Atomic Red Team

Description

Generation of Atomic Red Team techniques that create and export a certificate on Windows, simulating an adversary stealing certificates.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1649 Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates Credential Access

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory atomic_red_team
Test Date 2023-02-01

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Export_certificate_windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/export_certificate_windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Certwrite_windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/certwrite_windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

4876_windows-Security

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/4876_windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

Export_pfxcertificate_windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/export_pfxcertificate_windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

4104_export_pfx-Windows-Powershell

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/4104_export_pfx-windows-powershell.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational

Backupdb_certutil_windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/backupdb_certutil_windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

4887_windows-Security

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/4887_windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

4886_windows-Security

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/4886_windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

4688_certutil_backupdb-Windows-Security

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/4688_certutil_backupdb-windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

No specific detections currently use this attack data for testing. However, you can find related detections and analytics in our security content repository.

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1649/atomic_red_team/export_certificate_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