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TechniquesT1499.001 › AN1014

AN1014 Analytic 1014

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

<p>Adversary tool/script issuing mass SYN/ACK floods that degrade OS responsiveness and interrupt service response on macOS endpoints.</p>
Detects
T1499.001 OS Exhaustion Flood
Part of
DET0356 Endpoint DoS via OS Exhaustion Flood Detection Strategy

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
macos:unifiedlognetwork stack resource exhaustion, tcp_accept queue overflow, repeated resetsDC0018 Host Status
macos:osqueryExecution of flooding tools or compiled packet generatorsDC0032 Process Creation
NSM:FirewallAnomalous TCP SYN or ACK spikes from specific source or interfaceDC0085 Network Traffic Content

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
SystemLoadThresholdObserved CPU/network degradation level that triggers response
ToolExecutionPathWhere DoS tools are commonly dropped or compiled