splunk-security_content/docs/stories.md

Splunk Security Content Analytic Stories

All the Analytic Stories shipped to different Splunk products. Below is a breakdown by kind.

Abuse

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Brand Monitoring

Detect and investigate activity that may indicate that an adversary is using faux domains to mislead users into interacting with malicious infrastructure. Monitor DNS, email, and web traffic for permutations of your brand name.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Email, Network_Resolution, Web
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2017-12-19

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Detection Profile

• Monitor DNS For Brand Abuse

• Monitor Email For Brand Abuse

• Monitor Web Traffic For Brand Abuse

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Delivery

Reference

• https://www.zerofox.com/blog/what-is-digital-risk-monitoring/

• https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/consumer/family-safety/what-is-typosquatting/

• https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2016/06/explained-typosquatting/

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DNS Amplification Attacks

DNS poses a serious threat as a Denial of Service (DOS) amplifier, if it responds to ANY queries. This Analytic Story can help you detect attackers who may be abusing your company's DNS infrastructure to launch amplification attacks, causing Denial of Service to other victims.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Resolution
• ATT&CK: T1498.002
• Last Updated: 2016-09-13

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Detection Profile

• Large Volume of DNS ANY Queries

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1498.002	Reflection Amplification	Impact

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-088A

• https://www.imperva.com/learn/application-security/dns-amplification/

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Data Protection

Fortify your data-protection arsenal--while continuing to ensure data confidentiality and integrity--with searches that monitor for and help you investigate possible signs of data exfiltration.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Change_Analysis, Network_Resolution
• ATT&CK: T1048.003, T1189
• Last Updated: 2017-09-14

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Detection Profile

• Detect USB device insertion

• Detect hosts connecting to dynamic domain providers

• Detection of DNS Tunnels

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1189	Drive-by Compromise	Initial Access
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control
T1048.003	Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol	Exfiltration
T1048	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Exfiltration

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/data-protection/

• https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/dns/splunk-detect-dns-tunneling-37022

• https://umbrella.cisco.com/blog/2013/04/15/on-the-trail-of-malicious-dynamic-dns-domains/

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Host Redirection

Detect evidence of tactics used to redirect traffic from a host to a destination other than the one intended--potentially one that is part of an adversary's attack infrastructure. An example is redirecting communications regarding patches and updates or misleading users into visiting a malicious website.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Resolution
• ATT&CK: T1048.003, T1071.004
• Last Updated: 2017-09-14

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Detection Profile

• Clients Connecting to Multiple DNS Servers

• DNS Query Requests Resolved by Unauthorized DNS Servers

• Windows hosts file modification

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1048.003	Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol	Exfiltration
T1071.004	DNS	Command and Control
T1095	Non-Application Layer Protocol	Command and Control
T1189	Drive-by Compromise	Initial Access
T1048	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Exfiltration
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control

Kill Chain Phase

• Command and Control

Reference

• https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2016/09/hosts-file-hijacks/

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Netsh Abuse

Detect activities and various techniques associated with the abuse of netsh.exe, which can disable local firewall settings or set up a remote connection to a host from an infected system.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1562.004
• Last Updated: 2017-01-05

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Detection Profile

• Processes created by netsh

• Processes launching netsh

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1562.004	Disable or Modify System Firewall	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/tn-archive/bb490939(v=technet.10)

• https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/MatthewDemaske/blogbackup/blob/master/netshell.html

• http://blog.jpcert.or.jp/2016/01/windows-commands-abused-by-attackers.html

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Web Fraud Detection

Monitor your environment for activity consistent with common attack techniques bad actors use when attempting to compromise web servers or other web-related assets.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1078, T1136
• Last Updated: 2018-10-08

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Detection Profile

• Web Fraud - Account Harvesting

• Web Fraud - Anomalous User Clickspeed

• Web Fraud - Password Sharing Across Accounts

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1136	Create Account	Persistence
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes/internet-fraud

• https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2017-internet-crime-report-released-050718

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Adversary Tactics

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Baron Samedit CVE-2021-3156

Uncover activity consistent with CVE-2021-3156. Discovered by the Qualys Research Team, this vulnerability has been found to affect sudo across multiple Linux distributions (Ubuntu 20.04 and prior, Debian 10 and prior, Fedora 33 and prior). As this vulnerability was committed to code in July 2011, there will be many distributions affected. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows any unprivileged user to gain root privileges on the vulnerable host.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1068
• Last Updated: 2021-01-27

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Detection Profile

• Detect Baron Samedit CVE-2021-3156

• Detect Baron Samedit CVE-2021-3156 Segfault

• Detect Baron Samedit CVE-2021-3156 via OSQuery

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1068	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-research/2021/01/26/cve-2021-3156-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-sudo-baron-samedit

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Cobalt Strike

Cobalt Strike is threat emulation software. Red teams and penetration testers use Cobalt Strike to demonstrate the risk of a breach and evaluate mature security programs. Most recently, Cobalt Strike has become the choice tool by threat groups due to its ease of use and extensibility.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1036.003, T1055, T1127, T1127.001, T1218.010, T1218.011
• Last Updated: 2021-02-16

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Detection Profile

• Cobalt Strike Named Pipes

• Detect Regsvr32 Application Control Bypass

• Suspicious DLLHost no Command Line Arguments

• Suspicious GPUpdate no Command Line Arguments

• Suspicious MSBuild Rename

• Suspicious Rundll32 StartW

• Suspicious Rundll32 no Command Line Arguments

• Suspicious SearchProtocolHost no Command Line Arguments

• Suspicious microsoft workflow compiler rename

• Suspicious msbuild path

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1055	Process Injection	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1218.010	Regsvr32	Defense Evasion
T1127.001	MSBuild	Defense Evasion
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion
T1218.011	Rundll32	Defense Evasion
T1127	Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://www.cobaltstrike.com/

• https://www.infocyte.com/blog/2020/09/02/cobalt-strike-the-new-favorite-among-thieves/

• https://bluescreenofjeff.com/2017-01-24-how-to-write-malleable-c2-profiles-for-cobalt-strike/

• https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/09/coverage-strikes-back-cobalt-strike-paper.html

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/unauthorized-access-of-fireeye-red-team-tools.html

• https://github.com/MichaelKoczwara/Awesome-CobaltStrike-Defence

• https://github.com/zer0yu/Awesome-CobaltStrike

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Collection and Staging

Monitor for and investigate activities--such as suspicious writes to the Windows Recycling Bin or email servers sending high amounts of traffic to specific hosts, for example--that may indicate that an adversary is harvesting and exfiltrating sensitive data.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1036, T1114.001, T1114.002
• Last Updated: 2020-02-03

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Detection Profile

• Email files written outside of the Outlook directory

• Email servers sending high volume traffic to hosts

• Hosts receiving high volume of network traffic from email server

• Suspicious writes to System Volume Information

• Suspicious writes to windows Recycle Bin

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1114.001	Local Email Collection	Collection
T1114.002	Remote Email Collection	Collection
T1036	Masquerading	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Collection

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1074

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Command and Control

Detect and investigate tactics, techniques, and procedures leveraged by attackers to establish and operate command and control channels. Implants installed by attackers on compromised endpoints use these channels to receive instructions and send data back to the malicious operators.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Resolution, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1048, T1048.003, T1071.001, T1071.004, T1095, T1189
• Last Updated: 2018-06-01

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Detection Profile

• Clients Connecting to Multiple DNS Servers

• DNS Query Length Outliers - MLTK

• DNS Query Length With High Standard Deviation

• DNS Query Requests Resolved by Unauthorized DNS Servers

• Detect Large Outbound ICMP Packets

• Detect Long DNS TXT Record Response

• Detect Spike in blocked Outbound Traffic from your AWS

• Detect hosts connecting to dynamic domain providers

• Detection of DNS Tunnels

• Excessive DNS Failures

• Prohibited Network Traffic Allowed

• Protocol or Port Mismatch

• TOR Traffic

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1048.003	Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol	Exfiltration
T1071.004	DNS	Command and Control
T1095	Non-Application Layer Protocol	Command and Control
T1189	Drive-by Compromise	Initial Access
T1048	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Exfiltration
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Delivery

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Command_and_Control

• https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/feature/Command-and-control-servers-The-puppet-masters-that-govern-malware

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Common Phishing Frameworks

Detect DNS and web requests to fake websites generated by the EvilGinx2 toolkit. These websites are designed to fool unwitting users who have clicked on a malicious link in a phishing email.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Resolution
• ATT&CK: T1566.003
• Last Updated: 2019-04-29

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Detection Profile

• Detect DNS requests to Phishing Sites leveraging EvilGinx2

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1566.003	Spearphishing via Service	Initial Access

Kill Chain Phase

• Command and Control

• Delivery

Reference

• https://github.com/kgretzky/evilginx2

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1192/

• https://breakdev.org/evilginx-advanced-phishing-with-two-factor-authentication-bypass/

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Credential Dumping

Uncover activity consistent with credential dumping, a technique wherein attackers compromise systems and attempt to obtain and exfiltrate passwords. The threat actors use these pilfered credentials to further escalate privileges and spread throughout a target environment. The included searches in this Analytic Story are designed to identify attempts to credential dumping.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1003, T1003.001, T1003.002, T1003.003, T1055, T1059.001, T1068, T1078, T1087, T1098, T1134, T1201, T1543, T1547, T1548, T1552, T1554, T1555, T1556, T1558, T1558.003
• Last Updated: 2020-02-04

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Detection Profile

• Access LSASS Memory for Dump Creation

• Applying Stolen Credentials via Mimikatz modules

• Applying Stolen Credentials via PowerSploit modules

• Assessment of Credential Strength via DSInternals modules

• Attempt To Set Default PowerShell Execution Policy To Unrestricted or Bypass

• Attempted Credential Dump From Registry via Reg exe

• Create Remote Thread into LSASS

• Creation of Shadow Copy

• Creation of Shadow Copy with wmic and powershell

• Creation of lsass Dump with Taskmgr

• Credential Dumping via Copy Command from Shadow Copy

• Credential Dumping via Symlink to Shadow Copy

• Credential Extraction indicative of FGDump and CacheDump with s option

• Credential Extraction indicative of FGDump and CacheDump with v option

• Credential Extraction indicative of Lazagne command line options

• Credential Extraction indicative of use of DSInternals credential conversion modules

• Credential Extraction indicative of use of DSInternals modules

• Credential Extraction indicative of use of Mimikatz modules

• Credential Extraction indicative of use of PowerSploit modules

• Credential Extraction native Microsoft debuggers peek into the kernel

• Credential Extraction native Microsoft debuggers via z command line option

• Credential Extraction via Get-ADDBAccount module present in PowerSploit and DSInternals

• Detect Credential Dumping through LSASS access

• Detect Dump LSASS Memory using comsvcs

• Detect Kerberoasting

• Detect Mimikatz Using Loaded Images

• Dump LSASS via comsvcs DLL

• Dump LSASS via procdump

• Dump LSASS via procdump Rename

• Ntdsutil Export NTDS

• Unsigned Image Loaded by LSASS

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1003.001	LSASS Memory	Credential Access
T1055	Process Injection	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1068	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Privilege Escalation
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1098	Account Manipulation	Persistence
T1134	Access Token Manipulation	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1543	Create or Modify System Process	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1547	Boot or Logon Autostart Execution	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1548	Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1554	Compromise Client Software Binary	Persistence
T1556	Modify Authentication Process	Credential Access, Defense Evasion
T1558	Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets	Credential Access
T1555	Credentials from Password Stores	Credential Access
T1087	Account Discovery	Discovery
T1201	Password Policy Discovery	Discovery
T1552	Unsecured Credentials	Credential Access
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1003.002	Security Account Manager	Credential Access
T1003	OS Credential Dumping	Credential Access
T1003.003	NTDS	Credential Access
T1558.003	Kerberoasting	Credential Access

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Installation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1003

• https://cyberwardog.blogspot.com/2017/03/chronicles-of-threat-hunter-hunting-for.html

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DNS Hijacking

Secure your environment against DNS hijacks with searches that help you detect and investigate unauthorized changes to DNS records.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Resolution
• ATT&CK: T1048.003, T1071.004, T1189
• Last Updated: 2020-02-04

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Detection Profile

• Clients Connecting to Multiple DNS Servers

• DNS Query Requests Resolved by Unauthorized DNS Servers

• DNS record changed

• Detect hosts connecting to dynamic domain providers

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1048.003	Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol	Exfiltration
T1071.004	DNS	Command and Control
T1095	Non-Application Layer Protocol	Command and Control
T1189	Drive-by Compromise	Initial Access
T1048	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Exfiltration
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

Reference

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/09/apt33-insights-into-iranian-cyber-espionage.html

• https://umbrella.cisco.com/blog/2013/04/15/on-the-trail-of-malicious-dynamic-dns-domains/

• http://www.noip.com/blog/2014/07/11/dynamic-dns-can-use-2/

• https://www.splunk.com/blog/2015/08/04/detecting-dynamic-dns-domains-in-splunk.html

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Data Exfiltration

The stealing of data by an adversary.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1041
• Last Updated: 2020-10-21

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Detection Profile

• Detect SNICat SNI Exfiltration

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1041	Exfiltration Over C2 Channel	Exfiltration

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0010/

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Deobfuscate-Decode Files or Information

Adversaries may use Obfuscated Files or Information to hide artifacts of an intrusion from analysis.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1140
• Last Updated: 2021-03-24

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Detection Profile

• CertUtil With Decode Argument

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1140	Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1140/

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Detect Zerologon Attack

Uncover activity related to the execution of Zerologon CVE-2020-11472, a technique wherein attackers target a Microsoft Windows Domain Controller to reset its computer account password. The result from this attack is attackers can now provide themselves high privileges and take over Domain Controller. The included searches in this Analytic Story are designed to identify attempts to reset Domain Controller Computer Account via exploit code remotely or via the use of tool Mimikatz as payload carrier.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1003.001, T1190, T1210
• Last Updated: 2020-09-18

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Detection Profile

• Detect Computer Changed with Anonymous Account

• Detect Credential Dumping through LSASS access

• Detect Mimikatz Using Loaded Images

• Detect Zerologon via Zeek

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1210	Exploitation of Remote Services	Lateral Movement
T1003.001	LSASS Memory	Credential Access
T1190	Exploit Public-Facing Application	Initial Access

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1003

• https://github.com/SecuraBV/CVE-2020-1472

• https://www.secura.com/blog/zero-logon

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1472

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Disabling Security Tools

Looks for activities and techniques associated with the disabling of security tools on a Windows system, such as suspicious reg.exe processes, processes launching netsh, and many others.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1112, T1543.003, T1553.004, T1562.001, T1562.004
• Last Updated: 2020-02-04

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Detection Profile

• Attempt To Add Certificate To Untrusted Store

• Attempt To Stop Security Service

• Processes launching netsh

• Sc exe Manipulating Windows Services

• Suspicious Reg exe Process

• Unload Sysmon Filter Driver

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1553.004	Install Root Certificate	Defense Evasion
T1562.001	Disable or Modify Tools	Defense Evasion
T1562.004	Disable or Modify System Firewall	Defense Evasion
T1543.003	Windows Service	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1112	Modify Registry	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Installation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1089

• https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2015/11/vonteera-adware-uses-certificates-to-disable-anti-malware/

• https://www.operationblockbuster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Operation-Blockbuster-Tools-Report.pdf

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F5 TMUI RCE CVE-2020-5902

Uncover activity consistent with CVE-2020-5902. Discovered by Positive Technologies researchers, this vulnerability affects F5 BIG-IP, BIG-IQ. and Traffix SDC devices (vulnerable versions in F5 support link below). This vulnerability allows unauthenticated users, along with authenticated users, who have access to the configuration utility to execute system commands, create/delete files, disable services, and/or execute Java code. This vulnerability can result in full system compromise.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1190
• Last Updated: 2020-08-02

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Detection Profile

• Detect F5 TMUI RCE CVE-2020-5902

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1190	Exploit Public-Facing Application	Initial Access

Kill Chain Phase

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/about/news/f5-fixes-critical-vulnerability-discovered-by-positive-technologies-in-big-ip-application-delivery-controller/

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52145254

• https://blog.cloudflare.com/cve-2020-5902-helping-to-protect-against-the-f5-tmui-rce-vulnerability/

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HAFNIUM Group

HAFNIUM group was identified by Microsoft as exploiting 4 Microsoft Exchange CVEs in the wild - CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858 and CVE-2021-27065.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1003.001, T1003.003, T1021.002, T1059.001, T1114.002, T1136.001, T1190, T1505.003
• Last Updated: 2021-03-03

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Detection Profile

• Any Powershell DownloadString

• Attempt To Set Default PowerShell Execution Policy To Unrestricted or Bypass

• Detect Exchange Web Shell

• Detect New Local Admin account

• Detect PsExec With accepteula Flag

• Dump LSASS via comsvcs DLL

• Dump LSASS via procdump

• Dump LSASS via procdump Rename

• Email servers sending high volume traffic to hosts

• Malicious PowerShell Process - Connect To Internet With Hidden Window

• Malicious PowerShell Process - Execution Policy Bypass

• Nishang PowershellTCPOneLine

• Ntdsutil Export NTDS

• Unified Messaging Service Spawning a Process

• W3WP Spawning Shell

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1505.003	Web Shell	Persistence
T1136.001	Local Account	Persistence
T1021.002	SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Lateral Movement
T1003.001	LSASS Memory	Credential Access
T1114.002	Remote Email Collection	Collection
T1003.003	NTDS	Credential Access
T1190	Exploit Public-Facing Application	Initial Access

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Exploitation

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/detecting-hafnium-exchange-server-zero-day-activity-in-splunk.html

• https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/03/02/active-exploitation-of-microsoft-exchange-zero-day-vulnerabilities/

• https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/02/hafnium-targeting-exchange-servers/

• https://blog.rapid7.com/2021/03/03/rapid7s-insightidr-enables-detection-and-response-to-microsoft-exchange-0-day/

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Ingress Tool Transfer

Adversaries may transfer tools or other files from an external system into a compromised environment. Files may be copied from an external adversary controlled system through the command and control channel to bring tools into the victim network or through alternate protocols with another tool such as FTP.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1105
• Last Updated: 2021-03-24

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Detection Profile

• CertUtil Download With URLCache and Split Arguments

• CertUtil Download With VerifyCtl and Split Arguments

• Suspicious Curl Network Connection

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1105	Ingress Tool Transfer	Command and Control

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105/

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Lateral Movement

Detect and investigate tactics, techniques, and procedures around how attackers move laterally within the enterprise. Because lateral movement can expose the adversary to detection, it should be an important focus for security analysts.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1021.001, T1053.005, T1550.002, T1558.003
• Last Updated: 2020-02-04

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Detection Profile

• Detect Activity Related to Pass the Hash Attacks

• Detect Pass the Hash

• Kerberoasting spn request with RC4 encryption

• Remote Desktop Network Traffic

• Remote Desktop Process Running On System

• Schtasks scheduling job on remote system

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1550.002	Pass the Hash	Defense Evasion, Lateral Movement
T1558.003	Kerberoasting	Credential Access
T1021.001	Remote Desktop Protocol	Lateral Movement
T1053.005	Scheduled Task	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/executive-perspective/2015/08/malware_lateral_move.html

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Malicious PowerShell

Attackers are finding stealthy ways "live off the land," leveraging utilities and tools that come standard on the endpoint--such as PowerShell--to achieve their goals without downloading binary files. These searches can help you detect and investigate PowerShell command-line options that may be indicative of malicious intent.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1003, T1021, T1027, T1053, T1055, T1059.001, T1106, T1113, T1123, T1134, T1548, T1563, T1569
• Last Updated: 2017-08-23

details

Detection Profile

• Any Powershell DownloadFile

• Any Powershell DownloadString

• Attempt To Set Default PowerShell Execution Policy To Unrestricted or Bypass

• Credential Extraction indicative of use of DSInternals credential conversion modules

• Credential Extraction indicative of use of DSInternals modules

• Credential Extraction indicative of use of PowerSploit modules

• Credential Extraction via Get-ADDBAccount module present in PowerSploit and DSInternals

• Illegal Access To User Content via PowerSploit modules

• Illegal Privilege Elevation and Persistence via PowerSploit modules

• Illegal Service and Process Control via PowerSploit modules

• Malicious PowerShell Process - Connect To Internet With Hidden Window

• Malicious PowerShell Process - Encoded Command

• Malicious PowerShell Process - Multiple Suspicious Command-Line Arguments

• Malicious PowerShell Process With Obfuscation Techniques

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1003	OS Credential Dumping	Credential Access
T1021	Remote Services	Lateral Movement
T1113	Screen Capture	Collection
T1123	Audio Capture	Collection
T1563	Remote Service Session Hijacking	Lateral Movement
T1053	Scheduled Task/Job	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1134	Access Token Manipulation	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1548	Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1055	Process Injection	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1106	Native API	Execution
T1569	System Services	Execution
T1027	Obfuscated Files or Information	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Exploitation

• Installation

Reference

• https://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/malware-employs-powershell-to-infect-systems/

• https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/

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NOBELIUM Group

Sunburst is a trojanized updates to SolarWinds Orion IT monitoring and management software. It was discovered by FireEye in December 2020. The actors behind this campaign gained access to numerous public and private organizations around the world.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint, Network_Traffic, Web
• ATT&CK: T1018, T1027, T1053.005, T1059.003, T1071.001, T1071.002, T1203, T1218.005, T1505.003, T1543.003, T1569.002
• Last Updated: 2020-12-14

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Outbound SMB Traffic

• Detect Prohibited Applications Spawning cmd exe

• Detect Rundll32 Inline HTA Execution

• First Time Seen Running Windows Service

• Malicious PowerShell Process - Encoded Command

• Sc exe Manipulating Windows Services

• Scheduled Task Deleted Or Created via CMD

• Schtasks scheduling job on remote system

• Sunburst Correlation DLL and Network Event

• Supernova Webshell

• TOR Traffic

• Windows AdFind Exe

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1071.002	File Transfer Protocols	Command and Control
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1218.005	Mshta	Defense Evasion
T1569.002	Service Execution	Execution
T1027	Obfuscated Files or Information	Defense Evasion
T1543.003	Windows Service	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1053.005	Scheduled Task	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1203	Exploitation for Client Execution	Execution
T1505.003	Web Shell	Persistence
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control
T1018	Remote System Discovery	Discovery

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Exfiltration

• Exploitation

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/03/04/goldmax-goldfinder-sibot-analyzing-nobelium-malware/

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html

• https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2020/12/13/customer-guidance-on-recent-nation-state-cyber-attacks/

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Phishing Payloads

Detect signs of malicious payloads that may indicate that your environment has been breached via a phishing attack.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1566.001, T1566.002
• Last Updated: 2019-04-29

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Oulook exe writing a zip file

• Process Creating LNK file in Suspicious Location

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1566.001	Spearphishing Attachment	Initial Access
T1566.002	Spearphishing Link	Initial Access

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/04/spear-phishing-campaign-targets-ukraine-government.html

version: 1

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Possible Backdoor Activity Associated With MUDCARP Espionage Campaigns

Monitor your environment for suspicious behaviors that resemble the techniques employed by the MUDCARP threat group.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1059.001, T1059.003, T1547.001
• Last Updated: 2020-01-22

details

Detection Profile

• First time seen command line argument

• Malicious PowerShell Process - Connect To Internet With Hidden Window

• Registry Keys Used For Persistence

• Unusually Long Command Line

• Unusually Long Command Line - MLTK

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder	Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

Reference

• https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/scope-of-mudcarp-attacks-highlight-1/

• http://blog.amossys.fr/badflick-is-not-so-bad.html

version: 1

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SQL Injection

Use the searches in this Analytic Story to help you detect structured query language (SQL) injection attempts characterized by long URLs that contain malicious parameters.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Web
• ATT&CK: T1190
• Last Updated: 2017-09-19

details

Detection Profile

• SQL Injection with Long URLs

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1190	Exploit Public-Facing Application	Initial Access

Kill Chain Phase

• Delivery

Reference

• https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/66.html

• https://www.incapsula.com/web-application-security/sql-injection.html

version: 1

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Silver Sparrow

Silver Sparrow, identified by Red Canary Intelligence, is a new forward looking MacOS (Intel and M1) malicious software downloader utilizing JavaScript for execution and a launchAgent to establish persistence.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1074, T1105, T1543.001
• Last Updated: 2021-02-24

details

Detection Profile

• Suspicious Curl Network Connection

• Suspicious PlistBuddy Usage

• Suspicious PlistBuddy Usage via OSquery

• Suspicious SQLite3 LSQuarantine Behavior

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1105	Ingress Tool Transfer	Command and Control
T1543.001	Launch Agent	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1074	Data Staged	Collection

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://redcanary.com/blog/clipping-silver-sparrows-wings/

• https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-silver-sparrow/

version: 1

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Suspicious Command-Line Executions

Leveraging the Windows command-line interface (CLI) is one of the most common attack techniques--one that is also detailed in the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Use this Analytic Story to help you identify unusual or suspicious use of the CLI on Windows systems.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1036.003, T1059, T1059.001, T1059.003
• Last Updated: 2020-02-03

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Prohibited Applications Spawning cmd exe

• Detect Use of cmd exe to Launch Script Interpreters

• First time seen command line argument

• System Processes Run From Unexpected Locations

• Unusually Long Command Line

• Unusually Long Command Line - MLTK

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1059	Command and Scripting Interpreter	Execution
T1068	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Privilege Escalation
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1059

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/macro-malware

• https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/services/pdfs/mandiant-apt1-report.pdf

version: 2

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Suspicious Compiled HTML Activity

Monitor and detect techniques used by attackers who leverage the mshta.exe process to execute malicious code.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1218.001
• Last Updated: 2021-02-11

details

Detection Profile

• Detect HTML Help Renamed

• Detect HTML Help Spawn Child Process

• Detect HTML Help URL in Command Line

• Detect HTML Help Using InfoTech Storage Handlers

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1218.001	Compiled HTML File	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://redcanary.com/blog/introducing-atomictestharnesses/

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/001/

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/htmlhelp/nf-htmlhelp-htmlhelpa

version: 1

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Suspicious DNS Traffic

Attackers often attempt to hide within or otherwise abuse the domain name system (DNS). You can thwart attempts to manipulate this omnipresent protocol by monitoring for these types of abuses.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Resolution
• ATT&CK: T1048.003, T1071.004, T1189
• Last Updated: 2017-09-18

details

Detection Profile

• Clients Connecting to Multiple DNS Servers

• DNS Query Length Outliers - MLTK

• DNS Query Length With High Standard Deviation

• DNS Query Requests Resolved by Unauthorized DNS Servers

• Detect Long DNS TXT Record Response

• Detect hosts connecting to dynamic domain providers

• Detection of DNS Tunnels

• Excessive DNS Failures

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1048.003	Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol	Exfiltration
T1071.004	DNS	Command and Control
T1095	Non-Application Layer Protocol	Command and Control
T1189	Drive-by Compromise	Initial Access
T1048	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Exfiltration
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

Reference

• http://blogs.splunk.com/2015/10/01/random-words-on-entropy-and-dns/

• http://www.darkreading.com/analytics/security-monitoring/got-malware-three-signs-revealed-in-dns-traffic/d/d-id/1139680

• https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Threat-Vulnerability-Articles/What-are-suspicious-DNS-queries/ta-p/71454

version: 1

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Suspicious Emails

Email remains one of the primary means for attackers to gain an initial foothold within the modern enterprise. Detect and investigate suspicious emails in your environment with the help of the searches in this Analytic Story.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Email, UEBA
• ATT&CK: T1566, T1566.001
• Last Updated: 2020-01-27

details

Detection Profile

• Email Attachments With Lots Of Spaces

• Monitor Email For Brand Abuse

• Suspicious Email - UBA Anomaly

• Suspicious Email Attachment Extensions

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1566	Phishing	Initial Access
T1566.001	Spearphishing Attachment	Initial Access

Kill Chain Phase

• Delivery

Reference

• https://www.splunk.com/blog/2015/06/26/phishing-hits-a-new-level-of-quality/

version: 1

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Suspicious MSHTA Activity

Monitor and detect techniques used by attackers who leverage the mshta.exe process to execute malicious code.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1059, T1059.003, T1218.005, T1547.001
• Last Updated: 2021-01-20

details

Detection Profile

• Detect MSHTA Url in Command Line

• Detect Prohibited Applications Spawning cmd exe

• Detect Rundll32 Inline HTA Execution

• Detect mshta inline hta execution

• Detect mshta renamed

• Registry Keys Used For Persistence

• Suspicious mshta child process

• Suspicious mshta spawn

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1218.005	Mshta	Defense Evasion
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1059	Command and Scripting Interpreter	Execution
T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder	Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://redcanary.com/blog/introducing-atomictestharnesses/

• https://redcanary.com/blog/windows-registry-attacks-threat-detection/

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/005/

• https://medium.com/@mbromileyDFIR/malware-monday-aebb456356c5

version: 2

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Suspicious Okta Activity

Monitor your Okta environment for suspicious activities. Due to the Covid outbreak, many users are migrating over to leverage cloud services more and more. Okta is a popular tool to manage multiple users and the web-based applications they need to stay productive. The searches in this story will help monitor your Okta environment for suspicious activities and associated user behaviors.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1078.001
• Last Updated: 2020-04-02

details

Detection Profile

• Multiple Okta Users With Invalid Credentials From The Same IP

• Okta Account Lockout Events

• Okta Failed SSO Attempts

• Okta User Logins From Multiple Cities

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.001	Default Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1078

• https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Credential_stuffing

• https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/answer/What-is-a-password-spraying-attack-and-how-does-it-work

version: 1

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Suspicious Regsvcs Regasm Activity

Monitor and detect techniques used by attackers who leverage the mshta.exe process to execute malicious code.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1218.009
• Last Updated: 2021-02-11

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Regasm Spawning a Process

• Detect Regasm with Network Connection

• Detect Regasm with no Command Line Arguments

• Detect Regsvcs Spawning a Process

• Detect Regsvcs with Network Connection

• Detect Regsvcs with No Command Line Arguments

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1218.009	Regsvcs/Regasm	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/009/

• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/documentation/modules/evasion/windows/applocker_evasion_regasm_regsvcs.md

• https://oddvar.moe/2017/12/13/applocker-case-study-how-insecure-is-it-really-part-1/

version: 1

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Suspicious Regsvr32 Activity

Monitor and detect techniques used by attackers who leverage the regsvr32.exe process to execute malicious code.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1218.010
• Last Updated: 2021-01-29

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Regsvr32 Application Control Bypass

• Suspicious Regsvr32 Register Suspicious Path

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1218.010	Regsvr32	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/010/

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1218.010/T1218.010.md

• https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Regsvr32/

version: 1

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Suspicious Rundll32 Activity

Monitor and detect techniques used by attackers who leverage rundll32.exe to execute arbitrary malicious code.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1003.001, T1036.003, T1218.011
• Last Updated: 2021-02-03

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Rundll32 Application Control Bypass - advpack

• Detect Rundll32 Application Control Bypass - setupapi

• Detect Rundll32 Application Control Bypass - syssetup

• Dump LSASS via comsvcs DLL

• Suspicious Rundll32 Rename

• Suspicious Rundll32 StartW

• Suspicious Rundll32 dllregisterserver

• Suspicious Rundll32 no Command Line Arguments

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1218.011	Rundll32	Defense Evasion
T1003.001	LSASS Memory	Credential Access
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1218/011/

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1218.011/T1218.011.md

• https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Rundll32

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Suspicious WMI Use

Attackers are increasingly abusing Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), a framework and associated utilities available on all modern Windows operating systems. Because WMI can be leveraged to manage both local and remote systems, it is important to identify the processes executed and the user context within which the activity occurred.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1047, T1546.003
• Last Updated: 2018-10-23

details

Detection Profile

• Process Execution via WMI

• Remote Process Instantiation via WMI

• Remote WMI Command Attempt

• Script Execution via WMI

• WMI Permanent Event Subscription

• WMI Permanent Event Subscription - Sysmon

• WMI Temporary Event Subscription

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1047	Windows Management Instrumentation	Execution
T1546.003	Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription	Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-15/materials/us-15-Graeber-Abusing-Windows-Management-Instrumentation-WMI-To-Build-A-Persistent%20Asynchronous-And-Fileless-Backdoor-wp.pdf

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/03/wmimplant_a_wmi_ba.html

version: 2

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Suspicious Windows Registry Activities

Monitor and detect registry changes initiated from remote locations, which can be a sign that an attacker has infiltrated your system.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1546.001, T1546.011, T1546.012, T1547.001, T1547.010, T1548.002, T1564.001
• Last Updated: 2018-05-31

details

Detection Profile

• Disabling Remote User Account Control

• Monitor Registry Keys for Print Monitors

• Reg exe used to hide files directories via registry keys

• Registry Keys Used For Persistence

• Registry Keys Used For Privilege Escalation

• Registry Keys for Creating SHIM Databases

• Remote Registry Key modifications

• Suspicious Changes to File Associations

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1548.002	Bypass User Account Control	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1112	Modify Registry	Defense Evasion
T1222.001	Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification	Defense Evasion
T1547.010	Port Monitors	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1564.001	Hidden Files and Directories	Defense Evasion
T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1546.012	Image File Execution Options Injection	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1546.011	Application Shimming	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1546.001	Change Default File Association	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1036	Masquerading	Defense Evasion
T1562.001	Disable or Modify Tools	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://redcanary.com/blog/windows-registry-attacks-threat-detection/

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1112

version: 1

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Suspicious Zoom Child Processes

Attackers are using Zoom as an vector to increase privileges on a sytems. This story detects new child processes of zoom and provides investigative actions for this detection.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1059, T1059.003, T1068
• Last Updated: 2020-04-13

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Prohibited Applications Spawning cmd exe

• First Time Seen Child Process of Zoom

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1059	Command and Scripting Interpreter	Execution
T1068	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Privilege Escalation
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://blog.rapid7.com/2020/04/02/dispelling-zoom-bugbears-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-latest-zoom-vulnerabilities/

• https://threatpost.com/two-zoom-zero-day-flaws-uncovered/154337/

version: 1

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Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution

Monitor and detect behaviors used by attackers who leverage trusted developer utilities to execute malicious code.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1036.003, T1127
• Last Updated: 2021-01-12

details

Detection Profile

• Suspicious microsoft workflow compiler rename

• Suspicious microsoft workflow compiler usage

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1127	Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution	Defense Evasion
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127/

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1218/T1218.md

• https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Microsoft.Workflow.Compiler/

version: 1

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Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution MSBuild

Monitor and detect techniques used by attackers who leverage the msbuild.exe process to execute malicious code.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1036.003, T1127.001
• Last Updated: 2021-01-21

details

Detection Profile

• Suspicious MSBuild Rename

• Suspicious MSBuild Spawn

• Suspicious msbuild path

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1127.001	MSBuild	Defense Evasion
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1127/001/

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1127.001/T1127.001.md

• https://github.com/infosecn1nja/MaliciousMacroMSBuild

• https://github.com/xorrior/RandomPS-Scripts/blob/master/Invoke-ExecuteMSBuild.ps1

• https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Msbuild/

• https://github.com/MHaggis/CBR-Queries/blob/master/msbuild.md

version: 1

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Windows DNS SIGRed CVE-2020-1350

Uncover activity consistent with CVE-2020-1350, or SIGRed. Discovered by Checkpoint researchers, this vulnerability affects Windows 2003 to 2019, and is triggered by a malicious DNS response (only affects DNS over TCP). An attacker can use the malicious payload to cause a buffer overflow on the vulnerable system, leading to compromise. The included searches in this Analytic Story are designed to identify the large response payload for SIG and KEY DNS records which can be used for the exploit.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Resolution
• ATT&CK: T1203
• Last Updated: 2020-07-28

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Windows DNS SIGRed via Splunk Stream

• Detect Windows DNS SIGRed via Zeek

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1203	Exploitation for Client Execution	Execution

Kill Chain Phase

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/resolving-your-way-into-domain-admin-exploiting-a-17-year-old-bug-in-windows-dns-servers/

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/4569509/windows-dns-server-remote-code-execution-vulnerability

version: 1

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Windows Defense Evasion Tactics

Detect tactics used by malware to evade defenses on Windows endpoints. A few of these include suspicious reg.exe processes, files hidden with attrib.exe and disabling user-account control, among many others

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1036, T1112, T1222.001, T1548.002, T1562.001, T1564.001
• Last Updated: 2018-05-31

details

Detection Profile

• Disabling Remote User Account Control

• Eventvwr UAC Bypass

• FodHelper UAC Bypass

• Hiding Files And Directories With Attrib exe

• Reg exe used to hide files directories via registry keys

• Remote Registry Key modifications

• Suspicious Reg exe Process

• System Process Running from Unexpected Location

• Windows DisableAntiSpyware Registry

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1548.002	Bypass User Account Control	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1112	Modify Registry	Defense Evasion
T1222.001	Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification	Defense Evasion
T1547.010	Port Monitors	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1564.001	Hidden Files and Directories	Defense Evasion
T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1546.012	Image File Execution Options Injection	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1546.011	Application Shimming	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1546.001	Change Default File Association	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1036	Masquerading	Defense Evasion
T1562.001	Disable or Modify Tools	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Delivery

• Exploitation

• Privilege Escalation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Defense_Evasion

version: 1

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Windows Discovery Techniques

Monitors for behaviors associated with adversaries discovering objects in the environment that can be leveraged in the progression of the attack.

• Product: UEBA for Security Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1007, T1012, T1021.002, T1039, T1046, T1047, T1053, T1055, T1057, T1068, T1078, T1083, T1087, T1098, T1135, T1199, T1482, T1484, T1518, T1543, T1547, T1574, T1589.001, T1590, T1590.001, T1590.003, T1591, T1592, T1592.002, T1595, T1595.002
• Last Updated: 2021-03-04

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Detection Profile

• Reconnaissance and Access to Accounts Groups and Policies via PowerSploit modules

• Reconnaissance and Access to Accounts and Groups via Mimikatz modules

• Reconnaissance and Access to Active Directoty Infrastructure via PowerSploit modules

• Reconnaissance and Access to Computers and Domains via PowerSploit modules

• Reconnaissance and Access to Computers via Mimikatz modules

• Reconnaissance and Access to Operating System Elements via PowerSploit modules

• Reconnaissance and Access to Processes and Services via Mimikatz modules

• Reconnaissance and Access to Shared Resources via Mimikatz modules

• Reconnaissance and Access to Shared Resources via PowerSploit modules

• Reconnaissance of Access and Persistence Opportunities via PowerSploit modules

• Reconnaissance of Connectivity via PowerSploit modules

• Reconnaissance of Credential Stores and Services via Mimikatz modules

• Reconnaissance of Defensive Tools via PowerSploit modules

• Reconnaissance of Privilege Escalation Opportunities via PowerSploit modules

• Reconnaissance of Process or Service Hijacking Opportunities via Mimikatz modules

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1087	Account Discovery	Discovery
T1484	Domain Policy Modification	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1199	Trusted Relationship	Initial Access
T1482	Domain Trust Discovery	Discovery
T1590	Gather Victim Network Information	Reconnaissance
T1591	Gather Victim Org Information	Reconnaissance
T1595	Active Scanning	Reconnaissance
T1592	Gather Victim Host Information	Reconnaissance
T1007	System Service Discovery	Discovery
T1012	Query Registry	Discovery
T1046	Network Service Scanning	Discovery
T1047	Windows Management Instrumentation	Execution
T1057	Process Discovery	Discovery
T1083	File and Directory Discovery	Discovery
T1518	Software Discovery	Discovery
T1592.002	Software	Reconnaissance
T1021.002	SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Lateral Movement
T1135	Network Share Discovery	Discovery
T1039	Data from Network Shared Drive	Collection
T1053	Scheduled Task/Job	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1068	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Privilege Escalation
T1543	Create or Modify System Process	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1547	Boot or Logon Autostart Execution	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1574	Hijack Execution Flow	Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1589.001	Credentials	Reconnaissance
T1590.001	Domain Properties	Reconnaissance
T1590.003	Network Trust Dependencies	Reconnaissance
T1098	Account Manipulation	Persistence
T1595.002	Vulnerability Scanning	Reconnaissance
T1055	Process Injection	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/

• https://cyberd.us/penetration-testing

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Windows Log Manipulation

Adversaries often try to cover their tracks by manipulating Windows logs. Use these searches to help you monitor for suspicious activity surrounding log files--an essential component of an effective defense.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1070, T1070.001, T1490
• Last Updated: 2017-09-12

details

Detection Profile

• Deleting Shadow Copies

• Illegal Deletion of Logs via Mimikatz modules

• Suspicious wevtutil Usage

• USN Journal Deletion

• Windows Event Log Cleared

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1490	Inhibit System Recovery	Impact
T1070	Indicator Removal on Host	Defense Evasion
T1070.001	Clear Windows Event Logs	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/

• https://zeltser.com/security-incident-log-review-checklist/

• http://journeyintoir.blogspot.com/2013/01/re-introducing-usnjrnl.html

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Windows Persistence Techniques

Monitor for activities and techniques associated with maintaining persistence on a Windows system--a sign that an adversary may have compromised your environment.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1053, T1053.005, T1068, T1078, T1098, T1134, T1207, T1222.001, T1484, T1543.003, T1546.011, T1547.001, T1547.010, T1548, T1564.001, T1574.009, T1574.011, T1585
• Last Updated: 2018-05-31

details

Detection Profile

• Certutil exe certificate extraction

• Detect Path Interception By Creation Of program exe

• Hiding Files And Directories With Attrib exe

• Illegal Account Creation via PowerSploit modules

• Illegal Enabling or Disabling of Accounts via DSInternals modules

• Illegal Management of Active Directory Elements and Policies via DSInternals modules

• Illegal Management of Computers and Active Directory Elements via PowerSploit modules

• Illegal Privilege Elevation and Persistence via PowerSploit modules

• Monitor Registry Keys for Print Monitors

• Reg exe Manipulating Windows Services Registry Keys

• Reg exe used to hide files directories via registry keys

• Registry Keys Used For Persistence

• Registry Keys for Creating SHIM Databases

• Remote Registry Key modifications

• Sc exe Manipulating Windows Services

• Schtasks used for forcing a reboot

• Setting Credentials via DSInternals modules

• Setting Credentials via Mimikatz modules

• Setting Credentials via PowerSploit modules

• Shim Database File Creation

• Shim Database Installation With Suspicious Parameters

• Suspicious Scheduled Task from Public Directory

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1574.009	Path Interception by Unquoted Path	Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1222.001	Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification	Defense Evasion
T1585	Establish Accounts	Resource Development
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1098	Account Manipulation	Persistence
T1207	Rogue Domain Controller	Defense Evasion
T1484	Domain Policy Modification	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1053	Scheduled Task/Job	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1134	Access Token Manipulation	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1548	Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1547.010	Port Monitors	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1574.011	Services Registry Permissions Weakness	Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1564.001	Hidden Files and Directories	Defense Evasion
T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1546.011	Application Shimming	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1543.003	Windows Service	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1053.005	Scheduled Task	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1068	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Exploitation

• Installation

• Privilege Escalation

Reference

• http://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/19.html

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2010/07/malware-persistence-windows-registry.html

• http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/common-malware-persistence-mechanisms/

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/05/fin7-shim-databases-persistence.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq2Hv7J9fvk

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Windows Privilege Escalation

Monitor for and investigate activities that may be associated with a Windows privilege-escalation attack, including unusual processes running on endpoints, modified registry keys, and more.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1068, T1078, T1098, T1134, T1204.002, T1546.008, T1546.012, T1548
• Last Updated: 2020-02-04

details

Detection Profile

• Child Processes of Spoolsv exe

• Illegal Privilege Elevation via Mimikatz modules

• Overwriting Accessibility Binaries

• Probing Access with Stolen Credentials via PowerSploit modules

• Registry Keys Used For Privilege Escalation

• Uncommon Processes On Endpoint

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1068	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Privilege Escalation
T1134	Access Token Manipulation	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1548	Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1546.008	Accessibility Features	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1098	Account Manipulation	Persistence
T1546.012	Image File Execution Options Injection	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1204.002	Malicious File	Execution

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/

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Best Practices

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Asset Tracking

Keep a careful inventory of every asset on your network to make it easier to detect rogue devices. Unauthorized/unmanaged devices could be an indication of malicious behavior that should be investigated further.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Sessions
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2017-09-13

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Unauthorized Assets by MAC address

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Delivery

• Reconnaissance

Reference

• https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/inventory-of-authorized-and-unauthorized-devices/

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Monitor Backup Solution

Address common concerns when monitoring your backup processes. These searches can help you reduce risks from ransomware, device theft, or denial of physical access to a host by backing up data on endpoints.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2017-09-12

details

Detection Profile

• Extended Period Without Successful Netbackup Backups

• Unsuccessful Netbackup backups

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://www.carbonblack.com/2016/03/04/tracking-locky-ransomware-using-carbon-black/

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Monitor for Unauthorized Software

Identify and investigate prohibited/unauthorized software or processes that may be concealing malicious behavior within your environment.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2017-09-15

details

Detection Profile

• Prohibited Software On Endpoint

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/

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Monitor for Updates

Monitor your enterprise to ensure that your endpoints are being patched and updated. Adversaries notoriously exploit known vulnerabilities that could be mitigated by applying routine security patches.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Updates
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2017-09-15

details

Detection Profile

• No Windows Updates in a time frame

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://learn.cisecurity.org/20-controls-download

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Prohibited Traffic Allowed or Protocol Mismatch

Detect instances of prohibited network traffic allowed in the environment, as well as protocols running on non-standard ports. Both of these types of behaviors typically violate policy and can be leveraged by attackers.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Resolution, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1048, T1048.003, T1071.001, T1189
• Last Updated: 2017-09-11

details

Detection Profile

• Detect hosts connecting to dynamic domain providers

• Prohibited Network Traffic Allowed

• Protocol or Port Mismatch

• TOR Traffic

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1189	Drive-by Compromise	Initial Access
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control
T1048.003	Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol	Exfiltration
T1048	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Exfiltration

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Delivery

Reference

• http://www.novetta.com/2015/02/advanced-methods-to-detect-advanced-cyber-attacks-protocol-abuse/

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Router and Infrastructure Security

Validate the security configuration of network infrastructure and verify that only authorized users and systems are accessing critical assets. Core routing and switching infrastructure are common strategic targets for attackers.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Authentication, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1020.001, T1200, T1498, T1542.005, T1557, T1557.002
• Last Updated: 2017-09-12

details

Detection Profile

• Detect ARP Poisoning

• Detect IPv6 Network Infrastructure Threats

• Detect New Login Attempts to Routers

• Detect Port Security Violation

• Detect Rogue DHCP Server

• Detect Software Download To Network Device

• Detect Traffic Mirroring

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1200	Hardware Additions	Initial Access
T1498	Network Denial of Service	Impact
T1557.002	ARP Cache Poisoning	Collection, Credential Access
T1557	Man-in-the-Middle	Collection, Credential Access
T1542.005	TFTP Boot	Defense Evasion, Persistence
T1020.001	Traffic Duplication	Exfiltration

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Delivery

• Exploitation

• Reconnaissance

Reference

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/executive-perspective/2015/09/the_new_route_toper.html

• https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/security-center/event-response/synful-knock.html

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Use of Cleartext Protocols

Leverage searches that detect cleartext network protocols that may leak credentials or should otherwise be encrypted.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2017-09-15

details

Detection Profile

• Protocols passing authentication in cleartext

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Reconnaissance

Reference

• https://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/

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Cloud Security

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AWS Cross Account Activity

Track when a user assumes an IAM role in another AWS account to obtain cross-account access to services and resources in that account. Accessing new roles could be an indication of malicious activity.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1078, T1550
• Last Updated: 2018-06-04

details

Detection Profile

• aws detect attach to role policy

• aws detect permanent key creation

• aws detect role creation

• aws detect sts assume role abuse

• aws detect sts get session token abuse

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1550	Use Alternate Authentication Material	Defense Evasion, Lateral Movement

Kill Chain Phase

• Lateral Movement

Reference

• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-cloudtrail-now-tracks-cross-account-activity-to-its-origin/

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AWS Cryptomining

Monitor your AWS EC2 instances for activities related to cryptojacking/cryptomining. New instances that originate from previously unseen regions, users who launch abnormally high numbers of instances, or EC2 instances started by previously unseen users are just a few examples of potentially malicious behavior.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1078.004, T1535
• Last Updated: 2018-03-08

details

Detection Profile

• Abnormally High AWS Instances Launched by User

• Abnormally High AWS Instances Launched by User - MLTK

• EC2 Instance Started In Previously Unseen Region

• EC2 Instance Started With Previously Unseen AMI

• EC2 Instance Started With Previously Unseen Instance Type

• EC2 Instance Started With Previously Unseen User

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1535	Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

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AWS IAM Privilege Escalation

This analytic story contains detections that query your AWS Cloudtrail for activities related to privilege escalation.

• Product: Splunk Security Analytics for AWS, Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1078.004, T1136.003
• Last Updated: 2021-03-08

details

Detection Profile

• AWS Create Policy Version to allow all resources

• AWS CreateAccessKey

• AWS CreateLoginProfile

• AWS SetDefaultPolicyVersion

• AWS UpdateLoginProfile

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1136.003	Cloud Account	Persistence

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/

• https://www.cyberark.com/resources/threat-research-blog/the-cloud-shadow-admin-threat-10-permissions-to-protect

• https://labs.bishopfox.com/tech-blog/privilege-escalation-in-aws

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AWS Network ACL Activity

Monitor your AWS network infrastructure for bad configurations and malicious activity. Investigative searches help you probe deeper, when the facts warrant it.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1562.007
• Last Updated: 2018-05-21

details

Detection Profile

• AWS Network Access Control List Created with All Open Ports

• AWS Network Access Control List Deleted

• Detect Spike in Network ACL Activity

• Detect Spike in blocked Outbound Traffic from your AWS

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1562.007	Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

Reference

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/VPC_Appendix_NACLs.html

• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-help-prepare-for-ddos-attacks-by-reducing-your-attack-surface/

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AWS Security Hub Alerts

This story is focused around detecting Security Hub alerts generated from AWS

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2020-08-04

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Spike in AWS Security Hub Alerts for EC2 Instance

• Detect Spike in AWS Security Hub Alerts for User

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://aws.amazon.com/security-hub/features/

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AWS Suspicious Provisioning Activities

Monitor your AWS provisioning activities for behaviors originating from unfamiliar or unusual locations. These behaviors may indicate that malicious activities are occurring somewhere within your network.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1535
• Last Updated: 2018-03-16

details

Detection Profile

• AWS Cloud Provisioning From Previously Unseen City

• AWS Cloud Provisioning From Previously Unseen Country

• AWS Cloud Provisioning From Previously Unseen IP Address

• AWS Cloud Provisioning From Previously Unseen Region

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1535	Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

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AWS User Monitoring

Detect and investigate dormant user accounts for your AWS environment that have become active again. Because inactive and ad-hoc accounts are common attack targets, it's critical to enable governance within your environment.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1078.004
• Last Updated: 2018-03-12

details

Detection Profile

• Detect API activity from users without MFA

• Detect AWS API Activities From Unapproved Accounts

• Detect Spike in AWS API Activity

• Detect Spike in Security Group Activity

• Detect new API calls from user roles

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

• https://redlock.io/blog/cryptojacking-tesla

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Cloud Cryptomining

Monitor your cloud compute instances for activities related to cryptojacking/cryptomining. New instances that originate from previously unseen regions, users who launch abnormally high numbers of instances, or compute instances started by previously unseen users are just a few examples of potentially malicious behavior.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Change
• ATT&CK: T1078.004, T1535
• Last Updated: 2019-10-02

details

Detection Profile

• Abnormally High Number Of Cloud Instances Launched

• Cloud Compute Instance Created By Previously Unseen User

• Cloud Compute Instance Created In Previously Unused Region

• Cloud Compute Instance Created With Previously Unseen Image

• Cloud Compute Instance Created With Previously Unseen Instance Type

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1535	Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

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Cloud Federated Credential Abuse

This analytical story addresses events that indicate abuse of cloud federated credentials. These credentials are usually extracted from endpoint desktop or servers specially those servers that provide federation services such as Windows Active Directory Federation Services. Identity Federation relies on objects such as Oauth2 tokens, cookies or SAML assertions in order to provide seamless access between cloud and perimeter environments. If these objects are either hijacked or forged then attackers will be able to pivot into victim's cloud environements.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1003.001, T1078, T1136.003, T1546.012, T1556
• Last Updated: 2021-01-26

details

Detection Profile

• AWS SAML Access by Provider User and Principal

• AWS SAML Update identity provider

• Certutil exe certificate extraction

• Detect Mimikatz Using Loaded Images

• Detect Mimikatz Via PowerShell And EventCode 4703

• Detect Rare Executables

• O365 Add App Role Assignment Grant User

• O365 Added Service Principal

• O365 Excessive SSO logon errors

• O365 New Federated Domain Added

• Registry Keys Used For Privilege Escalation

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1003.001	LSASS Memory	Credential Access
T1136.003	Cloud Account	Persistence
T1556	Modify Authentication Process	Credential Access, Defense Evasion
T1546.012	Image File Execution Options Injection	Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objective

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.cyberark.com/resources/threat-research-blog/golden-saml-newly-discovered-attack-technique-forges-authentication-to-cloud-apps

• https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/blog/pdfs/wp-m-unc2452-2021-000343-01.pdf

• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa21-008a

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Container Implantation Monitoring and Investigation

Use the searches in this story to monitor your Kubernetes registry repositories for upload, and deployment of potentially vulnerable, backdoor, or implanted containers. These searches provide information on source users, destination path, container names and repository names. The searches provide context to address Mitre T1525 which refers to container implantation upload to a company's repository either in Amazon Elastic Container Registry, Google Container Registry and Azure Container Registry.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1525
• Last Updated: 2020-02-20

details

Detection Profile

• GCP GCR container uploaded

• New container uploaded to AWS ECR

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1525	Implant Container Image	Persistence

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://github.com/splunk/cloud-datamodel-security-research

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GCP Cross Account Activity

Track when a user assumes an IAM role in another GCP account to obtain cross-account access to services and resources in that account. Accessing new roles could be an indication of malicious activity.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1078
• Last Updated: 2020-09-01

details

Detection Profile

• GCP Detect accounts with high risk roles by project

• GCP Detect gcploit framework

• GCP Detect high risk permissions by resource and account

• gcp detect oauth token abuse

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Lateral Movement

Reference

• https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-service-accounts

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Kubernetes Scanning Activity

This story addresses detection against Kubernetes cluster fingerprint scan and attack by providing information on items such as source ip, user agent, cluster names.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1526
• Last Updated: 2020-04-15

details

Detection Profile

• Amazon EKS Kubernetes Pod scan detection

• Amazon EKS Kubernetes cluster scan detection

• GCP Kubernetes cluster pod scan detection

• GCP Kubernetes cluster scan detection

• Kubernetes Azure pod scan fingerprint

• Kubernetes Azure scan fingerprint

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1526	Cloud Service Discovery	Discovery

Kill Chain Phase

• Reconnaissance

Reference

• https://github.com/splunk/cloud-datamodel-security-research

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Kubernetes Sensitive Object Access Activity

This story addresses detection and response of accounts acccesing Kubernetes cluster sensitive objects such as configmaps or secrets providing information on items such as user user, group. object, namespace and authorization reason.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2020-05-20

details

Detection Profile

• AWS EKS Kubernetes cluster sensitive object access

• Kubernetes AWS detect service accounts forbidden failure access

• Kubernetes AWS detect suspicious kubectl calls

• Kubernetes Azure detect sensitive object access

• Kubernetes Azure detect service accounts forbidden failure access

• Kubernetes Azure detect suspicious kubectl calls

• Kubernetes GCP detect sensitive object access

• Kubernetes GCP detect service accounts forbidden failure access

• Kubernetes GCP detect suspicious kubectl calls

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Lateral Movement

Reference

• https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/approaching-kubernetes-security-detecting-kubernetes-scan-with-splunk.html

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Kubernetes Sensitive Role Activity

This story addresses detection and response around Sensitive Role usage within a Kubernetes clusters against cluster resources and namespaces.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2020-05-20

details

Detection Profile

• Kubernetes AWS detect RBAC authorization by account

• Kubernetes AWS detect most active service accounts by pod

• Kubernetes AWS detect sensitive role access

• Kubernetes Azure detect RBAC authorization by account

• Kubernetes Azure detect most active service accounts by pod namespace

• Kubernetes Azure detect sensitive role access

• Kubernetes GCP detect RBAC authorizations by account

• Kubernetes GCP detect most active service accounts by pod

• Kubernetes GCP detect sensitive role access

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Lateral Movement

Reference

• https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/approaching-kubernetes-security-detecting-kubernetes-scan-with-splunk.html

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Office 365 Detections

This story is focused around detecting Office 365 Attacks.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1110, T1110.001, T1114, T1114.002, T1114.003, T1136.003, T1556, T1562.007
• Last Updated: 2020-12-16

details

Detection Profile

• High Number of Login Failures from a single source

• O365 Add App Role Assignment Grant User

• O365 Added Service Principal

• O365 Bypass MFA via Trusted IP

• O365 Disable MFA

• O365 Excessive Authentication Failures Alert

• O365 Excessive SSO logon errors

• O365 New Federated Domain Added

• O365 PST export alert

• O365 Suspicious Admin Email Forwarding

• O365 Suspicious Rights Delegation

• O365 Suspicious User Email Forwarding

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1110.001	Password Guessing	Credential Access
T1136.003	Cloud Account	Persistence
T1562.007	Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall	Defense Evasion
T1556	Modify Authentication Process	Credential Access, Defense Evasion
T1110	Brute Force	Credential Access
T1114	Email Collection	Collection
T1114.003	Email Forwarding Rule	Collection
T1114.002	Remote Email Collection	Collection

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objective

• Actions on Objectives

• Not Applicable

Reference

• https://i.blackhat.com/USA-20/Thursday/us-20-Bienstock-My-Cloud-Is-APTs-Cloud-Investigating-And-Defending-Office-365.pdf

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Suspicious AWS EC2 Activities

Use the searches in this Analytic Story to monitor your AWS EC2 instances for evidence of anomalous activity and suspicious behaviors, such as EC2 instances that originate from unusual locations or those launched by previously unseen users (among others). Included investigative searches will help you probe more deeply, when the information warrants it.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1078.004, T1535
• Last Updated: 2018-02-09

details

Detection Profile

• Abnormally High AWS Instances Launched by User

• Abnormally High AWS Instances Launched by User - MLTK

• Abnormally High AWS Instances Terminated by User

• Abnormally High AWS Instances Terminated by User - MLTK

• EC2 Instance Started In Previously Unseen Region

• EC2 Instance Started With Previously Unseen User

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1535	Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

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Suspicious AWS Login Activities

Monitor your AWS authentication events using your CloudTrail logs. Searches within this Analytic Story will help you stay aware of and investigate suspicious logins.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Authentication
• ATT&CK: T1078.004, T1535
• Last Updated: 2019-05-01

details

Detection Profile

• Detect AWS Console Login by User from New City

• Detect AWS Console Login by User from New Country

• Detect AWS Console Login by User from New Region

• Detect new user AWS Console Login

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1535	Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions	Defense Evasion
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/cloudtrail-integration.html

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Suspicious AWS S3 Activities

Use the searches in this Analytic Story to monitor your AWS S3 buckets for evidence of anomalous activity and suspicious behaviors, such as detecting open S3 buckets and buckets being accessed from a new IP. The contextual and investigative searches will give you more information, when required.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1530
• Last Updated: 2018-07-24

details

Detection Profile

• Detect New Open S3 Buckets over AWS CLI

• Detect New Open S3 buckets

• Detect S3 access from a new IP

• Detect Spike in S3 Bucket deletion

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1530	Data from Cloud Storage Object	Collection

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

• https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/cloud/public-aws-s3-buckets-writable/

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Suspicious AWS Traffic

Leverage these searches to monitor your AWS network traffic for evidence of anomalous activity and suspicious behaviors, such as a spike in blocked outbound traffic in your virtual private cloud (VPC).

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2018-05-07

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Spike in blocked Outbound Traffic from your AWS

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

Reference

• https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/hiding-cloudcobalt-strike-beacon-c2-using-amazon-apis/

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Suspicious Cloud Authentication Activities

Monitor your cloud authentication events. Searches within this Analytic Story leverage the recent cloud updates to the Authentication data model to help you stay aware of and investigate suspicious login activity.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Authentication
• ATT&CK: T1535
• Last Updated: 2020-06-04

details

Detection Profile

• AWS Cross Account Activity From Previously Unseen Account

• Detect AWS Console Login by New User

• Detect AWS Console Login by User from New City

• Detect AWS Console Login by User from New Country

• Detect AWS Console Login by User from New Region

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1535	Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions	Defense Evasion
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-cloudtrail-now-tracks-cross-account-activity-to-its-origin/

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/cloudtrail-integration.html

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Suspicious Cloud Instance Activities

Monitor your cloud infrastructure provisioning activities for behaviors originating from unfamiliar or unusual locations. These behaviors may indicate that malicious activities are occurring somewhere within your cloud environment.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Change
• ATT&CK: T1078.004
• Last Updated: 2020-08-25

details

Detection Profile

• Abnormally High Number Of Cloud Instances Destroyed

• Abnormally High Number Of Cloud Instances Launched

• Cloud Instance Modified By Previously Unseen User

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

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Suspicious Cloud Provisioning Activities

Monitor your cloud infrastructure provisioning activities for behaviors originating from unfamiliar or unusual locations. These behaviors may indicate that malicious activities are occurring somewhere within your cloud environment.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Change
• ATT&CK: T1078
• Last Updated: 2018-08-20

details

Detection Profile

• Cloud Provisioning Activity From Previously Unseen City

• Cloud Provisioning Activity From Previously Unseen Country

• Cloud Provisioning Activity From Previously Unseen IP Address

• Cloud Provisioning Activity From Previously Unseen Region

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

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Suspicious Cloud User Activities

Detect and investigate suspicious activities by users and roles in your cloud environments.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Change
• ATT&CK: T1078, T1078.004
• Last Updated: 2020-09-04

details

Detection Profile

• Abnormally High Number Of Cloud Infrastructure API Calls

• Abnormally High Number Of Cloud Security Group API Calls

• Cloud API Calls From Previously Unseen User Roles

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1078	Valid Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

• https://redlock.io/blog/cryptojacking-tesla

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Suspicious GCP Storage Activities

Use the searches in this Analytic Story to monitor your GCP Storage buckets for evidence of anomalous activity and suspicious behaviors, such as detecting open storage buckets and buckets being accessed from a new IP. The contextual and investigative searches will give you more information, when required.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1530
• Last Updated: 2020-08-05

details

Detection Profile

• Detect GCP Storage access from a new IP

• Detect New Open GCP Storage Buckets

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1530	Data from Cloud Storage Object	Collection

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://cloud.google.com/blog/product/gcp/4-steps-for-hardening-your-cloud-storage-buckets-taking-charge-of-your-security

• https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/gcp/google-cloud-platform-gcp-bucket-enumeration/

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Unusual AWS EC2 Modifications

Identify unusual changes to your AWS EC2 instances that may indicate malicious activity. Modifications to your EC2 instances by previously unseen users is an example of an activity that may warrant further investigation.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1078.004
• Last Updated: 2018-04-09

details

Detection Profile

• EC2 Instance Modified With Previously Unseen User

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1078.004	Cloud Accounts	Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices.pdf

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Malware

details

Clop Ransomware

Leverage searches that allow you to detect and investigate unusual activities that might relate to the Clop ransomware, including looking for file writes associated with Clope, encrypting network shares, deleting and resizing shadow volume storage, registry key modification, deleting of security logs, and more.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1003.002, T1070.001, T1204, T1485, T1486, T1490, T1543, [T1569.001, T1569.002](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1569.001, T1569.002/)
• Last Updated: 2021-03-17

details

Detection Profile

• Clop Common Exec Parameter

• Clop Ransomware Known Service Name

• Common Ransomware Extensions

• Common Ransomware Notes

• Create Service In Suspicious File Path

• Deleting Shadow Copies

• High File Deletion Frequency

• High Process Termination Frequency

• Process Deleting Its Process File Path

• Ransomware Notes bulk creation

• Resize ShadowStorage volume

• Suspicious wevtutil Usage

• Windows Event Log Cleared

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1204	User Execution	Execution
T1543	Create or Modify System Process	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1485	Data Destruction	Impact
T1490	Inhibit System Recovery	Impact
T1486	Data Encrypted for Impact	Impact
T1003.002	Security Account Manager	Credential Access
T1070.001	Clear Windows Event Logs	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Exploitation

• Obfuscation

• Privilege Escalation

Reference

• https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/analyst-note-cl0p-tlp-white.pdf

• https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115250/data-breach/qualys-clop-ransomware.html

• https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/qualys-is-the-latest-victim-of-accellion-data-breach/d/d-id/1340323

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ColdRoot MacOS RAT

Leverage searches that allow you to detect and investigate unusual activities that relate to the ColdRoot Remote Access Trojan that affects MacOS. An example of some of these activities are changing sensative binaries in the MacOS sub-system, detecting process names and executables associated with the RAT, detecting when a keyboard tab is installed on a MacOS machine and more.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2019-01-09

details

Detection Profile

• Osquery pack - ColdRoot detection

• Processes Tapping Keyboard Events

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Command and Control

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/osxcoldroot-and-the-rat-invasion/

• https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x2A.html

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coldroot-rat-still-undetectable-despite-being-uploaded-on-github-two-years-ago/

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DHS Report TA18-074A

Monitor for suspicious activities associated with DHS Technical Alert US-CERT TA18-074A. Some of the activities that adversaries used in these compromises included spearfishing attacks, malware, watering-hole domains, many and more.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1021.002, T1053.005, T1059.001, T1059.003, T1071.002, T1112, T1136.001, T1204.002, T1543.003, T1547.001, T1562.004
• Last Updated: 2020-01-22

details

Detection Profile

• Create local admin accounts using net exe

• Detect New Local Admin account

• Detect Outbound SMB Traffic

• Detect PsExec With accepteula Flag

• First time seen command line argument

• Malicious PowerShell Process - Execution Policy Bypass

• Processes launching netsh

• Registry Keys Used For Persistence

• SMB Traffic Spike

• SMB Traffic Spike - MLTK

• Sc exe Manipulating Windows Services

• Scheduled Task Deleted Or Created via CMD

• Single Letter Process On Endpoint

• Suspicious Reg exe Process

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1136.001	Local Account	Persistence
T1071.002	File Transfer Protocols	Command and Control
T1021.002	SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Lateral Movement
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1562.004	Disable or Modify System Firewall	Defense Evasion
T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1543.003	Windows Service	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1053.005	Scheduled Task	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1204.002	Malicious File	Execution
T1112	Modify Registry	Defense Evasion

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA18-074A

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Dynamic DNS

Detect and investigate hosts in your environment that may be communicating with dynamic domain providers. Attackers may leverage these services to help them avoid firewall blocks and deny lists.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Network_Resolution, Web
• ATT&CK: T1071.001, T1189
• Last Updated: 2018-09-06

details

Detection Profile

• Detect hosts connecting to dynamic domain providers

• Detect web traffic to dynamic domain providers

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1189	Drive-by Compromise	Initial Access
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control
T1048.003	Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol	Exfiltration
T1048	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Exfiltration

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

Reference

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/09/apt33-insights-into-iranian-cyber-espionage.html

• https://umbrella.cisco.com/blog/2013/04/15/on-the-trail-of-malicious-dynamic-dns-domains/

• http://www.noip.com/blog/2014/07/11/dynamic-dns-can-use-2/

• https://www.splunk.com/blog/2015/08/04/detecting-dynamic-dns-domains-in-splunk.html

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Emotet Malware DHS Report TA18-201A

Detect rarely used executables, specific registry paths that may confer malware survivability and persistence, instances where cmd.exe is used to launch script interpreters, and other indicators that the Emotet financial malware has compromised your environment.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Email, Endpoint, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1021.002, T1059.003, T1072, T1547.001, T1566.001
• Last Updated: 2020-01-27

details

Detection Profile

• Detect Rare Executables

• Detect Use of cmd exe to Launch Script Interpreters

• Detection of tools built by NirSoft

• Email Attachments With Lots Of Spaces

• Prohibited Software On Endpoint

• Registry Keys Used For Persistence

• SMB Traffic Spike

• SMB Traffic Spike - MLTK

• Suspicious Email Attachment Extensions

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1072	Software Deployment Tools	Execution, Lateral Movement
T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1021.002	SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Lateral Movement
T1566.001	Spearphishing Attachment	Initial Access

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Delivery

• Exploitation

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA18-201A

• https://www.first.org/resources/papers/conf2017/Advanced-Incident-Detection-and-Threat-Hunting-using-Sysmon-and-Splunk.pdf

• https://www.vkremez.com/2017/05/emotet-banking-trojan-malware-analysis.html

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Hidden Cobra Malware

Monitor for and investigate activities, including the creation or deletion of hidden shares and file writes, that may be evidence of infiltration by North Korean government-sponsored cybercriminals. Details of this activity were reported in DHS Report TA-18-149A.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint, Network_Resolution, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1021.001, T1021.002, T1048.003, T1059.001, T1059.003, T1070.005, T1071.002, T1071.004
• Last Updated: 2020-01-22

details

Detection Profile

• Create or delete windows shares using net exe

• DNS Query Length Outliers - MLTK

• DNS Query Length With High Standard Deviation

• Detect Outbound SMB Traffic

• First time seen command line argument

• Remote Desktop Network Traffic

• Remote Desktop Process Running On System

• SMB Traffic Spike

• SMB Traffic Spike - MLTK

• Suspicious File Write

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1070.005	Network Share Connection Removal	Defense Evasion
T1071.004	DNS	Command and Control
T1048.003	Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol	Exfiltration
T1071.002	File Transfer Protocols	Command and Control
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1021.001	Remote Desktop Protocol	Lateral Movement
T1021.002	SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Lateral Movement

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

Reference

• https://www.us-cert.gov/HIDDEN-COBRA-North-Korean-Malicious-Cyber-Activity

• https://www.operationblockbuster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Operation-Blockbuster-Destructive-Malware-Report.pdf

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Orangeworm Attack Group

Detect activities and various techniques associated with the Orangeworm Attack Group, a group that frequently targets the healthcare industry.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1059.001, T1059.003, T1543.003, T1569.002
• Last Updated: 2020-01-22

details

Detection Profile

• First Time Seen Running Windows Service

• First time seen command line argument

• Sc exe Manipulating Windows Services

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1569.002	Service Execution	Execution
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1055	Process Injection	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1106	Native API	Execution
T1569	System Services	Execution
T1574.011	Services Registry Permissions Weakness	Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1543.003	Windows Service	Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/orangeworm-targets-healthcare-us-europe-asia

• https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/healthcare-targeted-by-hacker/

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Ransomware

Leverage searches that allow you to detect and investigate unusual activities that might relate to ransomware--spikes in SMB traffic, suspicious wevtutil usage, the presence of common ransomware extensions, and system processes run from unexpected locations, and many others.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1021.002, T1036.003, T1047, T1048, T1053.005, T1070, T1070.001, T1071.001, T1485, T1490, T1547.001
• Last Updated: 2020-02-04

details

Detection Profile

• BCDEdit Failure Recovery Modification

• Common Ransomware Extensions

• Common Ransomware Notes

• Deleting Shadow Copies

• Prohibited Network Traffic Allowed

• Registry Keys Used For Persistence

• Remote Process Instantiation via WMI

• SMB Traffic Spike

• SMB Traffic Spike - MLTK

• Scheduled tasks used in BadRabbit ransomware

• Schtasks used for forcing a reboot

• Spike in File Writes

• Suspicious Scheduled Task from Public Directory

• Suspicious wevtutil Usage

• System Processes Run From Unexpected Locations

• TOR Traffic

• USN Journal Deletion

• Unusually Long Command Line

• Unusually Long Command Line - MLTK

• WBAdmin Delete System Backups

• Windows Event Log Cleared

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1490	Inhibit System Recovery	Impact
T1485	Data Destruction	Impact
T1482	Domain Trust Discovery	Discovery
T1048	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Exfiltration
T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1021.001	Remote Desktop Protocol	Lateral Movement
T1047	Windows Management Instrumentation	Execution
T1486	Data Encrypted for Impact	Impact
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1021.002	SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Lateral Movement
T1053.005	Scheduled Task	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1070.001	Clear Windows Event Logs	Defense Evasion
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control
T1070	Indicator Removal on Host	Defense Evasion
T1562.001	Disable or Modify Tools	Defense Evasion
T1489	Service Stop	Impact

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Delivery

• Exploitation

• Privilege Escalation

Reference

• https://www.carbonblack.com/2017/06/28/carbon-black-threat-research-technical-analysis-petya-notpetya-ransomware/

• https://www.splunk.com/blog/2017/06/27/closing-the-detection-to-mitigation-gap-or-to-petya-or-notpetya-whocares-.html

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Ransomware Cloud

Leverage searches that allow you to detect and investigate unusual activities that might relate to ransomware. These searches include cloud related objects that may be targeted by malicious actors via cloud providers own encryption features.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK: T1486
• Last Updated: 2020-10-27

details

Detection Profile

• AWS Detect Users creating keys with encrypt policy without MFA

• AWS Detect Users with KMS keys performing encryption S3

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1486	Data Encrypted for Impact	Impact

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/s3-ransomware-part-1-attack-vector/

• https://github.com/d1vious/git-wild-hunt

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgzNib37g0M

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Ryuk Ransomware

Leverage searches that allow you to detect and investigate unusual activities that might relate to the Ryuk ransomware, including looking for file writes associated with Ryuk, Stopping Security Access Manager, DisableAntiSpyware registry key modification, suspicious psexec use, and more.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint, Network_Traffic
• ATT&CK: T1021.001, T1053.005, T1059.003, T1482, T1485, T1486, T1489, T1490, T1562.001
• Last Updated: 2020-11-06

details

Detection Profile

• BCDEdit Failure Recovery Modification

• Common Ransomware Extensions

• Common Ransomware Notes

• NLTest Domain Trust Discovery

• Remote Desktop Network Bruteforce

• Remote Desktop Network Traffic

• Ryuk Test Files Detected

• Ryuk Wake on LAN Command

• Spike in File Writes

• Suspicious Scheduled Task from Public Directory

• WBAdmin Delete System Backups

• Windows DisableAntiSpyware Registry

• Windows Security Account Manager Stopped

• Windows connhost exe started forcefully

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1490	Inhibit System Recovery	Impact
T1485	Data Destruction	Impact
T1482	Domain Trust Discovery	Discovery
T1048	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Exfiltration
T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder	Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1021.001	Remote Desktop Protocol	Lateral Movement
T1047	Windows Management Instrumentation	Execution
T1486	Data Encrypted for Impact	Impact
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1021.002	SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Lateral Movement
T1053.005	Scheduled Task	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1070.001	Clear Windows Event Logs	Defense Evasion
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion
T1071.001	Web Protocols	Command and Control
T1070	Indicator Removal on Host	Defense Evasion
T1562.001	Disable or Modify Tools	Defense Evasion
T1489	Service Stop	Impact

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Delivery

• Exploitation

• Lateral Movement

• Privilege Escalation

• Reconnaissance

Reference

• https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/detecting-ryuk-using-splunk-attack-range.html

• https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/big-game-hunting-with-ryuk-another-lucrative-targeted-ransomware/

• https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-302a

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SamSam Ransomware

Leverage searches that allow you to detect and investigate unusual activities that might relate to the SamSam ransomware, including looking for file writes associated with SamSam, RDP brute force attacks, the presence of files with SamSam ransomware extensions, suspicious psexec use, and more.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint, Network_Traffic, Web
• ATT&CK: T1021.001, T1021.002, T1082, T1204.002, T1485, T1486, T1490
• Last Updated: 2018-12-13

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Detection Profile

• Batch File Write to System32

• Common Ransomware Extensions

• Common Ransomware Notes

• Deleting Shadow Copies

• Detect PsExec With accepteula Flag

• Detect attackers scanning for vulnerable JBoss servers

• Detect malicious requests to exploit JBoss servers

• File with Samsam Extension

• Prohibited Software On Endpoint

• Remote Desktop Network Bruteforce

• Remote Desktop Network Traffic

• Samsam Test File Write

• Spike in File Writes

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1204.002	Malicious File	Execution
T1485	Data Destruction	Impact
T1490	Inhibit System Recovery	Impact
T1021.002	SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Lateral Movement
T1082	System Information Discovery	Discovery
T1021.001	Remote Desktop Protocol	Lateral Movement
T1486	Data Encrypted for Impact	Impact

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Delivery

• Installation

• Reconnaissance

Reference

• https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/an-in-depth-analysis-of-samsam-ransomware-and-boss-spider/

• https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/07/31/samsam-the-almost-6-million-ransomware/

• https://thehackernews.com/2018/07/samsam-ransomware-attacks.html

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Unusual Processes

Quickly identify systems running new or unusual processes in your environment that could be indicators of suspicious activity. Processes run from unusual locations, those with conspicuously long command lines, and rare executables are all examples of activities that may warrant deeper investigation.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1003, T1016, T1036.003, T1053, T1059, T1072, T1117, T1202, T1203, T1204.002, T1218.011
• Last Updated: 2020-02-04

details

Detection Profile

• Credential Extraction indicative of FGDump and CacheDump with s option

• Credential Extraction indicative of FGDump and CacheDump with v option

• Credential Extraction indicative of use of Mimikatz modules

• Credential Extraction native Microsoft debuggers peek into the kernel

• Credential Extraction native Microsoft debuggers via z command line option

• Detect Rare Executables

• Detect processes used for System Network Configuration Discovery

• First time seen command line argument

• More than usual number of LOLBAS applications in short time period

• Rare Parent-Child Process Relationship

• RunDLL Loading DLL By Ordinal

• System Processes Run From Unexpected Locations

• Uncommon Processes On Endpoint

• Unusually Long Command Line

• Unusually Long Command Line - MLTK

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1003	OS Credential Dumping	Credential Access
T1016	System Network Configuration Discovery	Discovery
T1059	Command and Scripting Interpreter	Execution
T1202	Indirect Command Execution	Defense Evasion
T1053	Scheduled Task/Job	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1203	Exploitation for Client Execution	Execution
T1072	Software Deployment Tools	Execution, Lateral Movement
T1218.011	Rundll32	Defense Evasion
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion
T1204.002	Malicious File	Execution

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Command and Control

• Exploitation

• Installation

Reference

• https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/08/monitoring-windows-console-activity-part-two.html

• https://www.splunk.com/pdfs/technical-briefs/advanced-threat-detection-and-response-tech-brief.pdf

• https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/logging/detecting-security-incidents-windows-workstation-event-logs-34262

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Windows File Extension and Association Abuse

Detect and investigate suspected abuse of file extensions and Windows file associations. Some of the malicious behaviors involved may include inserting spaces before file extensions or prepending the file extension with a different one, among other techniques.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1036.003, T1546.001
• Last Updated: 2018-01-26

details

Detection Profile

• Execution of File With Spaces Before Extension

• Execution of File with Multiple Extensions

• Suspicious Changes to File Associations

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1036.003	Rename System Utilities	Defense Evasion
T1546.001	Change Default File Association	Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

Reference

• https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2013/12/file-extensions-2/

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1042

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Windows Service Abuse

Windows services are often used by attackers for persistence and the ability to load drivers or otherwise interact with the Windows kernel. This Analytic Story helps you monitor your environment for indications that Windows services are being modified or created in a suspicious manner.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1055, T1106, T1543.003, T1569, T1569.002, T1574.011
• Last Updated: 2017-11-02

details

Detection Profile

• First Time Seen Running Windows Service

• Illegal Service and Process Control via Mimikatz modules

• Illegal Service and Process Control via PowerSploit modules

• Reg exe Manipulating Windows Services Registry Keys

• Sc exe Manipulating Windows Services

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1569.002	Service Execution	Execution
T1059.001	PowerShell	Execution
T1059.003	Windows Command Shell	Execution
T1055	Process Injection	Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation
T1106	Native API	Execution
T1569	System Services	Execution
T1574.011	Services Registry Permissions Weakness	Defense Evasion, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
T1543.003	Windows Service	Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Installation

Reference

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1050

• https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Technique/T1031

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Vulnerability

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Apache Struts Vulnerability

Detect and investigate activities--such as unusually long Content-Type length, suspicious java classes and web servers executing suspicious processes--consistent with attempts to exploit Apache Struts vulnerabilities.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Endpoint
• ATT&CK: T1082
• Last Updated: 2018-12-06

details

Detection Profile

• Suspicious Java Classes

• Unusually Long Content-Type Length

• Web Servers Executing Suspicious Processes

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1082	System Information Discovery	Discovery

Kill Chain Phase

• Actions on Objectives

• Delivery

• Exploitation

Reference

• https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/blob/v3.2/dev/rules/REQUEST-944-APPLICATION-ATTACK-JAVA.conf

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JBoss Vulnerability

In March of 2016, adversaries were seen using JexBoss--an open-source utility used for testing and exploiting JBoss application servers. These searches help detect evidence of these attacks, such as network connections to external resources or web services spawning atypical child processes, among others.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Web
• ATT&CK: T1082
• Last Updated: 2017-09-14

details

Detection Profile

• Detect attackers scanning for vulnerable JBoss servers

• Detect malicious requests to exploit JBoss servers

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1082	System Information Discovery	Discovery

Kill Chain Phase

• Delivery

• Reconnaissance

Reference

• http://www.deependresearch.org/2016/04/jboss-exploits-view-from-victim.html

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Spectre And Meltdown Vulnerabilities

Assess and mitigate your systems' vulnerability to Spectre and Meltdown exploitation with the searches in this Analytic Story.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel: Vulnerabilities
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2018-01-08

details

Detection Profile

• Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerable Systems

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

Reference

• https://meltdownattack.com/

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Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability

Keeping your Splunk deployment up to date is critical and may help you reduce the risk of CVE-2016-4859, an open-redirection vulnerability within some older versions of Splunk Enterprise. The detection search will help ensure that users are being properly authenticated and not being redirected to malicious domains.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2017-09-19

details

Detection Profile

• Open Redirect in Splunk Web

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Delivery

Reference

• http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPQ6#announce

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4859

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Splunk Enterprise Vulnerability CVE-2018-11409

Reduce the risk of CVE-2018-11409, an information disclosure vulnerability within some older versions of Splunk Enterprise, with searches designed to help ensure that your Splunk system does not leak information to authenticated users.

• Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
• Datamodel:
• ATT&CK:
• Last Updated: 2018-06-14

details

Detection Profile

• Splunk Enterprise Information Disclosure

ATT&CK

ID	Technique	Tactic

Kill Chain Phase

• Delivery

Reference

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11409

• https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAP5E#VulnerabilityDescriptionsandRatings

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44865/

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