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

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has used tools such as the MailFetch mail crawler to collect victim emails (excluding spam) from online services via IMAP.

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


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

Input: Activity: Latrodectus has been packed to appear as a component to Bitdefender’s kernel-mode driver, TRUFOS.SYS.

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: Taidoor can use encrypted string blocks for obfuscation.

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: During the 2015 Ukraine Electric Power Attack, Sandworm Team remotely discovered systems over LAN connections. OT systems were visible from the IT network as well, giving adversaries the ability to discover operational assets.

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


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

Input: Activity: Dark Caracal collected file listings of all default Windows 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: During Operation Wocao, threat actors used Mimikatz to dump certificates and private keys from the Windows certificate store.

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


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

Input: Activity: HermeticWizard can use a list of hardcoded credentials to to authenticate via NTLMSSP to the SMB shares on remote systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: BRONZE BUTLER has compressed and encrypted data into password-protected RAR archives prior to exfiltration.

Output: Technique=T1022: Data Encrypted | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


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

Input: Activity: Mori can delete its DLL file and related files by Registry value.

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


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

Input: Activity: SocGholish has the ability to enumerate the domain name of a victim, as well as if the host is a member of an Active Directory domain.

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


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

Input: Activity: Moonstone Sleet used registry run keys for process execution during initial victim infection.

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: Stuxnet propagates to available network shares.

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


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

Input: Activity: Brave Prince collects hard drive content and system configuration information.

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


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

Input: Activity: MuddyWater has used file sharing services including OneHub, Sync, and TeraBox to distribute tools.

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


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

Input: Activity: Skeleton Key is used to patch an enterprise domain controller authentication process with a backdoor password. It allows adversaries to bypass the standard authentication system to use a defined password for all accounts authenticating to that domain controller.

Output: Technique=T1556.001: Domain Controller Authentication | Tactic=TA0006 ; TA0005 ; TA0003: Credential Access ; Defense Evasion ; Persistence


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

Input: Activity: CoinTicker creates user launch agents named .espl.plist and com.apple.[random string].plist to establish persistence.

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


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

Input: Activity: Magic Hound has removed mailbox export requests from compromised Exchange servers.

Output: Technique=T1070.003: Clear Command History | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: ECCENTRICBANDWAGON has encrypted strings with RC4.

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: WIREFIRE is a web shell that can download files to and execute arbitrary commands from compromised Ivanti Connect Secure VPNs.

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


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

Input: Activity: SombRAT has the ability to run cancel or closeanddeletestorage to remove all files from storage and delete the storage temp file on 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: GreyEnergy has a module to harvest pressed keystrokes.

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: BADNEWS has a command to download an .exe and use process hollowing to inject it into a new process.

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


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

Input: Activity: BUSHWALK can embed into the legitimate `querymanifest.cgi` file on compromised Ivanti Connect Secure VPNs.

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


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

Input: Activity: PoetRAT has the ability to compress files with zip.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT29 has enrolled their own devices into compromised cloud tenants, including enrolling a device in MFA to an Azure AD environment following a successful password guessing attack against a dormant account.

Output: Technique=T1098.005: Device Registration | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: Some Volgmer variants use port 8088 for C2.

Output: Technique=T1065: Uncommonly Used Port | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: MuddyWater has used the native Windows cabinet creation tool, makecab.exe, likely to compress stolen data to be uploaded.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has run reg add ‘HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList’ /v to hide a newly created user.

Output: Technique=T1564.002: Hidden Users | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Machete stores zipped files with profile data from installed web browsers.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has used modified versions of PHProxy to examine web traffic between the victim and the accessed website.

Output: Technique=T1557: Adversary-in-the-Middle | Tactic=TA0006 ; TA0009: Credential Access ; Collection


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

Input: Activity: During Night Dragon, threat actors used zwShell to establish full remote control of the connected machine and manipulate the Registry.

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


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

Input: Activity: Seasalt uses cmd.exe to create a reverse shell on the infected endpoint.

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


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

Input: Activity: Emotet has been observed leveraging a module that can scrape email addresses from Outlook.

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


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

Input: Activity: HEXANE has identified executives, HR, and IT staff at victim organizations for further targeting.

Output: Technique=T1591.004: Identify Roles | Tactic=TA0043: Reconnaissance


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

Input: Activity: StreamEx has the ability to enumerate processes.

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


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

Input: Activity: AuditCred can open a reverse shell on the system 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: SpicyOmelette can check for the presence of 29 different antivirus 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: HEXANE has set up custom DNS servers to send commands to compromised hosts via TXT records.

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


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

Input: Activity: SMOKEDHAM has used a fronted domain to obfuscate its hard-coded C2 server domain.

Output: Technique=T1090.004: Domain Fronting | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: QuasarRAT can generate a UAC pop-up Window to prompt the target user to run a command as the administrator.

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: Revenge RAT uses mshta.exe to run malicious scripts on the system.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has created new services for persistence.

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


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

Input: Activity: RDAT can upload a file via HTTP POST response to the C2 split into 102,400-byte portions. RDAT can also download data from the C2 which is split into 81,920-byte portions.

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


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

Input: Activity: UNC2452 has compromised domains to use for C2.

Output: Technique=T1584.001: Domains | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: BitPaymer has used RC4-encrypted strings and string hashes to avoid identifiable strings within the binary.

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: NightClub can use a DNS tunneling plugin to exfiltrate data by adding it to the subdomain portion of a DNS request.

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


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

Input: Activity: WarzoneRAT can enumerate directories on a compromise 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: Sidewinder has used PowerShell to drop and execute malware loaders.

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


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

Input: Activity: BitPaymer can search for network shares on the domain or workgroup using net view <host>.

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


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

Input: Activity: IronNetInjector has been disguised as a legitimate service using the name PythonUpdateSrvc.

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: FIN7 has used Kerberoasting PowerShell commands such as, `Invoke-Kerberoast` for credential access and to enable lateral movement.

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


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

Input: Activity: Shamoon decrypts ciphertext using an XOR cipher and a base64-encoded string.

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: PowGoop has used a DLL named Goopdate.dll to impersonate a legitimate Google update file.

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: Ke3chang malware including RoyalCli and BS2005 have communicated over HTTP with the C2 server through Internet Explorer (IE) by using the COM interface IWebBrowser2.

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: During C0015, the threat actors exfiltrated files and sensitive data to the MEGA cloud storage site using the Rclone command `rclone.exe copy --max-age 2y "\\SERVER\Shares" Mega:DATA -q --ignore-existing --auto-confirm --multi-thread-streams 7 --transfers 7 --bwlimit 10M`.

Output: Technique=T1567.002: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


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

Input: Activity: TYPEFRAME can gather the disk volume information.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kwampirs downloads additional files that are base64-encoded and encrypted with another cipher.

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: GALLIUM has used VPN services, including SoftEther VPN, to access and maintain persistence in victim environments.

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: SideTwist can encrypt C2 communications with a randomly generated key.

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: During C0010, UNC3890 actors likely compromised the domain of a legitimate Israeli shipping company.

Output: Technique=T1584.001: Domains | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: ZLib communicates 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: build_downer has the ability to add itself to the Registry Run key for persistence.

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


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

Input: Activity: Machete collects stored credentials from several web browsers.

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


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

Input: Activity: FinFisher probes the system to check for antimalware processes.

Output: Technique=T1063: Security Software Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: SocGholish has been distributed through compromised websites with malicious content often masquerading as browser updates.

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


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

Input: Activity: menuPass has used Putty Secure Copy Client (PSCP) to transfer data.

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


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

Input: Activity: LazyScripter has used GitHub to host its payloads to operate spam campaigns.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kerrdown can decode, decrypt, and decompress multiple layers of shellcode.

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: LAPSUS$ has payed employees, suppliers, and business partners of target organizations for credentials.

Output: Technique=T1586.002: Email Accounts | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: To move laterally on a victim network, FIN6 has used credentials stolen from various systems on which it gathered usernames and password hashes.

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: Catchamas captures screenshots based on specific keywords in the window’s title.

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


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

Input: Activity: ThiefQuest obtains a list of running processes using the function kill_unwanted.

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


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

Input: Activity: Dragonfly 2.0 dropped and executed SecretsDump to dump password hashes. They also obtained ntds.dit from domain controllers.

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


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

Input: Activity: Woody RAT can make `Ping` GET HTTP requests to its C2 server at regular intervals for network connectivity checks.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT41 DUST involved use of web shells such as ANTSWORD and BLUEBEAM for persistence.

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


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

Input: Activity: FlawedAmmyy can capture screenshots.

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


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

Input: Activity: SILENTTRINITY is written in Python and can use multiple Python scripts for execution on targeted systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: DarkWatchman can delete shadow volumes using vssadmin.exe.

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


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

Input: Activity: HEXANE has run `net localgroup` to enumerate local groups.

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


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

Input: Activity: ROKRAT can steal credentials by leveraging the Windows Vault mechanism.

Output: Technique=T1555.004: Windows Credential Manager | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: Ryuk can remotely create a scheduled task to execute itself on a system.

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: Emissary has the capability to execute the command net localgroup administrators.

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


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

Input: Activity: SombRAT can use a custom DGA to generate a subdomain for C2.

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: LunarLoader can use reflective loading to decrypt and run malicious executables in a new thread.

Output: Technique=T1620: Reflective Code Loading | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Operation Wocao has used PowerSploit's Invoke-Kerberoast module to request encrypted service tickets and bruteforce the passwords of Windows service accounts offline.

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


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

Input: Activity: Sandworm Team has used Dropbear SSH with a hardcoded backdoor password to maintain persistence within the target network. Sandworm Team has also used VPN tunnels established in legitimate software company infrastructure to gain access to internal networks of that software company's users.

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: Turla RPC backdoors have 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: Carbanak has copied legitimate service names to use for malicious services.

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: Remsec can obtain information about the current user.

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


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

Input: Activity: WINDSHIELD C2 traffic can communicate via TCP raw sockets.

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


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

Input: Activity: KEYPLUG can use TCP and KCP (KERN Communications Protocol) over UDP for C2 communication.

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: Xbash can use scripts to invoke PowerShell to download a malicious PE executable or PE DLL for execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: LookBack uses a custom binary protocol over sockets for 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: Astaroth collects data in a plaintext file named r1.log before 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: Hildegard has modified DNS resolvers to evade DNS monitoring tools.

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: Hydraq creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can retrieve IP addresses of compromised machines.

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


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

Input: Activity: HEXANE has enumerated processes on targeted systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: Chimera has encoded PowerShell 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: Brave Prince lists the running processes.

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


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

Input: Activity: LunarLoader can deobfuscate files containing the next stages in the infection chain.

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


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

Input: Activity: UNC2452 used WMI for the remote execution of files for lateral movement.

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


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

Input: Activity: LAPSUS$ has deleted the target's systems and resources in the cloud to trigger the organization's incident and crisis response process.

Output: Technique=T1578.003: Delete Cloud Instance | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Cuba can enumerate local drives, disk type, and disk free space.

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


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

Input: Activity: Dtrack has used cmd.exe to add a persistent service.

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


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

Input: Activity: KV Botnet Activity used various scripts to remove or disable security tools, such as http_watchdog and firewallsd, as well as tools related to other botnet infections, such as mips_ff, on victim devices.

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: Cobalt Group has used the Plink utility to create SSH tunnels.

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: APT41 used Linux shell commands for system survey and information gathering prior to exploitation of vulnerabilities such as CVE-2019-19871.

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


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

Input: Activity: Saint Bot has injected its DLL component into `EhStorAurhn.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: Aquatic Panda leveraged stolen credentials to move laterally via RDP in victim environments.

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: Raspberry Robin contains several layers of obfuscation to hide malicious code from detection and analysis.

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: ZxShell can set up an HTTP or SOCKS proxy.

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


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

Input: Activity: GALLIUM used a modified version of NBTscan to identify available NetBIOS name servers over the network as well as ping to identify 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: GRIFFON has used PowerShell to execute the Meterpreter downloader TinyMet.

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


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

Input: Activity: DUSTTRAP can use `ping` to identify remote hosts within the victim network.

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


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

Input: Activity: QuasarRAT can communicate over a reverse proxy using SOCKS5.

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


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

Input: Activity: Exaramel for Linux has a hardcoded location under systemd that it uses to achieve persistence if it is running as root.

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


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

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

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


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

Input: Activity: ToddyCat has run `cmd /c start /b tasklist` to enumerate processes.

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


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

Input: Activity: FIN7 created several .LNK files on the victim's machine.

Output: Technique=T1023: Shortcut Modification | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


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

Input: Activity: Machete captures screenshots.

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


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

Input: Activity: Daserf uses HTTP for C2.

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


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

Input: Activity: TRITON encoded the two inject.bin and imain.bin payloads.

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: Volatile Cedar can deploy additional tools.

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: NanHaiShu uses DNS for the C2 communications.

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


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

Input: Activity: DarkComet has the option to compress its payload using UPX or MPRESS.

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


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

Input: Activity: POWERSTATS can retrieve OS name/architecture and computer/domain name information from compromised hosts.

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


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

Input: Activity: Woody RAT has the ability to delete itself from disk by creating a suspended notepad process and writing shellcode to delete a file into the suspended process using `NtWriteVirtualMemory`.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kimsuky has used QuickZip to archive stolen files before 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: BackdoorDiplomacy has executed DLL search order hijacking.

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


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

Input: Activity: Tonto Team has relied on user interaction to open their malicious RTF documents.

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


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

Input: Activity: Pisloader obfuscates files by splitting strings into smaller sub-strings and including "garbage" strings that are never used. The malware also uses return-oriented programming (ROP) technique and single-byte XOR to obfuscate data.

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


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

Input: Activity: BRONZE BUTLER has used various tools to download files, including DGet (a similar tool to wget).

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: BLUELIGHT can collect a list of anti-virus products installed on a machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: Mustang Panda has searched the victim system for the InstallUtil.exe program and its version.

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


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

Input: Activity: AADInternals can create new Azure AD users.

Output: Technique=T1136.003: Cloud Account | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


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

Input: Activity: Drovorub has used XOR encrypted payloads in WebSocket client to server messages.

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: TajMahal has the ability to inject DLLs for malicious plugins into 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: Proton gathers credentials in files for keychains.

Output: Technique=T1555.001: Keychain | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: For the SolarWinds Compromise, APT29 used numerous pieces of malware that were likely developed for or by the group, including SUNBURST, SUNSPOT, Raindrop, and TEARDROP.

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


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

Input: Activity: During C0027, Scattered Spider exploited CVE-2021-35464 in the ForgeRock Open Access Management (OpenAM) application server to gain initial access.

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


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

Input: Activity: StrifeWater can send data and files from a compromised host to its 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: ZxxZ has used scheduled tasks for persistence and execution.

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: A Gamaredon Group file stealer can gather the victim's username to send to a 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: Gazer obtains the current user's security identifier.

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


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

Input: Activity: XCSSET uses the chmod +x command to grant executable permissions to the malicious file.

Output: Technique=T1222.002: Linux and Mac File and Directory Permissions Modification | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: Hydraq creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can delete files.

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


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

Input: Activity: MarkiRAT can gather information from the Keepass password manager.

Output: Technique=T1555.005: Password Managers | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: During C0027, Scattered Spider attempted to gain access by continuously sending MFA messages to the victim until they accept the MFA push challenge.

Output: Technique=T1621: Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation | Tactic=TA0006: Credential Access


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

Input: Activity: InvisiMole can use winapiexec tool for indirect execution of ShellExecuteW and CreateProcessA.

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


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

Input: Activity: Responder is used to poison name services to gather hashes and credentials from systems within a local network.

Output: Technique=T1557.001: LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning and SMB Relay | Tactic=TA0006 ; TA0009: Credential Access ; Collection


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

Input: Activity: Volt Typhoon has used ntds.util to create domain controller installation media containing usernames and password hashes.

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


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

Input: Activity: Chimera has used custom DLLs for continuous retrieval of data from memory.

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


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

Input: Activity: WastedLocker has used cmd 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: Pasam connects to external C2 infrastructure and opens a backdoor over port 443.

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


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

Input: Activity: During C0027, used RustScan to scan for open ports on targeted ESXi appliances.

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


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

Input: Activity: Diavol has used several API calls like `GetLogicalDriveStrings`, `SleepEx`, `SystemParametersInfoAPI`, `CryptEncrypt`, and others to execute parts of its attack.

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


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

Input: Activity: OSX_OCEANLOTUS.D sets the main loader file’s 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: APT39 has utilized tools to capture mouse movements.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT41 used the Steam community page as a fallback mechanism for C2.

Output: Technique=T1008: Fallback Channels | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: APT29 has stolen Chrome browser cookies by copying the Chrome profile directories of targeted users.

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


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

Input: Activity: Hildegard has searched for private keys in .ssh.

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


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

Input: Activity: RedCurl has used malicious links to infect the victim machines.

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


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

Input: Activity: Remcos takes automated screenshots of the infected machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: Blue Mockingbird has used Windows Registry modifications to specify a DLL payload.

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


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

Input: Activity: Operation Wocao has enumerated sessions and users on a remote host, and identified privileged users logged into a targeted system.

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


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

Input: Activity: Sandworm Team has created email accounts that mimic legitimate organizations for its spearphishing operations.

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


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

Input: Activity: Volt Typhoon has gained initial access through exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities in internet-facing software and appliances such as Fortinet, Ivanti (formerly Pulse Secure), NETGEAR, Citrix, and Cisco.

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: Bad Rabbit’s infpub.dat file uses NTLM login credentials to brute force Windows machines.

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


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

Input: Activity: CharmPower has the ability to enumerate `Uninstall` registry values.

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


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

Input: Activity: Magic Hound has lured victims into executing malicious files.

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


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

Input: Activity: Turla has encrypted files stolen from connected USB drives into a RAR file before 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: Scattered Spider Spider enumerates a target organization for files and directories of interest, including source code.

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


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

Input: Activity: NETWIRE has been spread via e-mail campaigns utilizing malicious links.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT32 have replaced Microsoft Outlook's VbaProject.OTM file to install a backdoor macro for persistence.

Output: Technique=T1137: Office Application Startup | Tactic=TA0003: Persistence


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

Input: Activity: Various implementations of CHOPSTICK communicate with C2 over HTTP.

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


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

Input: Activity: OceanSalt can collect the victim’s IP address.

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


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

Input: Activity: ROADSWEEP has dropped ransom notes in targeted folders prior to encrypting the files.

Output: Technique=T1491.001: Internal Defacement | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


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

Input: Activity: Sandworm Team used various third-party email campaign management services to deliver phishing emails.

Output: Technique=T1583: Acquire Infrastructure | Tactic=TA0042: Resource Development


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

Input: Activity: Strider has used local servers with both local network and Internet access to act as internal proxy nodes to exfiltrate data from other parts of the network without direct Internet access.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cinnamon Tempest has obtained highly privileged credentials such as domain administrator in order to deploy malware.

Output: Technique=T1078.002: Domain 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 has placed LunarWeb install files into directories that are excluded from scanning.

Output: Technique=T1564.012: File/Path Exclusions | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: APT34 has frequently used Web shells, often to maintain access to a victim network.

Output: Technique=T1100: Web Shell | Tactic=TA0003 ; TA0004: Persistence ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: Spark has been packed with Enigma Protector to obfuscate its contents.

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


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

Input: Activity: CookieMiner has used the curl --upload-file command to exfiltrate data over HTTP.

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: RDAT can issue SOAP requests to delete already processed C2 emails. RDAT can also delete itself from the infected system.

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


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

Input: Activity: Astaroth has obfuscated and randomized parts of the JScript code it is initiating.

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


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

Input: Activity: FlawedAmmyy enumerates the privilege level of the victim during the initial infection.

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


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

Input: Activity: Mustang Panda has delivered malicious links to their intended targets.

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


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

Input: Activity: Backdoor.Oldrea writes collected data to a temporary file in an encrypted form before exfiltration 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: Carbon decrypts task and configuration files for execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: Metador has established persistence through the use of a WMI event subscription combined with unusual living-off-the-land binaries such as `cdb.exe`.

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


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

Input: Activity: Higaisa used HTTP and HTTPS to send data back to its C2 server.

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: POWERSTATS has used useless code blocks to counter analysis.

Output: Technique=T1027.001: Binary Padding | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: njRAT communicates to the C2 server using a custom protocol over TCP.

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


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

Input: Activity: CostaRicto employed nmap and pscan to scan target environments.

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


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

Input: Activity: WindTail can use the open command to execute an application.

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


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

Input: Activity: Helminth can use 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: KOPILUWAK has exfiltrated collected data to its C2 via POST requests.

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


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

Input: Activity: Catchamas steals data stored in the clipboard.

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


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

Input: Activity: Wiarp creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can download files.

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


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

Input: Activity: FELIXROOT collects information about the network including the IP address and DHCP server.

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


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

Input: Activity: During the C0032 campaign, TEMP.Veles obtained and used tools such as Mimikatz and PsExec.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT29 has conducted brute force password spray attacks.

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


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

Input: Activity: Heyoka Backdoor can use rundll32.exe to gain execution.

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


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

Input: Activity: Silence has used Windows command-line to run 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: During Frankenstein, the threat actors used Empire to find the public IP address of a compromised system.

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


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

Input: Activity: Frankenstein has run encoded commands from the command line.

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: WastedLocker can delete shadow volumes.

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


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

Input: Activity: DustySky created folders in temp directories to host collected files before 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: ZxShell supports functionality for VNC sessions.

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 use IP geolocation to determine if the person browsing to a compromised site is within a targeted territory such as the US, Canada, Germany, and South Korea.

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


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

Input: Activity: SideTwist can decode and decrypt messages received from C2.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT29 used 7-Zip to compress stolen emails into password-protected archives prior to exfiltration; APT29 has also compressed text files into zipped archives.

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


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

Input: Activity: PcShare has decrypted its strings by applying a XOR operation and a decompression using a custom implemented LZM algorithm.

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: Bumblebee has gained execution through luring users into opening 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: Scattered Spider has created volume shadow copies of virtual domain controller disks to extract the `NTDS.dit` file.

Output: Technique=T1006: Direct Volume Access | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: KOCTOPUS can delete created registry keys used for persistence as part of its cleanup procedure.

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


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

Input: Activity: Kobalos can exfiltrate credentials over the network via UDP.

Output: Technique=T1048: Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol | Tactic=TA0010: Exfiltration


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

Input: Activity: POWRUNER may collect domain group information by running net group /domain or a series of other commands on a victim.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ember Bear has used frameworks such as Impacket to dump LSA secrets for credential capture.

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


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

Input: Activity: FIN4 has used VBA macros to display a dialog box and collect victim credentials.

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


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

Input: Activity: Avenger has the ability to use HTTP in communication with 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: NETWIRE can discover and close windows on controlled systems.

Output: Technique=T1010: Application Window Discovery | Tactic=TA0007: Discovery


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

Input: Activity: Chaes has decrypted an AES encrypted binary file to trigger the download of other files.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT32's backdoor can exfiltrate data by encoding it in the subdomain field of DNS packets.

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: Frankenstein has run a command script to set up persistence as a scheduled task named "WinUpdate", as well as other encoded commands from 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: StoneDrill has the capability to discover the system OS, Windows version, architecture and environment.

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


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

Input: Activity: Avenger has the ability to browse files in directories such as Program Files and the Desktop.

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


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

Input: Activity: Milan has the ability to use DNS for C2 communications.

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


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

Input: Activity: Blue Mockingbird has used PowerShell reverse TCP shells to issue interactive commands over a network connection.

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


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

Input: Activity: Leafminer has used Process Doppelgänging to evade security software while deploying tools on compromised systems.

Output: Technique=T1055.013: Process Doppelgänging | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0004: Defense Evasion ; Privilege Escalation


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

Input: Activity: httpclient encrypts C2 content with XOR using a single byte, 0x12.

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: KOPILUWAK can use Arp to discover a target's network configuration setttings.

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


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

Input: Activity: Silence has used ProxyBot, which allows the attacker to redirect traffic from the current node to the backconnect server via Sock4\Socks5.

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: Chimera has used time /t and net time \\ip/hostname for system time discovery.

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


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

Input: Activity: LightNeuron can collect files from a local system.

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


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

Input: Activity: BPFDoor overwrites the `argv[0]` value used by the Linux `/proc` filesystem to determine the command line and command name to display for each process. BPFDoor selects a name from 10 hardcoded names that resemble Linux system daemons, such as; `/sbin/udevd -d`, `dbus-daemon --system`, `avahi-daemon: chroot helper`, `/sbin/auditd -n`, and `/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald`.

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: GALLIUM used Web shells and HTRAN for C2 and to exfiltrate data.

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


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

Input: Activity: SOUNDBITE is capable of gathering system information.

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


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

Input: Activity: Disco can create a scheduled task to run every minute 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: POWRUNER can execute commands from its C2 server.

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


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

Input: Activity: InnaputRAT enumerates directories and obtains file attributes on a 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: Volt Typhoon has staged collected data in password-protected archives.

Output: Technique=T1074: Data Staged | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


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

Input: Activity: INC Ransom has scanned for domain admin accounts in compromised environments.

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


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

Input: Activity: HAWKBALL has sent system information and files over the C2 channel.

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


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

Input: Activity: Nomadic Octopus has used malicious macros to download additional files to the victim's machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: FinFisher enumerates directories and scans for certain 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: BlackTech has used Putty for remote access.

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


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

Input: Activity: FinFisher establishes persistence by creating the Registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\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: SILENTTRINITY can conduct an image hijack of an `.msc` file extension as part of its UAC bypass process.

Output: Technique=T1546.001: Change Default File Association | Tactic=TA0004 ; TA0003: Privilege Escalation ; Persistence


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

Input: Activity: During Frankenstein, the threat actors ran encoded commands from the command line.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike can determine the IP addresses of domain controllers.

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


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

Input: Activity: T9000 uses the Skype API to record audio and video calls. It writes encrypted data to <code>%APPDATA%\Intel\Skype</code>.

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


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

Input: Activity: Stuxnet propagates using the MS10-061 Print Spooler and MS08-067 Windows Server Service vulnerabilities.

Output: Technique=T1210: Exploitation of Remote Services | Tactic=TA0008: Lateral Movement


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

Input: Activity: Dark Caracal's version of Bandook communicates with their server over a TCP port using HTTP payloads Base64 encoded and suffixed with the string “&&&”.

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: P8RAT can check the compromised host for processes associated with VMware or VirtualBox environments.

Output: Technique=T1497.001: System Checks | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0007: Defense Evasion ; Discovery


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

Input: Activity: CookieMiner can steal Google Chrome and Apple Safari browser cookies from the victim’s machine.

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


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

Input: Activity: The Regin malware platform supports many standard protocols, including SMB.

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: APT33 has used WinRAR to compress data prior to 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: QUADAGENT modifies an HKCU Registry key to store a session identifier unique to the compromised system as well as a pre-shared key used for encrypting and decrypting C2 communications.

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


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

Input: Activity: WhisperGate can shutdown a compromised host through execution of `ExitWindowsEx` with the `EXW_SHUTDOWN` flag.

Output: Technique=T1529: System Shutdown/Reboot | Tactic=TA0040: Impact


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

Input: Activity: During the 2016 Ukraine Electric Power Attack, Sandworm Team utilized `net use` to connect to network shares.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cuba can discover shared resources using the NetShareEnum API call.

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


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

Input: Activity: Ramsay can extract its agent from the body of a malicious document.

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: APT12 has used multiple variants of DNS Calculation including multiplying the first two octets of an IP address and adding the third octet to that value in order to get a resulting command and control port.

Output: Technique=T1568.003: DNS Calculation | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: DarkComet has a keylogging capability.

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: For Operation Dream Job, Lazarus Group conducted extensive reconnaissance research on potential targets.

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


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

Input: Activity: DUSTTRAP can identify and enumerate victim system network shares.

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


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

Input: Activity: DanBot can use use IPv4 A records and IPv6 AAAA DNS records in C2 communications.

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


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

Input: Activity: The White Company has checked for specific antivirus products on the target’s computer, including Kaspersky, Quick Heal, AVG, BitDefender, Avira, Sophos, Avast!, and ESET.

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


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

Input: Activity: UNC2452 used Rundll32 to execute payloads.

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


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

Input: Activity: FLIPSIDE is a simple proxy that creates an outbound RDP connection.

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


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

Input: Activity: Attor's installer plugin can schedule rundll32.exe to load the dispatcher.

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


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

Input: Activity: Industroyer’s data wiper module writes zeros into the registry keys in SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services to render a system inoperable.

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


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

Input: Activity: Sidewinder has used tools to identify the user of a compromised host.

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


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

Input: Activity: Turian can establish persistence by adding Registry Run keys.

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: Hildegard has collected the host's OS, CPU, and memory information.

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


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

Input: Activity: AppleSeed can disguise JavaScript files as PDFs.

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


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

Input: Activity: T9000 searches removable storage devices for files with a pre-defined list of file extensions (e.g. * .doc, *.ppt, *.xls, *.docx, *.pptx, *.xlsx). Any matching files are encrypted and written to a local user directory.

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


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

Input: Activity: Goopy has the ability to side-load malicious DLLs with legitimate applications from Kaspersky, Microsoft, and Google.

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: Patchwork has signed malware with self-signed certificates from fictitious and spoofed legitimate software companies.

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


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

Input: Activity: Crimson contains a module to steal credentials from Web browsers on the victim machine.

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: AppleSeed can gain system level privilege by passing SeDebugPrivilege to the AdjustTokenPrivilege API.

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: Lazarus Group has used WMIC to execute a remote XSL script to establish persistence.

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


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

Input: Activity: Mafalda can use a variety of API calls.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT34 uses remote services such as VPN, Citrix, or OWA to persist in an environment.

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: Gelsemium can check for the presence of specific security products.

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


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

Input: Activity: PipeMon can check for the presence of ESET and Kaspersky security software.

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


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

Input: Activity: Arp can be used to display a host's ARP cache, which may include address resolutions for 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: DUSTPAN is often disguised as a legitimate Windows binary such as `w3wp.exe` or `conn.exe`.

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: Frankenstein has harvested credentials from the victim's machine using Empire.

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


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

Input: Activity: GoldFinder logged and stored information related to the route or hops a packet took from a compromised machine to a hardcoded C2 server, including the target C2 URL, HTTP response/status code, HTTP response headers and values, and data received from the C2 node.

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


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

Input: Activity: LazyScripter had downloaded additional tools to a compromised host.

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


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

Input: Activity: Taidoor can use GetLocalTime and GetSystemTime to collect system time.

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


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

Input: Activity: Remsec can obtain information about network configuration, including the routing table, ARP cache, and DNS 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: LoJax is a UEFI BIOS rootkit deployed to persist remote access software on some targeted systems.

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


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

Input: Activity: Emotet has been observed enumerating local processes.

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


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

Input: Activity: Wingbird uses services.exe to register a new autostart service named "Audit Service" using a copy of the local lsass.exe file.

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: RobbinHood stops 181 Windows services on the system before beginning the encryption process.

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


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

Input: Activity: Bumblebee can identify processes associated with analytical tools.

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


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

Input: Activity: Wizard Spider has used the icacls command to modify access control to backup servers, providing them with full control of all the system folders.

Output: Technique=T1222.001: Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: xCaon has encrypted data sent to the C2 server using a XOR key.

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: Black Basta had added data prior to the Portable Executable (PE) header to prevent automatic scanners from identifying the payload.

Output: Technique=T1027.001: Binary Padding | Tactic=TA0005: Defense Evasion


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

Input: Activity: FRAMESTING can decompress data received within `POST` requests.

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: APT39 has used SMB for lateral movement.

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


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

Input: Activity: Volgmer can list directories on a victim.

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


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

Input: Activity: Lokibot has used several packing methods for obfuscation.

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


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

Input: Activity: BloodHound can use PowerShell to pull Active Directory information from the target environment.

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


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

Input: Activity: PowerStallion modifies the MAC times of its local log files to match that of the victim's desktop.ini file.

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


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

Input: Activity: Bad Rabbit has used various Windows API calls.

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


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

Input: Activity: Pony has used the NetUserEnum function to enumerate 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: Fox Kitten has accessed Registry hives ntuser.dat and UserClass.dat.

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


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

Input: Activity: Mispadu can sends the collected financial data to the 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: SslMM has a hard-coded primary and backup C2 string.

Output: Technique=T1008: Fallback Channels | Tactic=TA0011: Command and Control


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

Input: Activity: RCSession has the ability to execute inside the msiexec.exe process.

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


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

Input: Activity: FELIXROOT encrypts collected data with AES and Base64 and then sends it to the 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: Turla has used encryption (including salted 3DES via PowerSploit's Out-EncryptedScript.ps1), random variable names, and base64 encoding to obfuscate PowerShell commands 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: APT41 leveraged code-signing certificates to sign malware when targeting both gaming and non-gaming organizations.

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


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

Input: Activity: BRONZE BUTLER uses the command-line interface.

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


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

Input: Activity: APT29 has leveraged compromised high-privileged on-premises accounts synced to Office 365 to move laterally into a cloud environment, including through the use of Azure AD PowerShell.

Output: Technique=T1021.007: Cloud Services | Tactic=TA0008: Lateral Movement


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

Input: Activity: APT29 used fsutil to check available free space before executing actions that might create large files on disk.

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


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

Input: Activity: Conti can use compiler-based obfuscation for its code, encrypt DLLs, and hide Windows API calls.

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: AvosLocker has terminated specific processes before encryption.

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


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

Input: Activity: Winnti Group looked for a specific process running on infected servers.

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


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

Input: Activity: Volgmer can delete files and itself after infection to avoid analysis.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cobalt Strike has the ability to load DLLs via reflective injection.

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: Play has used Base64-encoded PowerShell scripts for post exploit activities on compromised hosts.

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


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

Input: Activity: POSHSPY uses a WMI event subscription to establish persistence.

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


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

Input: Activity: During Operation Honeybee, the threat actors used a legitimate Windows executable and secure directory for their payloads to bypass UAC.

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: Following the successful injection of SUNBURST, SUNSPOT deleted a temporary file it created named InventoryManager.bk after restoring the original SolarWinds Orion source code to the software library.

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


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

Input: Activity: ANDROMEDA has been installed to `C:\Temp\TrustedInstaller.exe` to mimic a legitimate Windows installer service.

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: Recent versions of Cherry Picker delete files and registry keys created by the malware.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cyclops Blink can upload files from a compromised host.

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


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

Input: Activity: Dtrack can list files on available disk volumes.

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


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

Input: Activity: ADVSTORESHELL can list running processes.

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


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

Input: Activity: Pillowmint has been compressed and stored within a registry key. Pillowmint has also obfuscated the AES key used for encryption.

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: MailSniper can be used to obtain account names from Exchange and Office 365 using the Get-GlobalAddressList cmdlet.

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


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

Input: Activity: Sowbug extracted Word documents from a file server on a victim network.

Output: Technique=T1039: Data from Network Shared Drive | Tactic=TA0009: Collection


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

Input: Activity: Tomiris can use HTTP to establish 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: Frankenstein has enumerated hosts, looking for the system's machine name.

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


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

Input: Activity: During Operation Dream Job, Lazarus Group sent malicious OneDrive links with fictitious job offer advertisements via email.

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


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

Input: Activity: The discovery modules used with Duqu can collect information on accounts and permissions.

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


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

Input: Activity: Attor has automatically collected data about the compromised system.

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


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

Input: Activity: KARAE was distributed through torrent file-sharing websites to South Korean victims, using a YouTube video downloader application as a lure.

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


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

Input: Activity: Inception has obtained and used open-source tools such as LaZagne.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cobalt Group has used TeamViewer to preserve remote access in case control using the Cobalt Strike module was lost.

Output: Technique=T1108: Redundant Access | Tactic=TA0005 ; TA0003: Defense Evasion ; Persistence


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

Input: Activity: Gold Dragon encrypts data using Base64 before being sent to the command and control server.

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


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

Input: Activity: RTM has resolved Pony C2 server IP addresses by either converting Bitcoin blockchain transaction data to specific octets, or accessing IP addresses directly within the Namecoin blockchain.

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


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

Input: Activity: Cardinal RAT checks its current working directory upon execution and also contains watchdog functionality that ensures its executable is located in the correct path (else it will rewrite the payload).

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


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

Input: Activity: GALLIUM exploited a publicly-facing servers including Wildfly/JBoss servers to gain access to the network.

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


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

Input: Activity: FruitFly saves itself with a leading "." to make it a hidden file.

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: ToddyCat has used .bat scripts and `cmd` for execution on compromised hosts.

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


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

Input: Activity: During Cutting Edge, threat actors cleared logs to remove traces of their activity and restored compromised systems to a clean state to bypass manufacturer mitigations for CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887.

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