Cisco Secure Access/proxy

Date: 2026-05-08 ID: b25742dd-1536-4173-a3fa-19f1583c834f Author: Mahamudul Chowdhury, Bhavin Patel, Splunk Environment: custom Directory: cisco_secure_access/proxy

Description

Sample Cisco Secure Access proxy events representing automated web reconnaissance behavior. The dataset includes high-volume HTTP 401/403/404 access errors across many unique URLs from a single source, consistent with directory and content enumeration tooling.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1595	Active Scanning	Reconnaissance

Environment Details

Field	Value
Environment	custom
Directory	cisco_secure_access/proxy
Test Date	2026-05-08

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Automated_web_recon_http_errors

Path: /datasets/cisco_secure_access/proxy/automated_web_recon_http_errors.log
Sourcetype: cisco:cloud_security:proxy
Source: cisco_cloud_security_addon

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/cisco_secure_access/proxy/automated_web_recon_http_errors.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
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