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Atomic Red Team

Date: 2021-04-05 ID: cc9b260a-efc9-11eb-926b-550bf0943fbb Author: Ryan Becwar Environment: attack_range Directory: atomic_red_team

Description

Adversaries may abuse the Windows SC.exe to execute malicious commands or payloads which is captured by Windows System logs.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1569.002 Service Execution Execution

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory atomic_red_team
Test Date 2021-04-05

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1569.002/atomic_red_team/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 Renamed PSExec Hunting Endpoint T1569.002 Active Directory Lateral Movement, BlackByte Ransomware, Cactus Ransomware, China-Nexus Threat Activity, CISA AA22-320A, DarkGate Malware, DarkSide Ransomware, DHS Report TA18-074A, HAFNIUM Group, Medusa Ransomware, Rhysida Ransomware, Salt Typhoon, SamSam Ransomware, Sandworm Tools, VanHelsing Ransomware

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1569.002/atomic_red_team/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

Related Content

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

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0