Rare Executables

Description

Rare executables

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1204 User Execution Execution

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory rare_executables
Test Date 2024-03-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1204/rare_executables/windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Detect Rare Executables Anomaly Endpoint T1204 China-Nexus Threat Activity, Unusual Processes, SnappyBee, Salt Typhoon, Rhysida Ransomware, Crypto Stealer

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1204/rare_executables/windows-sysmon.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0