Atomic Red Team

Description

Invoked AtomicTestHarnesses and executed T1218.001 manually.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1218.001 Compiled HTML File Defense Evasion

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory atomic_red_team
Test Date 2021-02-11

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

4688_windows-Security

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.001/atomic_red_team/4688_windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.001/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Hh_decom_windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1218.001/atomic_red_team/hh_decom_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
Windows System Binary Proxy Execution Compiled HTML File Decompile TTP Endpoint T1218.001 Suspicious Compiled HTML Activity, Living Off The Land, Compromised Windows Host, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer
Detect HTML Help URL in Command Line TTP Endpoint T1218.001 APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer, Suspicious Compiled HTML Activity, Living Off The Land, Compromised Windows Host, Cisco Network Visibility Module Analytics
Detect HTML Help Using InfoTech Storage Handlers TTP Endpoint T1218.001 Suspicious Compiled HTML Activity, Living Off The Land, Compromised Windows Host, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer
Detect HTML Help Renamed Hunting Endpoint T1218.001 Suspicious Compiled HTML Activity, Living Off The Land, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer
Detect HTML Help Spawn Child Process TTP Application T1218.001 Suspicious Compiled HTML Activity, AgentTesla, Living Off The Land, Compromised Windows Host, 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/T1218.001/atomic_red_team/4688_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

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


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0