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T1608 Stage Capabilities
resource development — PRE · attack.mitre.org · JSON
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MITRE detection strategy
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analytics
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Sigma rules tagged attack.t1608
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KEV CVEs mapped here
<p>Adversaries may upload, install, or otherwise set up capabilities that can be used during targeting. To support their operations, an adversary may need to take capabilities they developed (Develop Capabilities) or obtained (Obtain Capabilities) and stage them on infrastructure under their control. These capabilities may be staged on infrastructure that was previously purchased/rented by the adversary (Acquire Infrastructure) or was otherwise compromised by them (Compromise Infrastructure). Capabilities may also be staged on web services, such as GitHub or Pastebin, or on Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings that enable users to easily provision applications.</p><p>Staging of capabilities can aid the adversary in a number of initial access and post-compromise behaviors, including (but not limited to):</p>
- <li>Staging web resources necessary to conduct Drive-by Compromise when a user browses to a site.</li><li>Staging web resources for a link target to be used with spearphishing.</li><li>Uploading malware or tools to a location accessible to a victim network to enable Ingress Tool Transfer.</li><li>Installing a previously acquired SSL/TLS certificate to use to encrypt command and control traffic (ex: Asymmetric Cryptography with Web Protocols).</li>
KEV CVEs mapped to this technique · CTID Mappings Explorer
None. No KEV entry in the public mapping names this technique. Given that 74.7% of KEV has no mapping at all, this says more about the mapping than about the technique.
Detection strategy · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2
- DET0839 Detection of Stage Capabilities v1.0
AN1971 PREIf infrastructure or patterns in malware, tooling, certificates, or malicious web content have been previously identified, internet scanning may uncover when an adversary has staged their capabilities. Much of this activity will take place outside the visibility of the target organization, making detection of this behavior difficult. Detection efforts may be focused on related stages of the adversary lifecycle, such as initial access and post-compromise behaviors.
Sigma rules · SigmaHQ da9bb07d64, tag attack.t1608
Author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
· 2021-12-27 (modified 2022-08-02) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 00d49ed5-4491-4271-a8db-650a4ef6f8c1
Detects suspicious ways to download files from Microsoft domains that are used to store attachments in Emails or OneNote documents
Author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research)
· 2021-04-12 (modified 2022-11-27) · logsource: product=windows category=registry_event · ac8866c7-ce44-46fd-8c17-b24acff96ca8
Detects the installation of the Azure Hybrid Connection Manager service to allow remote code execution from Azure function.