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AN0161 Analytic 0161

ESXi · attack.mitre.org · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2

<p>Detection of a process or script that accesses a common web service to retrieve content containing obfuscated indicators of a secondary C2 server (dead drop resolver behavior).</p>
Detects
T1102.001 Dead Drop Resolver
Part of
DET0058 Detection Strategy for Web Service: Dead Drop Resolver

Log sources and channels

Exactly as MITRE states them in x_mitre_log_source_references. Where a channel is vague, it is vague in the source; kevmap does not tidy it.

Log sourceChannelData component
esxi:vobdNetwork EventsDC0078 Network Traffic Flow
NSM:FirewallOutbound ConnectionsDC0082 Network Connection Creation

Mutable elements

Parameters MITRE marks as environment-specific. These are the knobs you are expected to tune; they are why an analytic is not a rule.

FieldDescription
DestinationIPIdentifies unusual IP destinations embedded in traffic
ProtocolUsed to detect uncommon protocols (e.g., DNS over HTTPS)
TimeWindowUsed to correlate outbound web requests with process execution