How to Use MITRE ATT&CK in SOC

Using MITRE ATT&CK in a Security Operations Center (SOC) can greatly enhance threat detection and response capabilities. Here are the steps to effectively utilize MITRE ATT&CK framework in a SOC

• Familiarize Yourself with MITRE ATT&CK
  • Understand the purpose and structure of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
  • Explore the ATT&CK website (https://attack.mitre.org/) and review the ATT&CK matrix, techniques, tactics, and sub-techniques.
• Map ATT&CK to Your Environment
  • Identify the relevant MITRE ATT&CK techniques and tactics that align with your organization’s infrastructure, applications, and data.
  • Map the MITRE ATT&CK techniques to your existing security controls, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and endpoint protection solutions.
• Create Detection Rules
  • Develop detection rules and use cases based on specific MITRE ATT&CK techniques and tactics.
  • Leverage your security information and event management (SIEM) system or threat intelligence platforms to create rules that trigger alerts when suspicious activities related to specific ATT&CK techniques are detected.
• Implement Threat Hunting
  • Utilize MITRE ATT&CK as a guide for proactive threat hunting exercises.
  • Search for indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with known ATT&CK techniques and use them to identify potential threats within your environment.
• Enhance Incident Response
  • Incorporate MITRE ATT&CK into your incident response procedures
  • Develop playbooks and response plans that align with specific ATT&CK techniques and tactics to effectively handle and mitigate threats.
• Collaborate with Threat Intelligence
  • Leverage external threat intelligence sources that align with MITRE ATT&CK.
  • Stay updated on the latest threat intelligence reports that reference ATT&CK techniques and tactics.

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🔍You can search things on MITRE ATT&CK website search box like tools or attack TTP

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How to use MITRE ATT&CK in action

Step 1 : Find what you looking for 🔎

• Find Tactics, technique, Sub-technique or ID
  • Example : Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    • ID: T1053.005
    • Sub-technique of: T1053
    • Tactics: Execution, Persistence,  Privilege Escalation

Step 2 : Learn about it 📖

• Understand ATT&CK
  • Familiarize yourself with the overall structure of ATT&CK
• Find the behavior
  • Find parameters and tools attacker should use to implement the ATT&CK
• Research the behavior / tools
  • Search about the technique or Sub-technique on the other resources
• Read Procedure Examples section
  • Learn how Groups or tools use the technique or Sub-technique

Step 3 : Defeat it 🗡️

• Mitigations section
  • Find the Mitigation
• Detection section
  • Find the Detection

Step 4 : Convert TTP to SIEM rule / use case

• Find Detection rule at MITRE CAR project
  • Example : Scheduled Task Creation or Modification Containing Suspicious Scripts

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Data Sources

You can identify technique or Sub-technique based on data source that you have like Windows Registry or Network Traffic

Examples 

• Process and process command line monitoring
  • Often collected by Sysmon, Windows Event Logs
• Registry monitoring
  • A Windows OS hierarchical database that stores much of the information and settings for software programs
• Network Traffic
  • such as capturing socket information with a source/destination IP and port(s) (ex: Windows EID 5156, Sysmon EID 3, or Zeek conn.log)

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ATT&CK Navigator

The ATT&CK Navigator is a web-based tool for annotating and exploring ATT&CK matrices. It can be used to visualize defensive coverage, red/blue team planning, the frequency of detected techniques, and more.

https://mitre-attack.github.io/attack-navigator/

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