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Account Manipulation

Date: 2021-02-23 ID: cc9b25ec-efc9-11eb-926b-550bf0943fbb Author: Stanislav Miskovic Environment: attack_range Directory: account_manipulation

Description

Account manipulation with likely malicious intent or tools.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory account_manipulation
Test Date 2021-02-23

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Xml-Windows-Security

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1098/account_manipulation/xml-windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

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

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Windows AD add Self to Group TTP Endpoint T1098 Sneaky Active Directory Persistence Tricks, Medusa Ransomware, Active Directory Privilege Escalation
Windows Increase in User Modification Activity TTP Endpoint T1098, T1562 Sneaky Active Directory Persistence Tricks
Windows Increase in Group or Object Modification Activity TTP Endpoint T1098, T1562 Sneaky Active Directory Persistence Tricks
Windows AD Privileged Group Modification TTP Endpoint T1098 Active Directory Privilege Escalation, Sneaky Active Directory Persistence Tricks

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1098/account_manipulation/xml-windows-security.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

Related Content

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

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0