Sysmon Usb Use Execution

Description

Sample of events from executing suspicious files from a recently attached USB drive.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1200 Hardware Additions Initial Access

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory sysmon_usb_use_execution
Test Date 2025-01-17

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Sysmon_usb_use_execution

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1200/sysmon_usb_use_execution/sysmon_usb_use_execution.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
Windows Process Executed From Removable Media Anomaly Endpoint T1200, T1025, T1091 Data Protection, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer
Windows WPDBusEnum Registry Key Modification Anomaly Endpoint T1200, T1025, T1091 Data Protection, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer
Windows USBSTOR Registry Key Modification Anomaly Endpoint T1200, T1025, T1091 Data Protection, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1200/sysmon_usb_use_execution/sysmon_usb_use_execution.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