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Atomic Red Team

Date: 2020-11-19 ID: cc9b2655-efc9-11eb-926b-550bf0943fbb Author: Patrick Bareiss Environment: attack_range Directory: atomic_red_team

Description

Atomic Test Results: Successful Execution of test T1036.003-1 Masquerading as Windows LSASS process Successful Execution of test T1036.003-3 Masquerading - cscript.exe running as notepad.exe Successful Execution of test T1036.003-4 Masquerading - wscript.exe running as svchost.exe Successful Execution of test T1036.003-5 Masquerading - powershell.exe running as taskhostw.exe Return value unclear for test T1036.003-6 Masquerading - non-windows exe running as windows exe Return value unclear for test T1036.003-7 Masquerading - windows exe running as different windows exe Successful Execution of test T1036.003-8 Malicious process Masquerading as LSM.exe Successful Execution of test T1036.003-9 File Extension Masquerading

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1036.003 Rename Legitimate Utilities Defense Evasion

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory atomic_red_team
Test Date 2020-11-19

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1036.003/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
Execution of File with Multiple Extensions TTP Endpoint T1036.003 Windows File Extension and Association Abuse, Masquerading - Rename System Utilities, AsyncRAT, DarkGate Malware
System Processes Run From Unexpected Locations Anomaly Endpoint T1036.003 Suspicious Command-Line Executions, Unusual Processes, Ransomware, Masquerading - Rename System Utilities, Qakbot, Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, DarkGate Malware

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

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

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1036.003/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