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

Input: Activity: Denis obfuscates its code and encrypts the API names.

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: UBoatRAT takes advantage of the /SetNotifyCmdLine option in BITSAdmin to ensure it stays running on a system to maintain persistence.

Output: Technique=T1197: BITS Jobs | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0003: Defense Evasion ; Persistence


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

Input: Activity: Earth Lusca created a service using the command sc create “SysUpdate” binpath= “cmd /c start “[file path]””&&sc config “SysUpdate” start= auto&&net start SysUpdate 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: Sandworm Team has used Base64 encoding within malware variants.

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: PoisonIvy creates a Registry subkey that registers a new service.

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: Cobalt Group has used public sites such as github.com and sendspace.com to upload files and then download them to victim computers. The group's JavaScript backdoor is also capable of downloading 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: SOUNDBITE communicates via DNS for C2.

Output: Technique=T1071.004: DNS | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: NBTscan can list NetBIOS computer names.

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


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

Input: Activity: FIN8 has used PowerShell Scripts to check the architecture of a compromised machine before the selection of a 32-bit or 64-bit version of a malicious .NET loader.

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


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

Input: Activity: GravityRAT executes commands remotely on the infected host.

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


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

Input: Activity: Zebrocy uses cmd.exe to execute commands on the system.

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


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

Input: Activity: STARWHALE has the ability to hex-encode collected data from an infected host.

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: NGLite will use an AES encrypted channel for command and control purposes, in one case using the key WHATswrongwithUu.

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: Machete hijacks the clipboard data by creating an overlapped window that listens to keyboard events.

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


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

Input: Activity: COATHANGER includes a binary labeled `authd` that can inject a library into a running process and then hook an existing function within that process with a new function from that library.

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: FIN13 has assigned newly created accounts the sysadmin role to maintain persistence.

Output: Technique=T1098.007: Additional Local or Domain Groups | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: FIN6 has used tools like Adfind to query users, groups, organizational units, and trusts.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT18 can list files information for specific 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: ComRAT can use SSL/TLS encryption for its HTTP-based C2 channel. ComRAT has used public key cryptography with RSA and AES encrypted email attachments for its Gmail 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: Agrius dumped the SAM file on victim machines to capture credentials.

Output: Technique=T1003.002: Security Account Manager | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: Rocke can detect a running process's PID on the infected machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has stolen and laundered cryptocurrency to self-fund operations including the acquisition of infrastructure.

Output: Technique=T1657: Financial Theft | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


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

Input: Activity: During Night Dragon, threat actors enticed users to click on links in spearphishing emails to download malware.

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


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

Input: Activity: EKANS removes backups of Volume Shadow Copies to disable any restoration capabilities.

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


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

Input: Activity: BitPaymer has attempted to install itself as a service to maintain 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: ZxShell can kill AV products' 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: RainyDay can decrypt its payload via a XOR 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: SILENTTRINITY can establish persistence by creating a new service.

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


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

Input: Activity: Sowbug extracted documents and bundled them into a RAR archive.

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


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

Input: Activity: NotPetya encrypts user files and disk structures like the MBR with 2048-bit RSA.

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


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

Input: Activity: Honeybee's service-based DLL implant can execute a downloaded file with parameters specified using CreateProcessAsUser.

Output: Technique=T1546.009: AppCert DLLs | Tactic=TA0004 ; TA0003: Privilege Escalation ; Persistence


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

Input: Activity: EnvyScout has been distributed via spearphishing as an email attachment.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kobalos replaced the SSH client with a trojanized SSH client to steal credentials on compromised systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT39 used secure shell (SSH) to move laterally among their targets.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ke3chang has dumped credentials, including by using gsecdump.

Output: Technique=T1003.004: LSA Secrets | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: Machete has relied on users opening malicious attachments delivered through spearphishing to execute malware.

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


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

Input: Activity: Linfo creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can obtain data from local 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: 3PARA RAT has a command to retrieve metadata for files on disk as well as a command to list the current working directory.

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


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

Input: Activity: Sykipot injects itself into running instances of outlook.exe, iexplore.exe, or firefox.exe.

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

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: Dridex has encrypted traffic with RSA.

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: FIN8 has retrieved a list of trusted domains by using nltest.exe /domain_trusts.

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


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

Input: Activity: NanoCore can modify the victim's firewall.

Output: Technique=T1562.004: Disable or Modify System Firewall | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: DarkGate elevates accounts created through the malware to the local administration group during execution.

Output: Technique=T1098.007: Additional Local or Domain Groups | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: Dtrack can collect network and active connection 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: RTM has used an RSS feed on Livejournal to update a list of encrypted C2 server names.

Output: Technique=T1102.001: Dead Drop Resolver | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: The executable version of Helminth has a module to log clipboard contents.

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


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

Input: Activity: TrickBot module "Trickboot" can write or erase the UEFI/BIOS firmware of a compromised device.

Output: Technique=T1495: Firmware Corruption | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


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

Input: Activity: Variants of Kevin can communicate over DNS through queries to the server for constructed domain names with embedded information.

Output: Technique=T1071.004: DNS | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: HEXANE has staged malware on fraudulent websites set up to impersonate targeted organizations.

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


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

Input: Activity: Chaes has used Installutill to download content.

Output: Technique=T1218.004: InstallUtil | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: WIRTE has obtained and used Empire for post-exploitation activities.

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


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

Input: Activity: A SUGARDUMP variant used SMTP for C2.

Output: Technique=T1071.003: Mail Protocols | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: CURIUM has leveraged PowerShell scripts for initial process execution and data gathering in victim environments.

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


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

Input: Activity: Mosquito runs whoami on 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: ComRAT can load a PE file from memory or the file system and execute it with CreateProcessW.

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


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

Input: Activity: Smoke Loader recursively searches through directories for files.

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


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

Input: Activity: BabyShark has downloaded additional files from the C2.

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


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

Input: Activity: Sandworm Team has exfiltrated internal documents, files, and other data from compromised hosts.

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


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

Input: Activity: Skidmap has the ability to add the public key of its handlers to the authorized_keys file to maintain persistence on an infected host.

Output: Technique=T1098.004: SSH Authorized Keys | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: Janicab captured audio and sent it out to a C2 server.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT28 deployed the open source tool Responder to conduct NetBIOS Name Service poisoning, which captured usernames and hashed passwords that allowed access to legitimate credentials. APT28 close-access teams have used Wi-Fi pineapples to intercept Wi-Fi signals and user credentials.

Output: Technique=T1040: Network Sniffing | Tactic=TA0006 ; TA0007: Credential Access ; Discovery


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

Input: Activity: BRONZE BUTLER has used a tool to capture screenshots.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kessel has collected the system architecture, OS version, and MAC address information.

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


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

Input: Activity: HTRAN can install a rootkit to hide network connections from the host OS.

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


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

Input: Activity: Wizard Spider has exfiltrated domain credentials and network enumeration information over command and control (C2) channels.

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


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

Input: Activity: AsyncRAT has the ability to view the screen on compromised hosts.

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


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

Input: Activity: CoinTicker executes a bash script to establish a reverse shell.

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


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

Input: Activity: Waterbear can receive and load executables from remote C2 servers.

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: DarkGate edits the Registry key HKCU\Software\Classes\mscfile\shell\open\command to execute a malicious AutoIt script. When eventvwr.exe is executed, this will call the Microsoft Management Console (mmc.exe), which in turn references the modified Registry key.

Output: Technique=T1574: Hijack Execution Flow | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: MultiLayer Wiper changes timestamps of overwritten files to either 1601.1.1 for NTFS filesystems, or 1980.1.1 for all other filesystems.

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


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

Input: Activity: Sykipot contains keylogging functionality to steal passwords.

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: Some FinFisher variants incorporate an MBR rootkit.

Output: Technique=T1542.003: Bootkit | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0005: Persistence ; Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: LuminousMoth has used malicious DLLs that setup persistence in the Registry Key `HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run`.

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: Higaisa has sent spearphishing emails containing malicious 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: LunarLoader can use the DNS domain name of a compromised host to create a decryption key to ensure a malicious payload can only execute against the intended targets.

Output: Technique=T1480: Execution Guardrails | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: SLIGHTPULSE is a web shell that can read, write, and execute files on compromised servers.

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


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

Input: Activity: RTM tries to add a scheduled task 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: Emotet has used a self-extracting RAR file to deliver modules to victims. Emotet has also extracted embedded executables from files using hard-coded buffer offsets.

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: Pikabot can create a suspended instance of a legitimate process (e.g., ctfmon.exe), allocate memory within the suspended process corresponding to Pikabot's core module, then redirect execution flow via `SetContextThread` API so that when the thread resumes the Pikabot core module is executed.

Output: Technique=T1055.003: Thread Execution Hijacking | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: Carberp's bootkit can inject a malicious DLL into the address space of running processes.

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: Cardinal RAT injects into a newly spawned process created from a native Windows executable.

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: TA551 has used cmd.exe to execute 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: ADVSTORESHELL compresses output data generated by command execution with a custom implementation of the Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) algorithm.

Output: Technique=T1560.003: Archive via Custom Method | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


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

Input: Activity: UNC2452 used account credentials they obtained to attempt access to Group Managed Service Account (gMSA) passwords.

Output: Technique=T1555: Credentials from Password Stores | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: APT29 used UPX to pack files.

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


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

Input: Activity: DanBot can use a VBA macro to decode its payload prior to installation and execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: HAWKBALL has leveraged several Windows API calls to create processes, gather disk information, and detect debugger activity.

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


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

Input: Activity: Remsec can exfiltrate data via a DNS tunnel or email, separately from its C2 channel.

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: BADCALL modifies the firewall Registry key SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfileGloballyOpenPorts\\List.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT38 used a Trojan called KEYLIME to collect data from the clipboard.

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


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

Input: Activity: During the SolarWinds Compromise, APT29 used PowerShell to create new tasks on remote machines, identify configuration settings, exfiltrate data, and execute other commands.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT32 creates a Windows service to establish persistence.

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: FIN6 has used Metasploit’s PsExec NTDSGRAB module to obtain a copy of the victim's Active Directory database.

Output: Technique=T1003.003: NTDS | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: Caterpillar WebShell can obtain a list of local groups of users from 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: XCSSET prompts the user to input credentials using a native macOS dialog box leveraging the system process <code>/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/SafariForWebKitDevelopment</code>.

Output: Technique=T1056.002: GUI Input Capture | Tactic=TA0009 ; TA0006: Collection ; Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles used port-protocol mismatches on ports such as 443, 4444, 8531, and 50501 during C2.

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: Ryuk has called kill.bat for stopping services, disabling services and killing processes.

Output: Technique=T1489: Service Stop | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


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

Input: Activity: TAINTEDSCRIBE can delete files from a compromised host.

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


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

Input: Activity: PLATINUM has used keyloggers that are also capable of dumping credentials.

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


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

Input: Activity: SLOTHFULMEDIA has collected system name, OS version, adapter information, memory usage, and disk information from a victim machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: ObliqueRAT can copy specific files, webcam captures, and screenshots to local directories.

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


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

Input: Activity: Exaramel for Windows has a command to launch a remote shell and executes 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: MultiLayer Wiper changes the original path information of deleted files to make recovery efforts more difficult.

Output: Technique=T1565.001: Stored Data Manipulation | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


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

Input: Activity: Lucifer can persist by setting Registry key values HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\QQMusic and HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\QQMusic.

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: Fox Kitten has used Angry IP Scanner to detect remote systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: RGDoor establishes persistence on webservers as an IIS module.

Output: Technique=T1505.004: IIS Components | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


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

Input: Activity: Kwampirs uses rundll32.exe in a Registry value 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: Wiarp creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can open a command line interface.

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


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

Input: Activity: INC Ransomware campaigns have used spearphishing emails for initial access.

Output: Technique=T1566: Phishing | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


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

Input: Activity: SideCopy uses a loader DLL file to collect AV product names from an infected host.

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


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

Input: Activity: INC Ransomware can run `CryptStringToBinaryA` to decrypt base64 content containing its ransom note.

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: CopyKittens has used Metasploit, Empire, and AirVPN for post-exploitation activities.

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


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

Input: Activity: RedCurl has created scheduled tasks for persistence.

Output: Technique=T1053.005: Scheduled Task | Tactic=TA0002 ; TA0003 ; TA0004: Execution ; Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: PinchDuke searches for files created within a certain timeframe and whose file extension matches a predefined list.

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


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

Input: Activity: KillDisk registers as a service under the Plug-And-Play Support name.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cobalt Group has sent Word OLE compound documents with malicious obfuscated VBA macros that will run upon user execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: Seasalt has a command to download additional 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: Naikon has used schtasks.exe for lateral movement in compromised networks.

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: FIN5 maintains access to victim environments by using FLIPSIDE to create a proxy for a backup RDP tunnel.

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


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

Input: Activity: RotaJakiro uses the AES algorithm, bit shifts in a function called `rotate`, and an XOR cipher to decrypt resources required for persistence, process guarding, and file locking. It also performs this same function on encrypted stack strings and the `head` and `key` sections in the network packet structure used for C2 communications.

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: Babuk can enumerate all services running on a compromised host.

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


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

Input: Activity: AvosLocker has searched for files and directories on a compromised network.

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


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

Input: Activity: Based on comparison of Gazer versions, Turla made an effort to obfuscate strings in the malware that could be used as IoCs, including the mutex name and named pipe.

Output: Technique=T1027.005: Indicator Removal from Tools | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: APT33 has used a variety of publicly available tools like LaZagne to gather credentials.

Output: Technique=T1003.004: LSA Secrets | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: Gazer versions are signed with various valid certificates; one was likely faked and issued by Comodo for "Solid Loop Ltd," and another was issued for "Ultimate Computer Support Ltd."

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


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

Input: Activity: MarkiRAT can capture clipboard content.

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


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

Input: Activity: Machete collects the hostname of the target computer.

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


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

Input: Activity: Prikormka encrypts some C2 traffic with the Blowfish cipher.

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: GeminiDuke uses HTTP and HTTPS for command and control.

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: BLACKCOFFEE has the capability to create a reverse shell.

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


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

Input: Activity: IcedID can query LDAP and can use built-in `net` commands to identify additional users on the network to infect.

Output: Technique=T1087.002: Domain Account | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: Pupy can communicate over HTTP for C2.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cardinal RAT can execute 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: CreepyDrive can upload files to C2 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: Trojan.Karagany can secure C2 communications with SSL and TLS.

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: VERMIN encrypts the collected files using 3-DES.

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


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

Input: Activity: Play has exploited known vulnerabilities for initial access including CVE-2018-13379 and CVE-2020-12812 in FortiOS and CVE-2022-41082 and CVE-2022-41040 ("ProxyNotShell") in Microsoft Exchange.

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: Lazarus Group malware attempts to connect to Windows shares for lateral movement by using a generated list of usernames, which center around permutations of the username Administrator, and weak passwords.

Output: Technique=T1110.003: Password Spraying | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: Donut can generate shellcode outputs that execute via JavaScript or JScript.

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


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

Input: Activity: HAFNIUM has collected data and files from a compromised machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: ThiefQuest uses various API to perform behaviors such as executing payloads and performing local enumeration.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kevin can Base32 encode chunks of output files during exfiltration.

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: Raspberry Robin uses rundll32 execution without any command line parameters to contact command and control infrastructure, such as IP addresses associated with Tor nodes.

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


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

Input: Activity: The PipeMon communication module can use a custom protocol based on TLS over 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: Several Ke3chang backdoors achieved persistence by adding a Run key.

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


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

Input: Activity: Gamaredon Group has downloaded additional malware and tools onto a compromised host. For example, Gamaredon Group uses a backdoor script to retrieve and decode additional payloads once in victim environments.

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: Bankshot uses HTTP for command and control communication.

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: DEATHRANSOM can delete volume shadow copies on compromised hosts.

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


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

Input: Activity: Xbash can create a Startup item for persistence if it determines it is on a Windows system.

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: More_eggs can download and launch 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: Fox Kitten has base64 encoded payloads to avoid detection.

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: ComRAT has used unique per machine passwords to decrypt the orchestrator payload and a hardcoded XOR key to decrypt its communications module. ComRAT has also used a unique password to decrypt the file used for its hidden file system.

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: During Frankenstein, the threat actors likely used spearphishing emails to send malicious Microsoft Word documents.

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


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

Input: Activity: Lucifer can scan for open ports including TCP ports 135 and 1433.

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


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

Input: Activity: Rocke's miner connects to a C2 server using port 51640.

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: QakBot has the ability to check running processes.

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


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

Input: Activity: During the 2015 Ukraine Electric Power Attack, Sandworm Team obtained their initial foothold into many IT systems using Microsoft Office attachments delivered through phishing emails.

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 Black Basta dropper has been digitally signed with a certificate issued by Akeo Consulting for legitimate executables used for creating bootable USB drives.

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


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

Input: Activity: RedLeaves attempts to add a shortcut file in the Startup folder to achieve persistence.

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


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

Input: Activity: ShimRatReporter gathered the local privileges for the infected host.

Output: Technique=T1069: Permission Groups Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: DEADEYE can use `msiexec.exe` for execution of malicious DLL.

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


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

Input: Activity: SHOTPUT has a command to retrieve information about connected users.

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


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

Input: Activity: FALLCHILL has been installed as a Windows 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: menuPass has used the Csvde tool to collect Active Directory files and data.

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


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

Input: Activity: GrimAgent can delete previously created tasks on a compromised host.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cadelspy has the ability to log keystrokes on the compromised host.

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: FIN5 scripts save memory dump data into a specific directory on hosts in the victim environment.

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 CallWindowProc and EnumResourceTypesA to interpret and execute shellcode.

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


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

Input: Activity: DarkWatchman can identity the OS locale of a compromised host.

Output: Technique=T1614: System Location Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: Sidewinder has used VBScript to drop and execute malware loaders.

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


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

Input: Activity: VERMIN collects the OS name, machine name, and architecture information.

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


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

Input: Activity: Lazarus Group has acquired servers to host their malicious tools.

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


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

Input: Activity: Pasam creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can retrieve 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: Black Basta will check for the presence of a hard-coded mutex `dsajdhas.0` before executing.

Output: Technique=T1480.002: Mutual Exclusion | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Mustang Panda has used RAR to create password-protected archives of collected documents prior to exfiltration.

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


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

Input: Activity: Latrodectus has been executed through malicious links distributed in email campaigns.

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


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

Input: Activity: The Winnti for Windows dropper can place malicious payloads on targeted systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: Fox Kitten has installed TightVNC server and client on compromised servers and endpoints for lateral movement.

Output: Technique=T1021.005: VNC | Tactic=TA0008: Lateral Movement


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

Input: Activity: Gootloader can execute a Javascript file for initial infection.

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


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

Input: Activity: InvisiMole InvisiMole can identify proxy servers used by the victim and use them for C2 communication.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ember Bear has used tools such as NMAP for remote system discovery and enumeration in victim environments.

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


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

Input: Activity: Empire can harvest clipboard data on both Windows and macOS systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: USBStealer mimics a legitimate Russian program called USB Disk Security.

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: FatDuke can enumerate directories on target machines.

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


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

Input: Activity: QakBot can use domain generation algorithms in C2 communication.

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: Remexi silently executes received commands with 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: Honeybee embeds a Visual Basic script within a malicious Word document as part of initial access; the script is executed when the Word document is opened.

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


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

Input: Activity: When executing with user-level permissions, RotaJakiro can install persistence using a .desktop file under the `$HOME/.config/autostart/` folder.

Output: Technique=T1547.013: XDG Autostart Entries | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: Dragonfly 2.0 used various types of scripting to perform operations, including batch scripts.

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


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

Input: Activity: SUNBURST remained dormant after initial access for a period of up to two weeks.

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: During Operation Dust Storm, the threat actors executed JavaScript code via `mshta.exe`.

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


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

Input: Activity: Lazarus Group malware can use a common function to identify target files by their extension, and some also enumerate files and directories, including a Destover-like variant that lists files and gathers information for all 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: Latrodectus can send RC4 encrypted data over C2 channels.

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: APT19 used Base64 to obfuscate executed commands.

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


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

Input: Activity: Agent Tesla can encrypt data with 3DES before sending it over to a C2 server.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT18 actors leverage legitimate credentials to log into external remote services.

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: Silence has used Winexe to install a service on the remote system.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT41 used BrowserGhost, a tool designed to obtain credentials from browsers, to retrieve information from password stores.

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: Caterpillar WebShell can gather the IP address from the victim's machine using the IP config command.

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


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

Input: Activity: Remsec can ping or traceroute a remote host.

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


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

Input: Activity: Higaisa used a FakeTLS session for C2 communications.

Output: Technique=T1001.003: Protocol or Service Impersonation | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: XAgentOSX contains keylogging functionality that will monitor for active application windows and write them to the log, it can handle special characters, and it will buffer by default 50 characters before sending them out over the C2 infrastructure.

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: Cobalt Strike can use a custom command and control protocol that can be encapsulated in DNS. All protocols use their standard assigned ports.

Output: Technique=T1071.004: DNS | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: SUNBURST also removed the firewall rules it created during execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: menuPass has staged data on remote MSP systems or other victim networks prior to exfiltration.

Output: Technique=T1074.002: Remote Data Staging | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


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

Input: Activity: Sandworm Team attempts to stop the MSSQL Windows service to ensure successful encryption of locked files.

Output: Technique=T1489: Service Stop | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


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

Input: Activity: POWERSTATS can use JavaScript code for execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: Lazarus Group used SSH and the PuTTy PSCP utility to gain access to a restricted segment of a compromised network.

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


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

Input: Activity: TrickBot has attempted to get users to launch malicious documents to deliver its payload.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT38 has used VBScript to execute commands and other operational tasks.

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


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

Input: Activity: DarkWatchman encodes data using hexadecimal representation before sending it to the C2 server.

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: During Operation Dust Storm, the threat actors used a watering hole attack on a popular software reseller to exploit the then-zero-day Internet Explorer vulnerability CVE-2014-0322.

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


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

Input: Activity: Comnie uses ipconfig /all and route PRINT to identify network adapter and interface information.

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


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

Input: Activity: OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D has used `zlib` to compress all data after 0x52 for the custom TCP C2 protocol.

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: Clambling can register itself as a system service to gain 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: Lazarus Group persistence mechanisms have used forfiles.exe to execute .htm files.

Output: Technique=T1202: Indirect Command Execution | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Earth Lusca has used certutil to decode a string into a cabinet file.

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


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

Input: Activity: Mafalda can use HTTP for C2.

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


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

Input: Activity: Bumblebee can encrypt C2 requests and responses with RC4

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: Leafminer used several tools for retrieving login and password information, including LaZagne.

Output: Technique=T1003.004: LSA Secrets | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: Javali can use DLL side-loading to load malicious DLLs into legitimate executables.

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: KARAE can use public cloud-based storage providers for command and control.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT29 has used a compromised O365 administrator account to create a new Service Principal.

Output: Technique=T1078.004: Cloud 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: Turla RPC backdoors have included local UPnP RPC proxies.

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


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

Input: Activity: Explosive has commonly set file and path attributes to hidden.

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: BADHATCH can inject itself into a new `svchost.exe -k netsvcs` process using the asynchronous procedure call (APC) queue.

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: RainyDay can use a file exfiltration tool to collect recently changed files with specific extensions.

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


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

Input: Activity: XCSSET adds malicious file paths to the DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables to execute malicious code.

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 deployed a Monero cryptocurrency mining tool in a victim’s environment.

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


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

Input: Activity: POWERSTATS can retrieve and execute additional PowerShell payloads from the C2 server.

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: HyperBro has the ability to 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: Leafminer used a tool called Imecab to set up a persistent remote access account on the victim machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: A Word document delivering TYPEFRAME prompts the user to enable macro execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: FunnyDream can check system time to help determine when changes were made to specified files.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ursnif has used strings from legitimate system files and existing folders for its file, folder, and Registry entry names.

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: PoisonIvy hides any strings related to its own indicators of compromise.

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: HEXANE has used PowerShell-based tools and scripts for discovery and collection on compromised hosts.

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


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

Input: Activity: NETWIRE can downloaded payloads from C2 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: Mimikatz's CRYPTO::Extract module can extract keys by interacting with Windows cryptographic application programming interface (API) functions.

Output: Technique=T1552.004: Private Keys | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: JPIN can obtain the permissions of the victim user.

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


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

Input: Activity: QakBot has stored stolen emails and other data into new folders prior to 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: Shamoon contains base64-encoded 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: APT28 hosted phishing domains on free services for brief periods of time during campaigns.

Output: Technique=T1583.003: Virtual Private Server | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: MgBot includes keylogger payloads focused on the QQ chat application.

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: Epic recursively searches for all .doc files on the system and collects a directory listing of the Desktop, %TEMP%, and %WINDOWS%\Temp 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: Cobian RAT creates an autostart Registry key to ensure 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: Stealth Falcon malware communicates with its C2 server via HTTPS.

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: Some InnaputRAT variants create a new Windows service to establish 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: Remexi collects text from the clipboard.

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


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

Input: Activity: SynAck lists all the keyboard layouts installed on the victim’s system using GetKeyboardLayoutList API and checks against a hardcoded language code list. If a match if found, SynAck sleeps for 300 seconds and then exits without encrypting files.

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


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

Input: Activity: PLEAD has the ability to list drives and 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: Bonadan has maliciously altered the OpenSSH binary on targeted systems to create a backdoor.

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


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

Input: Activity: Emotet has used HTTP over ports such as 20, 22, 443, 7080, and 50000, in addition to using ports commonly associated with HTTP/S.

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: Cardinal RAT decodes many of its artifacts and is decrypted (AES-128) after being downloaded.

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: MgBot includes modules for stealing credentials from various browsers and applications, including Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Foxmail, QQBrowser, FileZilla, and WinSCP.

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: BADNEWS is capable of downloading additional files through C2 channels, including a new version of itself.

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: LAPSUS$ has called victims' help desk to convince the support personnel to reset a privileged account’s credentials.

Output: Technique=T1598.004: Spearphishing Voice | Tactic=TA0043: Reconnaissance


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

Input: Activity: Aria-body has the ability to duplicate a token from ntprint.exe.

Output: Technique=T1134.001: Token Impersonation/Theft | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: KeyBoy uses the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) protocol to download remote payloads.

Output: Technique=T1559.002: Dynamic Data Exchange | Tactic=TA0002: Execution


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

Input: Activity: Cyclops Blink can encrypt C2 messages with AES-256-CBC sent underneath TLS. OpenSSL library functions are also used to encrypt each message using a randomly generated key and IV, which are then encrypted using a hard-coded RSA public key.

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: Saint Bear has used the Windows Script Host (wscript) to execute intermediate files written to victim machines.

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


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

Input: Activity: LIGHTWIRE can RC4 decrypt and Base64 decode C2 commands.

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: NanoCore can modify the victim's anti-virus.

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: Woody RAT can create a suspended notepad process and write shellcode to delete a file into the suspended process using `NtWriteVirtualMemory`.

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: Daserf can take screenshots.

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


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

Input: Activity: metaMain can download files onto compromised systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: FIN4 has created rules in victims' Microsoft Outlook accounts to automatically delete emails containing words such as “hacked," "phish," and “malware" in a likely attempt to prevent organizations from communicating about their activities.

Output: Technique=T1564.008: Email Hiding Rules | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: SeaDuke uses a module to execute Mimikatz with PowerShell to perform Pass the Ticket.

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


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

Input: Activity: PowerSploit contains a collection of ScriptModification modules that compress and encode scripts and payloads.

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


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

Input: Activity: SoreFang has the ability to encode and RC6 encrypt data sent to C2.

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: Remexi searches for files on the system.

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


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

Input: Activity: UNC2452 obtained a list of users and their roles from an Exchange server using Get-ManagementRoleAssignment.

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


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

Input: Activity: DownPaper collects the victim 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: Carberp has collected a list of running processes.

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


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

Input: Activity: Amadey has checked for a variety of antivirus products.

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


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

Input: Activity: Higaisa used an XSL file to run VBScript code.

Output: Technique=T1220: XSL Script Processing | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: HyperBro has used HTTPS for C2 communications.

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


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

Input: Activity: Tomiris has connected to a signalization server that provides a URL and port, and then Tomiris sends a GET request to that URL to establish 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: PUNCHBUGGY has Gzipped information and saved it to a random temp file before exfil.

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


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

Input: Activity: STARWHALE can collect data from an infected local 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: APT38 used a Trojan called KEYLIME to capture keystrokes from the victim’s machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: Manjusaka can gather information about specific files on the victim system.

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


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

Input: Activity: BLUELIGHT can zip files before exfiltration.

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


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

Input: Activity: SUNBURST C2 data attempted to appear as benign XML related to .NET assemblies or as a faux JSON blob.

Output: Technique=T1001.002: Steganography | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: JPIN can download files and upgrade itself.

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: Aria-body has the ability to use a reverse SOCKS proxy module.

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


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

Input: Activity: Mivast has the capability to download and execute .exe 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: Stuxnet searches the Registry for indicators of security programs.

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


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

Input: Activity: FIN13 has extracted the SAM and SYSTEM registry hives using the `reg.exe` binary for obtaining password hashes from a compromised machine.

Output: Technique=T1003.002: Security Account Manager | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: Turla has used tracert to check internet connectivity.

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


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

Input: Activity: TA551 has used spoofed company emails that were acquired from email clients on previously infected hosts to target other individuals.

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


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

Input: Activity: PUNCHBUGGY can load a DLL using the LoadLibrary API.

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


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

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

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


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

Input: Activity: Torisma can send victim data to an actor-controlled C2 server.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ember Bear acquires victim credentials by extracting registry hives such as the Security Account Manager through commands such as reg save.

Output: Technique=T1003.002: Security Account Manager | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: APT28 has downloaded additional files, including by using a first-stage downloader to contact the C2 server to obtain the second-stage implant.

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: Play has used multiple tools for discovery and defense evasion purposes on compromised hosts.

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


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

Input: Activity: HermeticWiper can overwrite the `C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs` file on a targeted system.

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: APT29 has granted `company administrator` privileges to a newly created service principal.

Output: Technique=T1098.003: Additional Cloud Roles | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: OilRig has used tools to identify if a mouse is connected to a targeted system.

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


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

Input: Activity: BITTER has used a RAR SFX dropper to deliver malware.

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: Grandoreiro can utilize web services including Google sites to send and receive C2 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: Dyre injects into other processes to load modules.

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: YAHOYAH encrypts its configuration file using a simple algorithm.

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


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

Input: Activity: SoreFang can collect the TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and network adapter configuration on a compromised host via ipconfig.exe /all.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT32 has stood up websites containing numerous articles and content scraped from the Internet to make them appear legitimate, but some of these pages include malicious JavaScript to profile the potential victim or infect them via a fake software update.

Output: Technique=T1608.004: Drive-by Target | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: Lizar has encrypted data before sending it to the server.

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


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

Input: Activity: CHIMNEYSWEEP can use the Windows Registry Environment key to change the `%windir%` variable to point to `c:\Windows` to enable payload execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: WarzoneRAT can use `sdclt.exe` to bypass UAC in Windows 10 to escalate privileges; for older Windows versions WarzoneRAT can use the IFileOperation exploit to bypass the UAC module.

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: APT18 actors leverage legitimate credentials to log into external remote services.

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: FIN10 has deployed Meterpreter stagers and SplinterRAT instances in the victim network after moving laterally.

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


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

Input: Activity: Leviathan has used protocol tunneling to further conceal C2 communications and infrastructure.

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


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

Input: Activity: FIN6 used the Plink command-line utility to create SSH tunnels to C2 servers.

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: ServHelper has commands for adding a remote desktop user and sending RDP traffic to the attacker through a reverse SSH tunnel.

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: Cobalt Strike can steal access tokens from exiting processes.

Output: Technique=T1134.001: Token Impersonation/Theft | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: Windshift has used malware to identify installed AV and commonly used forensic and malware analysis tools.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cheerscrypt has the ability to terminate VM processes on compromised hosts through execution of `esxcli vm process kill`.

Output: Technique=T1489: Service Stop | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


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

Input: Activity: Amadey has collected the user name from a compromised host using `GetUserNameA`.

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


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

Input: Activity: Magic Hound used various social media channels to spearphish victims.

Output: Technique=T1194: Spearphishing via Service | Tactic=TA0001: Initial Access


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

Input: Activity: Pasam creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can retrieve lists of files.

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


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

Input: Activity: Aria-body has used TCP in C2 communications.

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: COATHANGER hooks or replaces multiple legitimate processes and other functions on victim devices.

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


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

Input: Activity: Grandoreiro can steal cookie data and credentials from Google Chrome.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ebury can intercept private keys using a trojanized ssh-add function.

Output: Technique=T1556: Modify Authentication Process | Tactic=TA0006 ; TA0005 ; TA0003: Credential Access ; Defense Evasion ; Persistence


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

Input: Activity: USBferry can use net user to gather information about local accounts.

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


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

Input: Activity: Brave Prince gathers network configuration information as well as the ARP cache.

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


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

Input: Activity: ChChes can encrypt C2 data with a custom technique using MD5, base64-encoding, and RC4.

Output: Technique=T1024: Custom Cryptographic Protocol | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: RedCurl has collected emails to use in future phishing campaigns.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has used emails containing Word, Excel and/or HWP (Hangul Word Processor) documents in their spearphishing campaigns.

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


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

Input: Activity: During Operation Honeybee, the threat actors deployed malware that used API calls, including `CreateProcessAsUser`.

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


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

Input: Activity: Pteranodon has the ability to use anti-detection functions to identify sandbox environments.

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


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

Input: Activity: During C0017, APT41 used a ConfuserEx obfuscated BADPOTATO exploit to abuse named-pipe impersonation for local `NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM` privilege escalation.

Output: Technique=T1134: Access Token Manipulation | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: LazyScripter has used spam emails that contain a link that redirects the victim to download a malicious document.

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


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

Input: Activity: Volt Typhoon has stolen files from a sensitive file server and the Active Directory database from targeted environments, and used Wevtutil to extract event log information.

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


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

Input: Activity: menuPass uses PowerSploit to inject shellcode into PowerShell.

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


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

Input: Activity: Bisonal has supported use of a proxy server.

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


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

Input: Activity: KeyBoy uses Python scripts for installing files and performing execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: Rifdoor has been executed from malicious Excel or Word documents containing macros.

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


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

Input: Activity: Aquatic Panda has used DLL search-order hijacking to load `exe`, `dll`, and `dat` files into memory. Aquatic Panda loaded a malicious DLL into the legitimate Windows Security Health Service executable (SecurityHealthService.exe) to execute malicious code on victim systems.

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: APT3 has a tool that creates a new service 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: Higaisa’s JavaScript file used a legitimate Microsoft Office 2007 package to side-load the OINFO12.OCX dynamic link library.

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: Machete uses FTP for Command & Control.

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: DownPaper uses the command line.

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


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

Input: Activity: RCSession can compress and obfuscate its strings to evade detection on a compromised host.

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: Machete used scheduled tasks for persistence.

Output: Technique=T1053.005: Scheduled Task | Tactic=TA0002 ; TA0003 ; TA0004: Execution ; Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: FIN13 has logged the keystrokes of victims to escalate privileges.

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: Dacls can scan directories on a compromised host.

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


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

Input: Activity: BabyShark has executed the tasklist command.

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


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

Input: Activity: PROMETHIUM has disguised malicious installer files by bundling them with legitimate software installers.

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