2_ds_unix_unix_auditd.md

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Use-Case	Activity Types/Parsers	MITRE ATT&CK® TTP	Content
Compromised Credentials	app-activity ↳unix-ad-cef-app-activity-unix authentication-successful ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-sessionopen ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-credrefr ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-accounting ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-creddisp ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-authentication-success-cryptosession ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-credacq ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-authentication-success-cryptokeyuser ↳unix-ad-str-endpoint-authentication-loginfailed failed-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth ↳unix-ad-cef-endpoint-login-fail-failedlogin process-created ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audit ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audispd ↳unix-ad-cef-process-create-success-cmd remote-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth	T1003 - OS Credential Dumping T1003.001 - T1003.001 T1003.002 - T1003.002 T1003.003 - T1003.003 T1003.005 - T1003.005 T1016 - System Network Configuration Discovery T1021 - Remote Services T1040 - Network Sniffing T1078 - Valid Accounts T1078.002 - T1078.002 T1078.003 - Valid Accounts: Local Accounts T1133 - External Remote Services T1218 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution T1218.011 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Rundll32 T1550 - Use Alternate Authentication Material T1550.003 - Use Alternate Authentication Material: Pass the Ticket T1555 - Credentials from Password Stores T1558 - Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets TA0002 - TA0002	103 Rules 45 Models
Lateral Movement	authentication-failed ↳unix-ad-str-endpoint-authentication-loginfailed authentication-successful ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-sessionopen ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-credrefr ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-accounting ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-creddisp ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-authentication-success-cryptosession ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-credacq ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-authentication-success-cryptokeyuser ↳unix-ad-str-endpoint-authentication-loginfailed failed-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth ↳unix-ad-cef-endpoint-login-fail-failedlogin logout-remote ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-logout-success-userlogout ↳unix-auditd-kv-endpoint-logout-userend ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-logout-success-userend process-created ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audit ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audispd ↳unix-ad-cef-process-create-success-cmd process-created-failed ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-fail-syscall ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audit remote-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth	T1018 - Remote System Discovery T1021 - Remote Services T1021.001 - Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol T1021.003 - T1021.003 T1021.006 - T1021.006 T1047 - Windows Management Instrumentation T1059 - Command and Scripting Interperter T1059.001 - Command and Scripting Interperter: PowerShell T1078 - Valid Accounts T1090 - Proxy T1090.003 - Proxy: Multi-hop Proxy T1110 - Brute Force T1110.003 - T1110.003 T1210 - Exploitation of Remote Services T1219 - Remote Access Software T1550 - Use Alternate Authentication Material T1550.002 - Use Alternate Authentication Material: Pass the Hash T1550.003 - Use Alternate Authentication Material: Pass the Ticket T1558 - Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets T1558.003 - Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: Kerberoasting T1563 - Remote Service Session Hijacking T1563.002 - T1563.002	63 Rules 14 Models
Malware	account-switch ↳unix-unix-cef-user-switch-success-susuccess ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-sessionopen ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-userrolechange authentication-successful ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-sessionopen ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-credrefr ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-accounting ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-creddisp ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-authentication-success-cryptosession ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-credacq ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-authentication-success-cryptokeyuser ↳unix-ad-str-endpoint-authentication-loginfailed failed-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth ↳unix-ad-cef-endpoint-login-fail-failedlogin process-created ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audit ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audispd ↳unix-ad-cef-process-create-success-cmd process-created-failed ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-fail-syscall ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audit remote-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth	T1003 - OS Credential Dumping T1003.002 - T1003.002 T1012 - Query Registry T1021 - Remote Services T1021.002 - Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information T1027.004 - Obfuscated Files or Information: Compile After Delivery T1036 - Masquerading T1036.004 - T1036.004 T1047 - Windows Management Instrumentation T1053 - Scheduled Task/Job T1053.003 - T1053.003 T1053.005 - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task T1055 - Process Injection T1055.001 - Process Injection: Dynamic-link Library Injection T1059 - Command and Scripting Interperter T1059.001 - Command and Scripting Interperter: PowerShell T1059.003 - T1059.003 T1059.005 - T1059.005 T1059.007 - T1059.007 T1078 - Valid Accounts T1083 - File and Directory Discovery T1105 - Ingress Tool Transfer T1112 - Modify Registry T1113 - Screen Capture T1123 - Audio Capture T1127 - Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution T1127.001 - Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution: MSBuild T1134 - Access Token Manipulation T1134.001 - Access Token Manipulation: Token Impersonation/Theft T1134.002 - T1134.002 T1135 - Network Share Discovery T1190 - Exploit Public Fasing Application T1197 - BITS Jobs T1202 - Indirect Command Execution T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution T1204 - User Execution T1204.002 - T1204.002 T1210 - Exploitation of Remote Services T1218 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution T1218.001 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Compiled HTML File T1218.002 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Control Panel T1218.004 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: InstallUtil T1218.005 - T1218.005 T1218.007 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Msiexec T1218.008 - T1218.008 T1218.010 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Regsvr32 T1218.011 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Rundll32 T1482 - Domain Trust Discovery T1490 - Inhibit System Recovery T1505 - Server Software Component T1505.003 - Server Software Component: Web Shell T1543 - Create or Modify System Process T1543.003 - Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service T1546 - Event Triggered Execution T1546.001 - T1546.001 T1546.003 - T1546.003 T1546.011 - T1546.011 T1547 - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution T1547.001 - T1547.001 T1547.002 - T1547.002 T1550 - Use Alternate Authentication Material T1550.003 - Use Alternate Authentication Material: Pass the Ticket T1555 - Credentials from Password Stores T1558 - Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets T1558.003 - Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: Kerberoasting T1562 - Impair Defenses T1562.004 - Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify System Firewall T1563 - Remote Service Session Hijacking T1563.002 - T1563.002 T1569 - System Services T1574 - Hijack Execution Flow T1574.002 - Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading T1574.010 - T1574.010 T1574.011 - T1574.011 TA0002 - TA0002	168 Rules 26 Models
Privilege Abuse	account-creation ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-create-success-addgroup ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-create-success-adduser account-deleted ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-delete-success-deleteuser account-password-change ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-user-password-modify-success-grpmgmt ↳unix-ad-kv-user-password-success-changepassword account-password-reset ↳unix-ad-kv-user-password-success-changepassword account-switch ↳unix-unix-cef-user-switch-success-susuccess ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-sessionopen ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-userrolechange app-activity ↳unix-ad-cef-app-activity-unix failed-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth ↳unix-ad-cef-endpoint-login-fail-failedlogin member-added ↳unix-unix-kv-group-member-add-success-auditd-1 ↳unix-unix-kv-group-member-add-success-auditd ↳unix-ad-kv-group-member-add-success-usermgmt member-removed ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-group-member-remove-success-usermgmt process-created ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audit ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audispd ↳unix-ad-cef-process-create-success-cmd remote-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth	T1047 - Windows Management Instrumentation T1078 - Valid Accounts T1078.002 - T1078.002 T1098 - Account Manipulation T1098.002 - Account Manipulation: Exchange Email Delegate Permissions T1136 - Create Account T1136.001 - Create Account: Create: Local Account T1136.002 - T1136.002 T1531 - Account Access Removal	71 Rules 31 Models
Privilege Escalation	account-switch ↳unix-unix-cef-user-switch-success-susuccess ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-sessionopen ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-userrolechange app-activity ↳unix-ad-cef-app-activity-unix failed-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth ↳unix-ad-cef-endpoint-login-fail-failedlogin process-created ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audit ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audispd ↳unix-ad-cef-process-create-success-cmd remote-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth	T1003 - OS Credential Dumping T1007 - System Service Discovery T1012 - Query Registry T1016 - System Network Configuration Discovery T1018 - Remote System Discovery T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information T1027.004 - Obfuscated Files or Information: Compile After Delivery T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery T1036 - Masquerading T1036.004 - T1036.004 T1047 - Windows Management Instrumentation T1049 - System Network Connections Discovery T1053 - Scheduled Task/Job T1053.002 - Scheduled Task/Job: At (Windows) T1053.005 - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task T1057 - Process Discovery T1059 - Command and Scripting Interperter T1059.001 - Command and Scripting Interperter: PowerShell T1059.003 - T1059.003 T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1078 - Valid Accounts T1082 - System Information Discovery T1087 - Account Discovery T1087.001 - Account Discovery: Local Account T1087.002 - Account Discovery: Domain Account T1098 - Account Manipulation T1098.002 - Account Manipulation: Exchange Email Delegate Permissions T1127 - Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution T1127.001 - Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution: MSBuild T1134 - Access Token Manipulation T1134.001 - Access Token Manipulation: Token Impersonation/Theft T1134.002 - T1134.002 T1135 - Network Share Discovery T1210 - Exploitation of Remote Services T1218 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution T1218.002 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Control Panel T1218.003 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: CMSTP T1218.010 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Regsvr32 T1218.011 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Rundll32 T1222 - File and Directory Permissions Modification T1222.001 - File and Directory Permissions Modification: Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification T1482 - Domain Trust Discovery T1484 - Group Policy Modification T1484.001 - T1484.001 T1518 - Software Discovery T1518.001 - T1518.001 T1543 - Create or Modify System Process T1543.003 - Create or Modify System Process: Windows Service T1547 - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution T1547.002 - T1547.002 T1548 - Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism T1548.002 - Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control T1552 - Unsecured Credentials T1552.006 - T1552.006 T1555 - Credentials from Password Stores T1555.005 - T1555.005 T1558 - Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets T1558.003 - Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: Kerberoasting T1574 - Hijack Execution Flow T1574.002 - Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Side-Loading T1574.011 - T1574.011	60 Rules 15 Models
Privileged Activity	account-switch ↳unix-unix-cef-user-switch-success-susuccess ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-sessionopen ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-userrolechange app-activity ↳unix-ad-cef-app-activity-unix failed-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth ↳unix-ad-cef-endpoint-login-fail-failedlogin process-created ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audit ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audispd ↳unix-ad-cef-process-create-success-cmd remote-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth	T1021 - Remote Services T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1078 - Valid Accounts T1078.002 - T1078.002 T1482 - Domain Trust Discovery	20 Rules 8 Models
Ransomware	authentication-failed ↳unix-ad-str-endpoint-authentication-loginfailed authentication-successful ↳unix-auditd-kv-user-switch-success-sessionopen ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-credrefr ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-accounting ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-creddisp ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-authentication-success-cryptosession ↳unix-ad-kv-endpoint-authentication-credacq ↳unix-unixauditd-kv-endpoint-authentication-success-cryptokeyuser ↳unix-ad-str-endpoint-authentication-loginfailed failed-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth ↳unix-ad-cef-endpoint-login-fail-failedlogin process-created ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audit ↳unix-ad-kv-process-create-success-audispd ↳unix-ad-cef-process-create-success-cmd remote-logon ↳unix-unix-kv-ssh-traffic-sshuserauth	T1003 - OS Credential Dumping T1003.001 - T1003.001 T1059 - Command and Scripting Interperter T1059.003 - T1059.003 T1070 - Indicator Removal on Host T1070.001 - Indicator Removal on Host: Clear Windows Event Logs T1078 - Valid Accounts T1218 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution T1218.011 - Signed Binary Proxy Execution: Rundll32 T1222 - File and Directory Permissions Modification T1222.001 - File and Directory Permissions Modification: Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification T1486 - Data Encrypted for Impact T1490 - Inhibit System Recovery	4 Rules