splunk-security_content/dev/endpoint/net_localgroup_discovery.yml

name: Net Localgroup Discovery
id: 54f5201e-155b-11ec-a6e2-acde48001122
version: 1
date: '2021-09-14'
author: Michael Haag, Splunk
status: production
type: Hunting
description: The following hunting analytic will identify the use of localgroup discovery
  using `net localgroup`. During triage, review parallel processes and identify any
  further suspicious behavior.
data_source:
- Sysmon Event ID 1
search:
  selection1:
    CommandLine: '*localgroup*'
    Image|endswith:
    - net1.exe
    - net.exe
  condition: (selection1)
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search you need to be ingesting information
  on process that include the name of the process responsible for the changes from
  your endpoints into the `Endpoint` datamodel in the `Processes` node. In addition,
  confirm the latest CIM App 4.20 or higher is installed and the latest TA for the
  endpoint product.
known_false_positives: False positives may be present. Tune as needed.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1069/001/
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1069.001/T1069.001.md
- https://media.defense.gov/2023/May/24/2003229517/-1/-1/0/CSA_Living_off_the_Land.PDF
tags:
  analytic_story:
  - Active Directory Discovery
  - Windows Discovery Techniques
  - Azorult
  - Windows Post-Exploitation
  - Prestige Ransomware
  - Volt Typhoon
  asset_type: Endpoint
  confidence: 50
  impact: 30
  message: Local group discovery on $dest$ by $user$.
  mitre_attack_id:
  - T1069
  - T1069.001
  observable:
  - name: dest
    type: Endpoint
    role:
    - Victim
  - name: user
    type: User
    role:
    - Victim
  product:
  - Splunk Enterprise
  - Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Splunk Cloud
  risk_score: 15
  security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
  attack_data:
  - data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1069.001/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log
    source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
    sourcetype: xmlwineventlog