

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: CrossRAT uses run keys for persistence on Windows.

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: InvisiMole can list information about files in a directory and recently opened or used documents. InvisiMole can also search for specific files by supplied file mask.

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


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

Input: Activity: DCSrv has encrypted drives using the core encryption mechanism from DiskCryptor.

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


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

Input: Activity: Leviathan relies on web shells for an initial foothold as well as persistence into the victim's systems.

Output: Technique=T1505.003: Web Shell | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


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

Input: Activity: Strider has used a hidden file system that is stored as a file on disk.

Output: Technique=T1564.005: Hidden File System | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: During FunnyDream, the threat actors used a Visual Basic script to run remote commands.

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


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

Input: Activity: Conficker copies itself into the <code>%systemroot%\system32</code> directory and registers as 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: NETWIRE can copy itself to and launch itself from hidden folders.

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: Rising Sun has executed commands using `cmd.exe /c “<command> > <%temp%>\AM<random>. tmp” 2>&1`.

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


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

Input: Activity: Dragonfly has queried the Registry to identify victim information.

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


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

Input: Activity: FakeM contains a keylogger module.

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: TYPEFRAME variants can add malicious DLL modules as new services.

Output: Technique=T1050: New Service | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: NETWIRE has the ability to search for files on the 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: Black Basta can check system flags and libraries, process timing, and API's to detect code emulation or sandboxing.

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: Olympic Destroyer contains a module that tries to obtain credentials from LSASS, similar to Mimikatz. These credentials are used with PsExec and Windows Management Instrumentation to help the malware propagate itself across a network.

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


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

Input: Activity: StrongPity has created new services and modified existing services for persistence.

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: PingPull variants have the ability to communicate with C2 servers using ICMP or TCP.

Output: Technique=T1095: Non-Application Layer Protocol | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: Bumblebee has been delivered as password-protected zipped ISO files and used control-flow-flattening to obfuscate the flow of functions.

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: Empire contains modules that can discover and exploit search order hijacking vulnerabilities.

Output: Technique=T1574.008: Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: DarkWatchman has created a scheduled task 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: Winter Vivern delivered a PowerShell script capable of recursively scanning victim machines looking for various file types before exfiltrating identified files via HTTP.

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


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

Input: Activity: FALLCHILL can search files on a victim.

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 malware can use PowerShell commands to download and execute a payload and open a decoy document on the victim’s machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: Agrius used several mechanisms to try to disable security tools. Agrius attempted to modify EDR-related services to disable auto-start on system reboot. Agrius used a publicly available driver, GMER64.sys typically used for anti-rootkit functionality, to selectively stop and remove security software processes.

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: QUADAGENT uses VBScripts.

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


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

Input: Activity: esentutl can be used to copy files from a given URL.

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: Felismus collects the current username and sends it to the C2 server.

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


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

Input: Activity: Emotet has been observed leveraging a module that scrapes email data from Outlook.

Output: Technique=T1114.001: Local Email Collection | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


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

Input: Activity: Some Backdoor.Oldrea samples contain a publicly available Web browser password recovery tool.

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: MiniDuke can enumerate local drives.

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


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

Input: Activity: EvilBunny has used the API calls NtQuerySystemTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, and GetTickCount to gather time metrics as part of its checks to see if the malware is running in a sandbox.

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


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

Input: Activity: Fox Kitten has installed web shells on compromised hosts to maintain access.

Output: Technique=T1505.003: Web Shell | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


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

Input: Activity: Machete uses the netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid and netsh wlan show interfaces commands to list all nearby WiFi networks and connected interfaces.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cuckoo Stealer can discover and send the username from a compromised host to C2.

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


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

Input: Activity: DCSrv has used various Windows API functions, including `DeviceIoControl`, as part of its encryption process.

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


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

Input: Activity: Shamoon attempts to overwrite operating system files with image files.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cinnamon Tempest has used search order hijacking to launch Cobalt Strike Beacons.

Output: Technique=T1574.001: DLL Search Order Hijacking | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Dragonfly has identified and browsed file servers in the victim network, sometimes , viewing files pertaining to ICS or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT19 used <code>-W Hidden</code> to conceal PowerShell windows by setting the WindowStyle parameter to hidden.

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


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

Input: Activity: XCSSET uses a malicious browser application to replace the legitimate browser in order to continuously capture credentials, monitor web traffic, and download additional modules.

Output: Technique=T1554: Compromise Host Software Binary | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


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

Input: Activity: The file collection tool used by RainyDay can utilize native API including ReadDirectoryChangeW for folder monitoring.

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


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

Input: Activity: GoldenSpy has gathered operating system information.

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


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

Input: Activity: Hydraq uses basic obfuscation in the form of spaghetti code.

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: Saint Bear has used the Discord content delivery network for hosting malicious content referenced in links and emails.

Output: Technique=T1608.001: Upload Malware | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: Backdoor.Oldrea collects the current username from the victim.

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


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

Input: Activity: Some Brave Prince variants have used South Korea's Daum email service to exfiltrate information, and later variants have posted the data to a web server via an HTTP post command.

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: ShimRatReporter sent collected system and network information compiled into a report to an adversary-controlled C2.

Output: Technique=T1020: Automated Exfiltration | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


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

Input: Activity: FunnyDream has used a service named `WSearch` for execution.

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: CrackMapExec can execute PowerShell commands via WMI.

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


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

Input: Activity: Axiom has collected data from a compromised network.

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


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

Input: Activity: Axiom has acquired dynamic DNS services for use in the targeting of intended victims.

Output: Technique=T1583.002: DNS Server | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: Kevin can delete files created on the victim's machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: Industroyer can use an arbitrary system service to load at system boot for persistence and replaces the ImagePath registry value of a Windows service with a new backdoor binary.

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: NOKKI can collect the current timestamp of the victim's machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: PowerStallion uses Microsoft OneDrive as a C2 server via a network drive mapped with net use.

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: Saint Bot has created a scheduled task named "Maintenance" to establish 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: Turla has used a custom decryption routine, which pulls key and salt values from other artifacts such as a WMI filter or PowerShell Profile, to decode encrypted PowerShell payloads.

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: DUSTTRAP restores the `.text` section of compromised DLLs after malicious code is loaded into memory and before the file is closed.

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


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

Input: Activity: BloodHound can identify users with local administrator rights.

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


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

Input: Activity: WannaCry creates the service "mssecsvc2.0" with the display name "Microsoft Security Center (2.0) 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: Gelsemium can modify the Registry to store its components.

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


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

Input: Activity: ShimRatReporter gathered the operating system name and specific Windows version of an infected machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: Rising Sun has decrypted itself using a single-byte XOR scheme. Additionally, Rising Sun can decrypt its configuration data at runtime.

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: A JHUHUGIT variant accesses a screenshot saved in the clipboard and converts it to a JPG image.

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


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

Input: Activity: Tonto Team abuses a legitimate and signed Microsoft executable to launch a malicious DLL.

Output: Technique=T1574.001: DLL Search Order Hijacking | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Siloscape uses Tor to communicate with C2.

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: KeyBoy calls back to the C2 server over ports 53, 80, and 443.

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: APT34 has used a keylogging tool called KEYPUNCH.

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: Magic Hound has exploited the Log4j utility (CVE-2021-44228), on-premises MS Exchange servers via "ProxyShell" (CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-34523, CVE-2021-31207), and Fortios SSL VPNs (CVE-2018-13379).

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: PoshC2 contains an implementation of netstat to enumerate TCP and UDP 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: Brute Ratel C4 can detect EDR userland hooks.

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


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

Input: Activity: KEYMARBLE can upload files to the victim’s machine and can download additional 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: P.A.S. Webshell can list PHP server configuration details.

Output: Technique=T1518: Software Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: Naikon has used WMIC.exe for lateral movement.

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


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

Input: Activity: Machete used multiple compiled Python scripts on the victim’s system. Machete's main backdoor Machete is also written in Python.

Output: Technique=T1059.006: Python | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


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

Input: Activity: Volatile Cedar has performed vulnerability scans of the target server.

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


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

Input: Activity: Zeus Panda encrypts strings with XOR. Zeus Panda also encrypts all configuration and settings in AES and RC4.

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: Explosive has collected the MAC address 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: Milan can encode files containing information about the targeted system.

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: POLONIUM has used compromised credentials from an IT company to target downstream customers including a law firm and aviation company.

Output: Technique=T1199: Trusted Relationship | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


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

Input: Activity: LightNeuron has used filenames associated with Exchange and Outlook for binary and configuration files, such as winmail.dat.

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: A Patchwork payload uses process hollowing to hide the UAC bypass vulnerability exploitation inside svchost.exe.

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: Snip3 can execute PowerShell scripts 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: DarkComet gathers the username from the victim’s machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: POWERSTATS can retrieve IP, network adapter configuration information, and domain from compromised hosts.

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 Mimikatz credential dumper contains an implementation of an SSP.

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: SamSam has been seen deleting its own files and payloads to make analysis of the attack more difficult.

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


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

Input: Activity: ZxShell can create Registry entries to enable services to run.

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


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

Input: Activity: Empire can add a SID-History to a user if on a domain controller.

Output: Technique=T1134.005: SID-History Injection | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: NanoCore uses VBS files.

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


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

Input: Activity: Pandora has the ability to compress stings with QuickLZ.

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: Ferocious can run anti-sandbox checks using the Microsoft Excel 4.0 function GET.WORKSPACE to determine the OS version, if there is a mouse present, and if the host is capable of playing sounds.

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: Earth Lusca adopted Cloudflare as a proxy for compromised servers.

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


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

Input: Activity: CookieMiner has checked for the presence of "Little Snitch", macOS network monitoring and application firewall software, stopping and exiting if it is found.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ngrok can provide DGA for C2 servers through the use of random URL strings that change every 12 hours.

Output: Technique=T1568.002: Domain Generation Algorithms | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: Threat Group-3390 has used DLL side-loading, including by using legitimate Kaspersky antivirus variants as well as `rc.exe`, a legitimate Microsoft Resource Compiler.

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: Egregor can encrypt all non-system files using a hybrid AES-RSA algorithm prior to displaying a ransom note.

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


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

Input: Activity: During the SolarWinds Compromise, APT29 routinely removed their tools, including custom backdoors, once remote access was achieved.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kevin can download files to the 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: One version of Helminth consists of VBScript and PowerShell scripts. The malware also uses batch scripting.

Output: Technique=T1064: Scripting | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0002: Defense Evasion ; Execution


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

Input: Activity: Pteranodon has used various API calls.

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


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

Input: Activity: Akira uses valid account information to remotely access victim networks, such as VPN credentials.

Output: Technique=T1078: Valid 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: APT41 DUST used compromised Google Workspace accounts for command and control.

Output: Technique=T1102: Web Service | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: Magic Hound has used rundll32.exe to execute MiniDump from comsvcs.dll when dumping LSASS memory.

Output: Technique=T1218.011: Rundll32 | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: ZxShell has used rundll32.exe to execute other DLLs and named pipes.

Output: Technique=T1218.011: Rundll32 | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: When executing with non-root permissions, RotaJakiro uses the the `shmget` API to create shared memory between other known RotaJakiro processes. RotaJakiro also uses the `execvp` API to help its dead process "resurrect".

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


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

Input: Activity: SynAck checks its directory location in an attempt to avoid launching in a sandbox.

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


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

Input: Activity: During Operation Wocao, the threat actors renamed some tools and executables to appear as legitimate programs.

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: Pupy can enumerate local information for Linux hosts and find currently logged on users for Windows hosts.

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


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

Input: Activity: Meteor can use Wevtutil to remove Security, System and Application Event Viewer logs.

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: MobileOrder has a command to upload to its C2 server information about files on the victim mobile device, including SD card size, installed app list, SMS content, contacts, and calling history.

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


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

Input: Activity: ROKRAT has used legitimate social networking sites and cloud platforms (including but not limited to Twitter, Yandex, Dropbox, and Mediafire) for C2 communications.

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: TinyTurla has been installed using a .bat file.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT41 created a RAR archive of targeted files for exfiltration. Additionally, APT41 used the makecab.exe utility to both download tools, such as NATBypass, to the victim network and to archive a file for 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: DUSTTRAP can execute commands via `cmd.exe`.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ebury has used a DGA to generate a domain name for C2.

Output: Technique=T1483: Domain Generation Algorithms | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control