mapping_objects: - attack_object_id: T1068 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, it can detect known Linux OS package vulnerabilities in various containers (e.g., Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, RHEL, CentOS). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1068 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis scans container images uploaded to Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated) for known software vulnerabilities and various system artifacts that could potentially be used to execute adversary-controlled code. Due to the medium threat protection coverage and temporal factor, this control was scored as partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis scans container images uploaded to Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated) for vulnerabilities that could potentially be used to escalate privileges, such as default accounts with root permissions in Docker containers. Due to the medium threat protection coverage and scan results being available 48 hours after completion, this control was scored as partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1212 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Credential Access capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, it can detect known vulnerabilities in various OS packages that could be used to escalate privileges and execute adversary-controlled code (e.g., Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, RHEL, CentOS, National Vulnerability Database). Due to the medium threat detection coverage and temporal factor, the control was scored as partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1525 attack_object_name: Implant Internal Image capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, this security solution can detect known vulnerabilities in Docker containers. This information can be used to detect images that deviate from the baseline norm, and could indicate a malicious implanted images in the environment. Due to the medium threat detection coverage and temporal factor, the control was scored as partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1610 attack_object_name: Deploy Container capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, it can scan for known vulnerabilities in containers. This information can be used to detect malicious deployed containers used to evade defenses and execute processes in a target environment. Due to the medium threat detection coverage and temporal factor, the control was scored as partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1008 attack_object_name: Fallback Channels capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block communication with known fallback channels by filtering based on known bad IP addresses and domains. This mapping is given a score of Partial because it only protects against known fallback channels and not channels yet to be identified. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1016.001 attack_object_name: Internet Connection Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off processes and command-line arguments that may indicate adversary reconnaissance and information discovery techniques for network configuration settings (e.g., "net config", "ipconfig.exe", "nbtstat.exe). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/possible_system_network_configuration_discovery__sysmon_windows_logs.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1016 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1016.002 attack_object_name: Wi-Fi Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off processes and command-line arguments that may indicate adversary reconnaissance and information discovery techniques for network configuration settings (e.g., "net config", "ipconfig.exe", "nbtstat.exe). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/possible_system_network_configuration_discovery__sysmon_windows_logs.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1016 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1021 attack_object_name: Remote Services capability_description: Mandiant Attack Surface Management (ASM) capability_group: mandiant_asm capability_id: mandiant_asm comments: Mandiant Attack Surface Management continuously discovers and assesses an organization's assets for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures. This control can discover vulnerable Remote Services offered on the cloud or on hosted servers. Since this monitoring is continual and is derived from Mandiant cyber threat intelligence, this control is scored as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/attack-surface-management score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1021.007 attack_object_name: Cloud Services capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control can be used to detect adversaries that may be trying to log into cloud services. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1021 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1021.008 attack_object_name: Direct Cloud VM Connections capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control can be used to detect adversaries that may try to use Valid Accounts to log into remote machines using cloud native methods such as Secure Shell (SSH). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1021 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1021.008 attack_object_name: Direct Cloud VM Connections capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to detect an alert based on system events, such as remote connections. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1021 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1027.007 attack_object_name: Dynamic API Resolution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations can can be configured to detect calls to functions like GetProcAddress() and LoadLibrary(). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1027 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1027.009 attack_object_name: Embedded Payloads capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Google Cloud IDS can detect network-based threats like malicious software. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1027 score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1027.010 attack_object_name: Command Obfuscation capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations can can be configured to detect suspicious syntax or characters in commands. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1027 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1027.011 attack_object_name: Fileless Storage capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based on creation or changes of registry keys and run keys found on Windows platforms. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1027 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1027.012 attack_object_name: LNK Icon Smuggling capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Google Cloud IDS can detect network-based threats like malicious software. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1027 score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1027.013 attack_object_name: Encrypted/Encoded File capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Google Cloud IDS can detect network-based threats like malicious software. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1027 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1027.014 attack_object_name: Polymorphic Code capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Google Cloud IDS can detect network-based threats like malicious software. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1027 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1036.008 attack_object_name: Masquerade File Type capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Google Cloud IDS can detect network-based threats like malicious software. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1036 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1036.008 attack_object_name: Masquerade File Type capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based on abnormal command execution from otherwise non-executable file types (such as .txt and .jpg). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1036 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1036.009 attack_object_name: Break Process Trees capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based on abnormal API calls such as fork(). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1036 score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1055.015 attack_object_name: ListPlanting capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based on abnormal API calls. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1055 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1059.009 attack_object_name: Cloud API capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on system events of interest, for example: suspicious Entra ID login access and usage. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_certutil_command.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1059 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1059.010 attack_object_name: AutoHotKey & AutoIT capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious behavior seen in the Windows command line. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1059 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1059.011 attack_object_name: Lua capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious behavior seen in the Windows command line. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1059 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1070.007 attack_object_name: Clear Network Connection History and Configurations capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert when indicators are cleared from the infrastructure. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1070 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1070.008 attack_object_name: Clear Mailbox Data capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert when indicators are cleared from the infrastructure. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1070 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1070.009 attack_object_name: Clear Persistence capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert when indicators are cleared from the infrastructure. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1070 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1070.010 attack_object_name: Relocate Malware capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert when indicators are cleared from the infrastructure. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1070 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1071.005 attack_object_name: Publish/Subscribe Protocols capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block malicious or unwanted traffic leveraging application layer protocols. Given this supports all sub-techniques, the mapping is given a score of Significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls related_score: T1071 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring capability_group: mandiant_digital_threatmon capability_id: mandiant_digital_threatmon comments: Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring continually monitors for compromised credentials and data leaks on both the open and dark web. This control may protect against credential abuse by alerting on leaked credentials. Since this control must depend on accessible sources for dumps, it does not protect against credentials that have been collected for a campaign but never posted, so the score is partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/digital-threat-monitoring score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1098.005 attack_object_name: Device Registration capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based on changes account device registrations. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1098 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1098.006 attack_object_name: Additional Container Cluster Roles capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC ingests Cloud Audit logs to detect when permissions are changed in a privileged group (i.e., modify group to public) with sensitive permissions or roles. This security solution protects against compromised cloud accounts used to maintain persistence. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/reference/rest/v2/organizations.sources.findings related_score: T1098 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1127.002 attack_object_name: ClickOnce capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Operations triggers an alert based on common command line arguments for DFSVC.EXE which is used by adversaries to execute code through ClickOnce applications. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/mixed_other/security/possible_msbuild_abuse__via_cmdline.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1127 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1133 attack_object_name: External Remote Services capability_description: Mandiant Attack Surface Management (ASM) capability_group: mandiant_asm capability_id: mandiant_asm comments: Mandiant Attack Surface Management continuously discovers and assesses an organization's assets for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures. This control can discover vulnerable Remote Services offered on the cloud or on hosted servers. Since this monitoring is continual and is derived from Mandiant cyber threat intelligence, this control is scored as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/attack-surface-management score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1190 attack_object_name: Exploit Public-Facing Application capability_description: Mandiant Attack Surface Management (ASM) capability_group: mandiant_asm capability_id: mandiant_asm comments: Mandiant Attack Surface Management continuously discovers and assesses an organization's assets for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures. This control can discover vulnerable Remote Services offered on the cloud or on hosted servers. Since this monitoring is continual and is derived from Mandiant cyber threat intelligence, this control is scored as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/attack-surface-management score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1195 attack_object_name: Supply Chain Compromise capability_description: Assured Open Source Software capability_group: assured_oss capability_id: assured_oss comments: 'Assured OSS provides Google OSS packages built with security features to help improve the security of a software supply chain, including vulnerability testing, signed provenance, and secured distribution. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/assured-open-source-software score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1195 attack_object_name: Supply Chain Compromise capability_description: Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring capability_group: mandiant_digital_threatmon capability_id: mandiant_digital_threatmon comments: Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring continually monitors for compromised credentials and data leaks on both the open and dark web. This control may protect against credential abuse by alerting on leaked credentials. Since this control must depend on accessible sources for dumps, it does not protect against credentials that have been collected for a campaign but never posted, so the score is partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/digital-threat-monitoring score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1195.001 attack_object_name: Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools capability_description: Assured Open Source Software capability_group: assured_oss capability_id: assured_oss comments: 'Assured OSS provides Google OSS packages built with security features to help improve the security of a software supply chain, including vulnerability testing, signed provenance, and secured distribution. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/assured-open-source-software related_score: T1195 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1195.002 attack_object_name: Compromise Software Supply Chain capability_description: Assured Open Source Software capability_group: assured_oss capability_id: assured_oss comments: 'Assured OSS provides Google OSS packages built with security features to help improve the security of a software supply chain, including vulnerability testing, signed provenance, and secured distribution. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/assured-open-source-software related_score: T1195 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1199 attack_object_name: Trusted Relationship capability_description: Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring capability_group: mandiant_digital_threatmon capability_id: mandiant_digital_threatmon comments: Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring continually monitors for compromised credentials and data leaks on both the open and dark web. This control may protect against credential abuse by alerting on leaked credentials. Since this control must depend on accessible sources for dumps, it does not protect against credentials that have been collected for a campaign but never posted, so the score is partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/digital-threat-monitoring score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1205.002 attack_object_name: Socket Filters capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can filter traffic and detect these socket filters before they get attached. However, if the threat is past the firewall, those measures are unable to stop the filters, leading to the score of partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls related_score: T1205 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1212 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Credential Access capability_description: Confidential VM capability_group: confidential_vm capability_id: confidential_vm comments: Confidential VM main memory encryption is performed using dedicated hardware within the memory controllers. Confidential VM generates encryption keys in dedicated hardware which is inaccessible to the hypervisor, protecting against Exploitation for Credential Access from outside the VM. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/confidential-vm/docs/about-cvm#security_and_privacy_features score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1213.004 attack_object_name: Customer Relationship Management Software capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: The access controls in Cloud Identity, such as MFA, can help to prevent an adversary from accessing internal software such as CRM tools, protecting customer data. However, if the adversary is able to access the system, Cloud Identity is not able to protect this data, leading to a score of partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1213 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1213.005 attack_object_name: Messaging Applications capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: The access controls in Cloud Identity, such as MFA, can help to prevent an adversary from accessing internal software such as messaging tools, protecting customer data. However, if the adversary is able to access the system, Cloud Identity is not able to protect this data, leading to a score of partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1213 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1216.002 attack_object_name: SyncAppvPublishingServer capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: The access controls in Cloud Identity, such as MFA, can help to prevent an adversary from accessing internal software such as SyncAppvPublishingServer, protecting customer data. However, if the adversary is able to access the system, Cloud Identity is not able to protect this data, leading to a score of partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1216 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1218.015 attack_object_name: Electron Applications capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious behavior in Windows with the use of regsvr32.exe and a possible fileless attack via this executable. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/ole_controls_registered_via_regsvr32_exe__sysmon_behavior.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/process_creation/fileless_attack_via_regsvr32_exe.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1218 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1480.002 attack_object_name: Mutual Exclusion capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations can detect the creation of new processes, potentially revealing the existence of a mutex. This is rated as partial due to potential guardrails against detection impacting the reliability of the tool. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1480 score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1485.001 attack_object_name: Lifecycle-Triggered Deletion capability_description: Backup and DR-Actifio GO capability_group: backup_and_dr_actifiogo capability_id: backup_and_dr_actifiogo comments: Backup and DR-Actifio GO is a copy data management plaform that virtualizes application data to improve an organizations resiliency and cloud mobility. This capability allows an organization to take regular backups and provides several methods of restoring applications and/or VM data to a previous state. This provides significant ability to respond to a Data Destruction event since an organization could easily restore lost data back to the latest backup. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/cbb - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery related_score: T1485 score_category: respond score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1496.001 attack_object_name: Compute Hijacking capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC detect compromised hosts that attempt to connect to known malicious crypto-mining domains and IP addresses. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1496 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1496.002 attack_object_name: Bandwidth Hijacking capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC detect compromised hosts that attempt to connect to known malicious crypto-mining domains and IP addresses. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1496 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1496.003 attack_object_name: SMS Pumping capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC detect compromised hosts that attempt to connect to known malicious crypto-mining domains and IP addresses. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1496 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1496.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Service Hijacking capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC detect compromised hosts that attempt to connect to known malicious crypto-mining domains and IP addresses. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1496 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1505.005 attack_object_name: Terminal Services DLL capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based off command execution (e.g. reg.exe or termsrv.dll). ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1505 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1565.002 attack_object_name: Transmitted Data Manipulation capability_description: 'Sensitive Data Protection ' capability_group: sensitive_data_protection capability_id: sensitive_data_protection comments: 'This control is able to scan cloud storage objects for sensitive data and transform that data into a secure or nonsensitive form. It is able to scan for a variety of common sensitive data types, such as API keys, credentials, or credit card numbers. The de-identified service lets you obfuscate instances of sensitive data before they can be transmitted for sharing. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs/concepts-deidentify-storage related_score: T1565 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1543.005 attack_object_name: Container Service capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based off executed commands like docker run or podman run. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1543 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1546.016 attack_object_name: Installer Packages capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based on executed commands and arguments that may be related to abuse of installer packages. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1546 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1546.017 attack_object_name: Udev Rules capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based on executed commands that create or modify files where the udev rules are located. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1546 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1548.005 attack_object_name: Temporary Elevated Cloud Access capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on when excessive permissions are assigned to an Entra ID application or privileged roles are assigned to user accounts. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1564_001_macos_hidden_files_and_directories.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1548 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1548.006 attack_object_name: TCC Manipulation capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations can alert based on processes like AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1548 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1552.007 attack_object_name: Container API capability_description: Confidential VM capability_group: confidential_vm capability_id: confidential_vm comments: Confidential VM main memory encryption is performed using dedicated hardware within the memory controllers. Confidential VM can be used with Google Kubernetes Engine Nodes to encrypt data in-use for these workloads. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/confidential-vm/docs/about-cvm#security_and_privacy_features related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1552.008 attack_object_name: Chat Messages capability_description: Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) capability_group: cloud_hsm capability_id: cloud_hsm comments: Google Cloud's HSM may protect against adversary's attempts to leverage passwords and unsecure credentials found in files on compromised systems.Variations of this technique are difficult to mitigate, so a partial score was granted for this control's medium to high coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1555.006 attack_object_name: Cloud Secrets Management Stores capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations can prevent those with insufficient privileges from accessing the secrets manager, as well as detect modifications to user privileges that may allow them access. This was ranked as partial as it cannot prevent a compromised account with those permissions from accessing the secrets manager. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager/docs/overview related_score: T1555 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1556.001 attack_object_name: Domain Controller Authentication capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Integrating multi-factor authentication as part of organizational policy can greatly reduce the risk of an adversary gaining control of valid credentials that may be used for additional tactics such as initial access, lateral movement, and collecting information. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1556 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1556.003 attack_object_name: Pluggable Authentication Modules capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Integrating multi-factor authentication as part of organizational policy can greatly reduce the risk of an adversary gaining control of valid credentials that may be used for additional tactics such as initial access, lateral movement, and collecting information. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1556 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1556.004 attack_object_name: Network Device Authentication capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Integrating multi-factor authentication as part of organizational policy can greatly reduce the risk of an adversary gaining control of valid credentials that may be used for additional tactics such as initial access, lateral movement, and collecting information. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1556 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1556.005 attack_object_name: Reversible Encryption capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Even in the event of compromised credentials, the lack of a security key would prevent an adversary from accessing the account. This leads to significant protection against the technique. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1556 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1556.006 attack_object_name: Multi-Factor Authentication capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: The audit capabilities within Google Security Operations Center may be able to detect if Multi-Factor Authentication was disabled, allowing that change to be reverted. This was scored as partial because there is still a window of time in which an adversary can make use of the disabled MFA. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1556 score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1556.007 attack_object_name: Hybrid Identity capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Even in the event of compromised credentials, the lack of a security key would prevent an adversary from accessing the account. This leads to significant protection against the technique. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1556 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1556.008 attack_object_name: Network Provider DLL capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Even in the event of compromised credentials, the lack of a security key would prevent an adversary from accessing the account. This leads to significant protection against the technique. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1556 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1556.009 attack_object_name: Conditional Access Policies capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Even in the event of compromised credentials, the lack of a security key would prevent an adversary from accessing the account. This leads to significant protection against the technique. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1556 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1557 attack_object_name: Adversary-in-the-Middle capability_description: Certificate Authority Service capability_group: certificate_authority_service capability_id: certificate_authority_service comments: This control may mitigate against Adversary-in-the-Middle by providing certificates for internal endpoints and applications to use with asymmetric encryption. This control may also provide authentication for user identity for VPN or zero trust networking. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/certificate-authority-service/docs score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1557.003 attack_object_name: DHCP Spoofing capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can be configured with firewall rules to mitigate DHCP Spoofing. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls related_score: T1557 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1562.012 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify Linux Audit System capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based off inovcation of utilities (like auditctl). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1562 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1564.011 attack_object_name: Ignore Process Interrupts capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based off command-line arguments and suspicious system processes. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1564 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1567.003 attack_object_name: Exfiltration to Text Storage Sites capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium provides Data Loss Prevention (DLP) features that can detect and block sensitive data for files that are uploaded and downloaded and for content that is pasted or dragged and dropped via the Chrome browser. This can provide protection against adversaries that may try to steal data over network protocols. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview related_score: T1567 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1567.004 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Webhook capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations can be configured to detect if a webhook-creating command is run. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/run/docs/triggering/webhooks - '''https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations' related_score: T1567 score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1574.013 attack_object_name: KernelCallbackTable capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Search Operations can alert based on Windows API calls such as WriteProcessMemory() and NtQueryInformationProcess(). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1574 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1578.005 attack_object_name: Modify Cloud Compute Configurations capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based on changes to the infrastructure (e.g., VPC network changes). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_vpc_network_changes.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1578 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1578.005 attack_object_name: Modify Cloud Compute Configurations capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Policy Intelligence role recommendations generated by IAM Recommender help admins remove unwanted access to GCP resources by using machine learning to make smart access control recommendations. With Recommender, security teams can automatically detect overly permissive access and rightsize them based on similar users in the organization and their access patterns. This control may mitigate adversaries that try to gain access to permissions from modifying infrastructure components. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence related_score: T1578 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1578.005 attack_object_name: Modify Cloud Compute Configurations capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC detect changes to the cloud infrastructure and resources which could indicate malicious behavior (e.g., delete instances, create snapshot, revert cloud instance). This security solution protects against modifications potentially used to remove evidence and evade defenses. Because of the near-real time temporal factor and high detection coverage this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1578 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1580 attack_object_name: Cloud Infrastructure Discovery capability_description: Mandiant Attack Surface Management (ASM) capability_group: mandiant_asm capability_id: mandiant_asm comments: Mandiant Attack Surface Management continuously discovers and assesses an organization's assets for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures. This control can discover vulnerable Remote Services offered on the cloud or on hosted servers. Since this monitoring is continual and is derived from Mandiant cyber threat intelligence, this control is scored as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/attack-surface-management score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1584.007 attack_object_name: Serverless capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations can be configured to detect on Google App Scripts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1584 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1585.003 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control can be used to mitigate cloud account creation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1585 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1586.003 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control can be used to mitigate malicious attacks of cloud accounts by implementing multi-factor authentication techniques or password policies. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1586 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1591 attack_object_name: Gather Victim Org Information capability_description: Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring capability_group: mandiant_digital_threatmon capability_id: mandiant_digital_threatmon comments: Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring continually monitors for compromised credentials and data leaks on both the open and dark web. This control may protect against Gather Victim Org Information by alerting on custom data leaks. Since this control must depend on accessible sources for dumps, it does not protect against data that has been collected for a campaign but never posted, so the score is partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/digital-threat-monitoring score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1595.003 attack_object_name: Wordlist Scanning capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to restrict access to the endpoints within the virtual private cloud and protect against active scanning. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls related_score: T1595 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1621 attack_object_name: Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: The Identity Platform can establish limits and quotas for MFA. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/quotas score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1622 attack_object_name: Debugger Evasion capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based off API calls (such as IsDebuggerPresent()). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1647 attack_object_name: Plist File Modification capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based on executed commands that modify files where plists are typically located. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1648 attack_object_name: Serverless Execution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations can be configured to detect on Google App Scripts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1648 attack_object_name: Serverless Execution capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: GCP Identity and Access Management allows admins to set permissions based on accounts and account types. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1649 attack_object_name: Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based on executed commands that access where certificates are typically stored (e.g. %APPDATA%\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My\Certificates\). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1651 attack_object_name: Cloud Administration Command capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: IAM can be configured to minimize permissions to users and prevent unnecessary access to the gcloud CLI. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1652 attack_object_name: Device Driver Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based off API calls (such as EnumDeviceDrivers()) that may attempt to gather information about local device drivers. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1654 attack_object_name: Log Enumeration capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Operations is able to trigger alerts based off use of utilities used to enumerate logs (like wevutil.exe). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1654 attack_object_name: Log Enumeration capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: IAM can be configured to minimize permissions to users and prevent unnecessary access to logs. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1659 attack_object_name: Content Injection capability_description: Cloud VPN capability_group: cloud_vpn capability_id: cloud_vpn comments: Cloud VPN encrypts data in transit, restricting an adversary's ability to inject content. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/concepts/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1666 attack_object_name: Modify Cloud Resource Hierarchy capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: IAM can be configured to minimize permissions to users and limit users' ability to add, delete, or modify resource groups. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1003 attack_object_name: OS Credential Dumping capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Operations is able to detect suspicious command-line process attempted to escalate privileges. Examples of credential access system events include: (e.g.,"re.regex($selection.target.registry.registry_value_data, `.*DumpCreds.*`) or re.regex($selection.target.registry.registry_value_data, `.*Mimikatz.*`) or re.regex($selection.target.registry.registry_value_data, `.*PWCrack.*`) or $selection.target.registry.registry_value_data = "HTool/WCE" or re.regex($selection.target.registry.registry_value_data, `.*PSWtool.*`) or re.regex($selection.target.registry.registry_value_data, `.*PWDump.*`)). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/antivirus/antivirus_password_dumper_detection.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1003.001 attack_object_name: LSASS Memory capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google SecOps is able to detect suspicious command-line process attempted\ \ to escalate privileges. For example: access credential material stored in the\ \ procecss memory of the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) on\ \ Windows machines (e.g., lsass\\.exe). \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal\ \ based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/tree/main/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1003 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1003.003 attack_object_name: NTDS capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google SecOps is able to trigger an alert based on process creations and attacks against the NTDS database on Windows platforms (e.g., execution of "ntdsutil.exe") This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/tree/main/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1003 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1011 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google SecOps is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious system processes or command-line arguments that could indicate exfiltration of data over other network mediums. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/tree/main/suspicious ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1014 attack_object_name: Rootkit capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect when secure boot is not enabled. Adversaries may use this weakness to abuse pre-boot mechanisms and persist on compromised systems (e.g., rootkit). This technique was graded as significant due to the real-time temporal factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1014 attack_object_name: Rootkit capability_description: Shielded VM capability_group: shielded_vm capability_id: shielded_vm comments: This control is able to mitigate the use of rootkits that target any portion of the boot process, such as malicious modification of the Master Boot Record or UEFI. This control does not mitigate rootkits that exist in the kernel or userland. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/shielded-vm/docs/shielded-vm score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1016 attack_object_name: System Network Configuration Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off processes and command-line arguments that may indicate adversary reconnaissance and information discovery techniques for network configuration settings (e.g., "net config", "ipconfig.exe", "nbtstat.exe). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/possible_system_network_configuration_discovery__sysmon_windows_logs.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1018 attack_object_name: Remote System Discovery capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block adversaries from discovering endpoints behind the firewall. This mapping is given a score of Partial because it does not protect against discovering endpoints within the network and behind the firewall. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1018 attack_object_name: Remote System Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops attempts to identify remote systems via ping sweep. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/process_creation/remote_system_discovery___ping_sweep.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1018 attack_object_name: Remote System Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: Google Security Ops typically filters external network traffic and therefore can be effective for preventing external remote system discovery. Activity originating from inside the trusted network is not mitigated. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1018 attack_object_name: Remote System Discovery capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can segment private resources to deny traffic based on organizational policy. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1020 attack_object_name: Automated Exfiltration capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: Cloud IDS spyware signatures are able to detect data exfiltration attempts over command and control communications, which is often used by adversaries to compromise sensitive data. Although there are ways an attacker could still exfiltrate data from a compromised system, this technique was scored as significant based on Cloud IDS's advanced threat detection technology which continually updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1020 attack_object_name: Automated Exfiltration capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious sytem processes, such as using bitsadmin to automatically exfiltrate data from Windows machines (e.g., ".*\\bitsadmin\.exe"). This mapping is scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor for this technique. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/main/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/data_exfiltration_attempt_via_bitsadmin.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1021 attack_object_name: Remote Services capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Implementing MFA on remote service logons prevents adversaries from using valid accounts to access those services. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1021 attack_object_name: Remote Services capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to only allow remote services from trusted hosts (i.e., only allow remote access traffic from certain hosts). This mapping is given a score of Partial because even though it can restrict remote services traffic from untrusted hosts for most of the sub-techniques (5 of 6), it cannot protect against an adversary using a trusted host that is permitted to use remote services as part of an attack. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1021 attack_object_name: Remote Services capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to detect an alert based on system events, such as remote service connections. This mapping was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor of this technique. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/tree/main/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1021.002 attack_object_name: SMB/Windows Admin Shares capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: 'Chronicle is able to trigger an alert for net use commands detected for SMB/Windows admin shares (e.g., " net use.* (C|ADMIN|IPC)$"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/possible_system_network_connections_discovery__sysmon_windows_logs.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1021 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1021.004 attack_object_name: SSH capability_description: Shielded VM capability_group: shielded_vm capability_id: shielded_vm comments: 'Chronicle is able to trigger an alert based on accounts and authorized device access to a certain IP range (e.g., "Attempted Lateral Movement via SSH metadata pivoting"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/tree/main/gcp_cloudaudit' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1021 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1021.004 attack_object_name: SSH capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: This control can be used to detect adversaries that may try to use Valid Accounts to log into remote machines using Secure Shell (SSH). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1021 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1027 attack_object_name: Obfuscated Files or Information capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious command line arguments or processes that indicate obfuscation techniques to evade cyber defenses. For example, when cmd.exe has been obfuscated. This mapping was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor of the technique. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/detect_cmd_exe_obfuscation.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/ursnif_trojan_detection__cmd_obfuscation.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1027.004 attack_object_name: Compile After Delivery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops can trigger an alert based on delivery of encrypted or encoded payloads with uncompiled code. This mapping was scored as minimal based on low detection coverage factor of the technique. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_powershell_parameter_substring.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/encoded_iex.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1027 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1033 attack_object_name: System Owner/User Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based off command-line arguments that could indicate adversary''s attempting to get information about system users (e.g., primary user, currently logged in user, set of users that commonly uses a system, or whether a user is actively using the system). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/possible_system_owner_user_discovery__sysmon_windows_logs.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1036 attack_object_name: Masquerading capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert based on Windows starting uncommon processes (e.g., Detects Winword starting uncommon sub process MicroScMgmt.exe used for CVE-2015-1641). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/proactive_exploit_detection/process_creation/exploit_for_cve_2015_1641.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1036.001 attack_object_name: Invalid Code Signature capability_description: Binary Authorization capability_group: binary_authorization capability_id: binary_authorization comments: Each image has a signer digitally sign using a private key. At deploy time, the enforcer uses the attester's public key to verify the signature in the attestation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/overview - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/attestations related_score: T1036 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1036.005 attack_object_name: Match Legitimate Name or Location capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Operations can trigger an alert based on malware masquerading as legitimate process for example, Adobe''s Acrobat Reader (e.g., re.regex($selection.target.process.file.full_path, `.*\\AcroRD32\.exe). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/sysmon/detects_malware_acrord32_exe_execution_process.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1036 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1037 attack_object_name: Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on registry modifications related to custom logon scripts. (e.g., "REGISTRY_CREATION", ""REGISTRY_MODIFICATION", "HKCU|HKEY_CURRENT_USER"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1547_001_windows_registry_run_keys_startup_folder.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1037.003 attack_object_name: Network Logon Script capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops triggers an alert based on suspicious connections (e.g., Netlogon connections). https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/proactive_exploit_detection/system/vulnerable_netlogon_secure_channel_connection_allowed.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/sysmon/logon_scripts__userinitmprlogonscript.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1037 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1040 attack_object_name: Network Sniffing capability_description: Backup and DR-Actifio GO capability_group: backup_and_dr_actifiogo capability_id: backup_and_dr_actifiogo comments: Backup and DR-Actifio GO provides encryption in transit for data traveling between Actifio appliances and other systems during backup and recovery operations. Data is encrypted while it travels across the network, providing protection against Network Sniffing since adversaries would be unable to read encrypted traffic. However, this is only relevant when traffic is being backed up, which is a small amount of the time. This results in a score of Minimal. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/cbb - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1040 attack_object_name: Network Sniffing capability_description: Certificate Authority Service capability_group: certificate_authority_service capability_id: certificate_authority_service comments: This control may mitigate against Network Sniffing by providing certificates for internal endpoints and applications to use with asymmetric encryption. This control helps protect the issuing Certificate Authority with the use of Google's IAM and policy controls. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/certificate-authority-service/docs score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1040 attack_object_name: Network Sniffing capability_description: Cloud VPN capability_group: cloud_vpn capability_id: cloud_vpn comments: 'Cloud VPN enables traffic traveling between the two networks, and it is encrypted by one VPN gateway and then decrypted by the other VPN gateway. This action protects users'' data as it travels over the internet. This control may prevent adversaries from sniffing network traffic. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/concepts/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1040 attack_object_name: Network Sniffing capability_description: Secret Manager capability_group: secret_manager capability_id: secret_manager comments: This control provides secure methods for accessing secrets and passwords. This can reduce the incidents of credentials and other authentication material being transmitted in clear-text or by insecure encryption methods. Any communication between applications or endpoints after access to Secret Manager may not be secure. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1040 attack_object_name: Network Sniffing capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: 'Using Web Security Scanner, SCC is able to detect when passwords are transmitted in cleartext. Adversaries may use this traffic mirroring services to sniff traffic and intercept unencrypted credentials. This technique was graded as partial due to the low protect coverage when transmitting passwords in clear-text and there is more information that could be gathered during a network sniffing attacks. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1041 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over C2 Channel capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to compromise sensitive data, Palo Alto Network''s spyware signatures is able to detect data exfiltration attempts and anomalies over known command and control communications. Although there are ways an attacker could still exfiltrate data from a compromised system, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1041 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over C2 Channel capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block adversaries from accessing resources from which to exfiltrate data as well as prevent resources from communicating with known-bad IP addresses and domains that might be used to receive exfiltrated data. This mapping is given a score of Partial because the known-bad IP addresses and domains would need to be known in advance. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1041 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over C2 Channel capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious system processes or command-line arguments that could indicate exfiltration of data over the C2 channel. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/sysmon/possible_data_exfiltration_via_smtp.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/data_exfiltration_attempt_via_bitsadmin.yaral ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1046 attack_object_name: Network Service Discovery capability_description: Cloud Armor capability_group: cloud_armor capability_id: cloud_armor comments: Cloud Armor filters external network traffic and therefore can be effective for preventing external network service scanning. Network service scanning originating from inside the trusted network is not mitigated. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/armor score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1046 attack_object_name: Network Service Discovery capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to restrict access to the endpoints within the virtual private cloud and protect against network service scanning. This mapping is given a score of Partial because it only protects against network service scanning attacks that originate from outside the firewall and not from within network protected by the firewall. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1046 attack_object_name: Network Service Discovery capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can limit the impact from active scanning and lateral movement techniques used to exploit the target environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1048 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium provides Data Loss Prevention (DLP) features that can detect and block sensitive data for files that are uploaded and downloaded and for content that is pasted or dragged and dropped via the Chrome browser. This can provide protection against adversaries that may try to steal data over network protocols. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1048 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to compromise sensitive data, Palo Alto Network''s spyware signatures is able to detect data exfiltration attempts over command and control communications. Although there are ways an attacker could still exfiltrate data from a compromised system, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1048 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block adversaries from accessing resources from which to exfiltrate data as well as prevent resources from communicating with known-bad IP addresses and domains that might be used to receive exfiltrated data. This mapping is given a score of Partial because the known-bad IP addresses and domains would need to be known in advance and AWS Network Firewall wouldn't have deep packet inspection visibility into encrypted non-C2 protocols. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1048 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious system processes that could indicate exfiltration attempts using cURL from Windows machines (e.g., C:\\Windows\\System32\\curl.exe). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/suspicious_curl_usage.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1049 attack_object_name: System Network Connections Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off command-line arguments that could indicate adversary''s attempting to get information about network connections (e.g., "net config", "net use", "net file"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/possible_system_network_connections_discovery__sysmon_windows_logs.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1052 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Physical Medium capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based on system events, such as: USB device detected. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/info/usb_new_device.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/usb_device_plugged.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1052.001 attack_object_name: Exfiltration over USB capability_description: Cloud Endpoints capability_group: cloud_endpoints capability_id: cloud_endpoints comments: The Cloud Endpoints capability can prevent exfiltration over USB by disabling USB file transfers on enrolled devices through features like device control. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs - https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/frameworks/python/migrating - https://support.google.com/a/answer/1734200 related_score: T1052 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1052.001 attack_object_name: Exfiltration over USB capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on events, such as "new USB device is connected to a system". This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/usb_device_plugged.yaral ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1052 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1053 attack_object_name: Scheduled Task/Job capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious\ \ modifications to the infrastructure, such as: new task scheduling to execute\ \ programs. \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain\ \ detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/sysmon/a_scheduled_task_was_created.yaral\n\ \nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1053_005_windows_creation_of_scheduled_task.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1053.005 attack_object_name: Scheduled Task capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on scheduled tasks\ \ using the command line (e.g., \"schtasks /create\"). \n\nThis technique was\ \ scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1053_005_windows_creation_of_scheduled_task.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1053 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1053.007 attack_object_name: Container Orchestration Job capability_description: Binary Authorization capability_group: binary_authorization capability_id: binary_authorization comments: Each image has a signer digitally sign using a private key. At deploy time, the enforcer uses the attester's public key to verify the signature in the attestation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/overview - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/attestations related_score: T1053 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1053.007 attack_object_name: Container Orchestration Job capability_description: Google Kubernetes Engine capability_group: google_kubernetes_engine capability_id: google_kubernetes_engine comments: GKE provides the ability to audit against a set of recommended benchmark [Center for Internet Security (CIS)]. This control may avoid privileged containers and running containers as root. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/access-control - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cis-benchmarks#how_to_audit_benchmarks related_score: T1053 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1055 attack_object_name: Process Injection capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops can trigger an alert based on suspicious running processes that could be used to evade defenses and escalate privileges. (e.g., directory traversal attempts via attachment downloads). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/mavinject_process_injection.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1055.002 attack_object_name: Portable Executable Injection capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to escalate privileges and automatically run on Windows systems, Palo Alto Network''s antivirus signatures is able to detect malware found in portable executables (PE). Although there are ways an attacker could avoid detection to deliver a malicious PE file, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1055 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1056 attack_object_name: Input Capture capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on adversary methods\ \ of obtaining credentials or collecting information (e.g., web skimming attacks).\ \ \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection\ \ coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/cloud_security/proxy/the_gocgle_malicious_campaign.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1056.003 attack_object_name: Web Portal Capture capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on adversary methods\ \ of obtaining credentials or collecting information (e.g., web skimming attacks).\ \ \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection\ \ coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/cloud_security/proxy/the_gocgle_malicious_campaign.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1056 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1056.004 attack_object_name: Credential API Hooking capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on adversary methods\ \ of obtaining credentials or collecting information (e.g., web skimming attacks).\ \ \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection\ \ coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/cloud_security/proxy/the_gocgle_malicious_campaign.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1056 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1057 attack_object_name: Process Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off command-line arguments that could indicate adversary''s attempting to get information about running processes on Windows machines (e.g., "tasklist.exe", "Get-Process.*"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/possible_process_enumeration__sysmon_windows_logs.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/sysmon/fake_zoom_installer_exe__devil_shadow_botnet.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1059 attack_object_name: Command and Scripting Interpreter capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on system events of interest, for example: decoding Windows payloads using \"certutil.exe\" functionality. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_certutil_command.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1059 attack_object_name: Command and Scripting Interpreter capability_description: Virus Total capability_group: virus_total capability_id: virus_total comments: 'VirusTotal, now part of Google Cloud, provides threat context and reputation data to help analyze suspicious files, URLs, domains, and IP addresses to detect cybersecurity threats. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/architecture/automating-malware-scanning-for-documents-uploaded-to-cloud-storage - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/investigation/view-virustotal-information - https://assets.virustotal.com/vt-360-outcomes.pdf score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1059.003 attack_object_name: Windows Command Shell capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious behavior seen in the Windows command line. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/tree/main/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_certutil_command.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1059 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1059.004 attack_object_name: Unix Shell capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC uses machine learning [NLP techniques] to evaluate content of an executed bash script. This security solution protects against potentially malicious scripts that are used to execute commands in compromised systems. Because of the high threat detection coverage provided by the ML model and near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1059 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1059.007 attack_object_name: JavaScript capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops triggers an alert based on webshell connections which are used to establish persistent access to a compromised machine [backdoor]. (e.g., `.*/config/keystore/.*\.js.*). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/proactive_exploit_detection/webserver/oracle_weblogic_exploit.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1059 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1068 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger alert based on suspicious command line behavior that could indicate remote code exploitation attempts (e.g., detect exploits using child processes spawned by Windows DNS processes). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/proactive_exploit_detection/process_creation/cve_2020_1350_dns_remote_code_exploit__sigred___via_cmdline.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1068 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Policy Intelligence role recommendations generated by IAM Recommender help admins remove unwanted access to GCP resources by using machine learning to make smart access control recommendations. With Recommender, security teams can automatically detect overly permissive access and rightsize them based on similar users in the organization and their access patterns. This control may mitigate adversaries that try to perform privilege escalation via permission levels and software exploitation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1068 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Privilege Escalation capability_description: VM Manager capability_group: vm_manager capability_id: vm_manager comments: VM Manager can apply on-demand and scheduled patches via automated patch deployment. This can remediate OS and software vulnerabilities that could otherwise be exploited. Since VM Manager doesn't directly prevent exploitation of active vulnerabilities (including zero day vulnerabilities) this control has resulted in a score of Partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vm-manager score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1069 attack_object_name: Permission Groups Discovery capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: Group permissions and settings are inherited using the IAM roles that are specifically granted to that group by admins. This control provides protection of possible adversaries that may determine which user accounts and groups memberships are available in cloud accounts. Received a score of Minimal because it only covers one of the sub-techniques. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1069.003 attack_object_name: Cloud Groups capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: Group permissions and settings are inherited using the IAM roles that are specifically granted to that group by admins. This control provides protection of possible adversaries that may determine which user accounts and groups memberships are available in cloud accounts. Received a score of Minimal because it only covers one of the sub-techniques. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam related_score: T1069 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1070 attack_object_name: Indicator Removal capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Operations is able to trigger an alert when logs are cleared from the infrastructure. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/main/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_log_deletion.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1070 attack_object_name: Indicator Removal capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect when audit logging has been disabled for a resource. Adversaries may use this weakness to hide their activity and remove evidence of their presence (e.g., clear command history, clear logs, file deletion). This technique was graded as significant due to the high detect coverage and real-time temporal factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1070.001 attack_object_name: Clear Windows Event Logs capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious system\ \ events used to evade defenses, such as deletion of Windows security event logs.\ \ \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection\ \ coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/main/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_log_deletion.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1070 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1070.002 attack_object_name: Clear Linux or Mac System Logs capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on system events,\ \ such as deletion of cloud audit logs. \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal\ \ based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/main/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_log_deletion.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1070 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1070.004 attack_object_name: File Deletion capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off system processes\ \ that indicate when backup catalogs are deleted from a windows machine. \n\n\ This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage\ \ factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/backup_catalog_deleted.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1070 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1070.006 attack_object_name: Timestomp capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off modifications to file time attributes to hide changes to existing files on Windows machines. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/file_creation_time_changed_via_powershell.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1070 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1071 attack_object_name: Application Layer Protocol capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block malicious or unwanted traffic leveraging application layer protocols. Given this supports all sub-techniques, the mapping is given a score of Significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1071 attack_object_name: Application Layer Protocol capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious modifications\ \ to the network infrastructure. \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based\ \ on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/tree/main/gcp_cloudaudit\n\ \nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/main/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_vpc_network_changes.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1071.001 attack_object_name: Web Protocols capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium provides checks for sensitive data and protection from content that may contain malware. This also enables certain files to be sent for analysis, and in return the admin can then choose to allow or block uploads and downloads for those scanned and unscanned files. End users can also be prevented from accessing pages specified by a list of URL patterns. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview related_score: T1071 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1071.001 attack_object_name: Web Protocols capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on system events of interest, for example: detection of the Sunburst C2 channel used as backdoor access in the SolarWinds compromise. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/dns/solarwinds_backdoor_c2_host_name_detected___via_dns.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1071 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1071.004 attack_object_name: DNS capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to ingest Cloud DNS logs and detect DNS queries that could indicate active Log4j vulnerable to remote code execution. Because of the near-real time temporal factor for detection this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1071 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1072 attack_object_name: Software Deployment Tools capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, it can detect variations to store system packages and container images. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1072 attack_object_name: Software Deployment Tools capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based off suspicious activity\ \ on a Linux host that could indicate a bind or reverse shell with Netcat tool.\ \ Note: This rule requires installation of auditbeat on the host machine to properly\ \ function. \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain\ \ detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/linux/possible_bind_or_reverse_shell_via_netcat__auditbeat_for_linux.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1072 attack_object_name: Software Deployment Tools capability_description: VM Manager capability_group: vm_manager capability_id: vm_manager comments: VM Manager can apply on-demand and scheduled patches via automated patch deployment. This can remediate OS and software vulnerabilities that could otherwise be exploited. Since VM Manager doesn't directly prevent exploitation of active vulnerabilities (including zero day vulnerabilities) this control has resulted in a score of Partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vm-manager score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Cloud Asset Inventory capability_group: cloud_asset_inventory capability_id: cloud_asset_inventory comments: This control may be able to detect when adversaries use valid cloud accounts to elevate privileges through manipulation of IAM or access policies. This monitoring can be fine tuned to specific assets, policies, and organizations. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/asset-inventory/docs/overview score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Cloud Endpoints capability_group: cloud_endpoints capability_id: cloud_endpoints comments: The Cloud Endpoints capability provides support for multiple authentication methods, including API keys and Google ID tokens. Implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) across account types, including local, domain, and cloud accounts, can prevent unauthorized access even if credentials are compromised. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs - https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/frameworks/python/migrating - https://support.google.com/a/answer/1734200 score_category: respond score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control can be used to mitigate malicious attacks of cloud accounts by implementing multi-factor authentication techniques or password policies. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: GKE Enterprise capability_group: gke_enterprise capability_id: gke_enterprise comments: GKE Enterprise incorporates the Anthos Config Management feature to create and manage Kubernetes objects across multiple clusters at once. PodSecurityPolicies can be enforced to prevent Pods from using the root Linux user. Based on the medium detection coverage, this was scored as partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on RDP logons from\ \ non-private IP ranges. \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low\ \ or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/active_directory_security/security/remote_desktop_from_internet__via_audit.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: This control may mitigate the impact of compromised valid accounts by enabling fine-grained access policies and implementing least-privilege policies. MFA can provide protection against an adversary that obtains valid credentials by requiring the adversary to complete an additional authentication process before access is permitted. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Identity Aware Proxy capability_group: identity_aware_proxy capability_id: identity_aware_proxy comments: IAP applies the relevant IAM policy to check if the user is authorized to access the requested resource. If the user has the IAP-secured Web App User role on the Cloud console project where the resource exists, they're authorized to access the application. This control can mitigate against adversaries that try to obtain credentials of accounts, including cloud accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iap score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: ' Identity Platform lets you add Google-grade authentication to your apps and services, making it easier to secure user accounts and securely managing credentials. MFA can provide protection against an adversary that obtains valid credentials by requiring the adversary to complete an additional authentication process before access is permitted. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a cloud account by gaining access through means of Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion. Policy Intelligence role recommendations generated by IAM Recommender help enforce least privilege principals to ensure that permission levels are properly managed. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: Adversaries may attempt to obtain credentials of existing account through privilege escalation or defense evasion. IAM audit logging in GCP can be used to determine roles and permissions, along with routinely checking user permissions to ensure only the expected users have the ability to list IAM identities or otherwise discover cloud accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1078 attack_object_name: Valid Accounts capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: This control is able to mitigate against abuse of compromised valid accounts by restricting access from those accounts to resources contained within the VPC perimeter the account belongs to. Resources and services contained in other VPC networks also cannot be accessed by user accounts that are not within the VPC network perimeter. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1078.001 attack_object_name: Default Accounts capability_description: GKE Enterprise capability_group: gke_enterprise capability_id: gke_enterprise comments: GKE Enterprise incorporates the Anthos Config Management feature to create and manage Kubernetes objects across multiple clusters at once. PodSecurityPolicies can be enforced to prevent Pods from using the root Linux user. Based on the medium detection coverage, this sub-technique was scored as partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.001 attack_object_name: Default Accounts capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect when default service accounts are used. Adversaries may use this attack as a means to gain initial access, privilege escalation, or defense evasion. This subtechnique was graded as significant due to the high detect coverage and near-real time temporal factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1078 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1078.002 attack_object_name: Domain Accounts capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Integrating multi-factor authentication (MFA) as part of organizational policy can greatly reduce the risk of an adversary gaining control of valid credentials that may be used for additional tactics such as initial access, lateral movement, and collecting information. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1078.002 attack_object_name: Domain Accounts capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control can be used to mitigate malicious attacks of domain accounts by implementing multi-factor authentication techniques or password policies. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.003 attack_object_name: Local Accounts capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: ' Identity Platform lets you add Google-grade authentication to your apps and services, making it easier to secure user accounts and securely managing credentials. MFA can provide protection against an adversary that obtains valid credentials by requiring the adversary to complete an additional authentication process before access is permitted. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Integrating multi-factor authentication (MFA) as part of organizational policy can greatly reduce the risk of an adversary gaining control of valid credentials that may be used for additional tactics such as initial access, lateral movement, and collecting information. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Cloud Asset Inventory capability_group: cloud_asset_inventory capability_id: cloud_asset_inventory comments: This control may be able to detect when adversaries use valid cloud accounts to elevate privileges through manipulation of IAM or access policies. This monitoring can be fine tuned to specific assets, policies, and organizations. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/asset-inventory/docs/overview related_score: T1078 score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control can be used to mitigate malicious attacks of cloud accounts by implementing multi-factor authentication techniques or password policies. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: GKE Enterprise capability_group: gke_enterprise capability_id: gke_enterprise comments: GKE Enterprise incorporates the Anthos Config Management feature to create and manage Kubernetes objects across multiple clusters at once. PodSecurityPolicies can be enforced to prevent Pods from using the root Linux user. Based on the medium detection coverage, this sub-technique was scored as partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: This control protects against malicious use of cloud accounts and gaining access to them. This control may mitigate the impact of compromised valid accounts by enabling fine-grained access policies and implementing least-privilege policies. MFA can provide protection against an adversary that obtains valid credentials by requiring the adversary to complete an additional authentication process before access is permitted. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Identity Aware Proxy capability_group: identity_aware_proxy capability_id: identity_aware_proxy comments: 'Protects access to applications hosted within cloud and other premises. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iap related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: ' Identity Platform lets you add Google-grade authentication to your apps and services, making it easier to secure user accounts and securely managing credentials. MFA can provide protection against an adversary that obtains valid credentials by requiring the adversary to complete an additional authentication process before access is permitted. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a cloud account by gaining access through means of Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion. Policy Intelligence role recommendations generated by IAM Recommender help enforce least privilege principals to ensure that permission levels are properly managed. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: ReCAPTCHA Enterprise capability_group: recaptcha_enterprise capability_id: recaptcha_enterprise comments: 'ReCAPTCHA Enterprise allows users to configure Multifactor Authentication (MFA) to verify user''s identity by sending a verification code by email or SMS (known as an MFA challenge). When ReCAPTCHA Enterprise assesses that user activity to exceeds a predetermined threshold (by the developer), it can trigger an MFA challenge to verify the user. This increases the likelihood that a compromised account will be prevented from impacting the system. Since ReCAPTCHA Enterprise does not require a MFA challenge for all user activity, it has been given a rating of Partial. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/recaptcha-enterprise related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: Adversaries may attempt to obtain credentials of existing account through privilege escalation or defense evasion. IAM audit logging in GCP can be used to determine roles and permissions, along with routinely checking user permissions to ensure only the expected users have the ability to list IAM identities or otherwise discover cloud accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1078 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1078.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Accounts capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC ingests Cloud Audit logs to detect when an external member is added to a privileged group with sensitive permissions or roles. This security solution protects against compromised cloud accounts used to maintain persistence and harvest sensitive data. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1078 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1082 attack_object_name: System Information Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious network behavior seen in malware RAT, such as Netwire activity via WScript or detect the utilization of wmic.exe in order to obtain specific system information. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/detect_enumeration_via_wmi.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1087 attack_object_name: Account Discovery capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off command line arguments and suspicious system processes that could indicate adversary''s account discovery techniques. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/account_discovery_activity_detector__sysmon_behavior.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1087 attack_object_name: Account Discovery capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: This control protects against adversaries gaining access to accounts within a specific environment or determining which accounts exists to follow on with malicious behavior. The usage of GCP IAM enables admins to grant access to cloud resources at fine-grained levels, possibly preventing adversaries of malicious use of cloud accounts and gaining access to them. This control receives a minimal score since it only covers one of the few sub-techniques. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1087 attack_object_name: Account Discovery capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform is a customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform that helps organizations add identity and access management functionality to their applications, protect user accounts, and scale with confidence on Google Cloud. With this, permissions are limited to discover cloud accounts in accordance with least privilege and adversaries may be prevented from getting access to a listing of domain accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1087 attack_object_name: Account Discovery capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: This control can be used to limit permissions to discover user accounts in accordance with least privilege principles and thereby limits the accounts that can be used for account discovery. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1087 attack_object_name: Account Discovery capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of cloud accounts that are created and configured by an organization or admin. IAM audit logging in GCP can be used to determine roles and permissions, along with routinely checking user permissions to ensure only the expected users have the ability to list IAM identities or otherwise discover cloud accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1087.002 attack_object_name: Domain Account capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform is a customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform that helps organizations add identity and access management functionality to their applications, protect user accounts, and scale with confidence on Google Cloud. With this, permissions are limited to discover cloud accounts in accordance with least privilege and adversaries may be prevented from getting access to a listing of domain accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1087 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1087.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Account capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off command line arguments and suspicious system processes that could indicate adversary''s account discovery techniques (e.g., "net user /domain", "C:\\Windows\\System32\\net.exe", "C:\\Windows\\System32\\query.exe). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/account_discovery_activity_detector__sysmon_behavior.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1087 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1087.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Account capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: This control can be used to implement the least-privilege principle for account management and thereby limit the accounts that can be used for account discovery. This control receives a minimal score since it only covers one of the few sub-techniques. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam related_score: T1087 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1087.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Account capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform is a customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform that helps organizations add identity and access management functionality to their applications, protect user accounts, and scale with confidence on Google Cloud. With this, permissions are limited to discover cloud accounts in accordance with least privilege and adversaries may be prevented from getting access to a listing of cloud accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1087 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1087.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Account capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: This control can be used to limit permissions to discover cloud accounts in accordance with least privilege principles and thereby limits the accounts that can be used for account discovery. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence related_score: T1087 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1087.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Account capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: This control may mitigate adversaries that attempt to get a listing of cloud accounts, such as use of calls to cloud APIs that perform account discovery. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1087 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1087.004 attack_object_name: Cloud Account capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of cloud accounts that are created and configured by an organization or admin. IAM audit logging in GCP can be used to determine roles and permissions, along with routinely checking user permissions to ensure only the expected users have the ability to list IAM identities or otherwise discover cloud accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1087 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1090 attack_object_name: Proxy capability_description: Cloud Armor capability_group: cloud_armor capability_id: cloud_armor comments: Traffic to known anonymity networks and C2 infrastructure can be blocked through the use of Cloud Armor network allow and block lists. However this can be circumvented by other techniques. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/armor score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1090 attack_object_name: Proxy capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block traffic from known bad IP addresses and to known bad domains that serve as proxies for adversaries. This mapping is given a score of partial because it only supports a subset of the sub-techniques (2 of 4) and because it only blocks known bad IP addresses and domains and does not protect against unknown ones. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1095 attack_object_name: Non-Application Layer Protocol capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block malicious or unwanted traffic leveraging non-application layer protocols. Given this, the mapping is given a score of Significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1098 attack_object_name: Account Manipulation capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. This provides significant protection against unauthorized users from accessing and manipulating accounts to retain access. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1098 attack_object_name: Account Manipulation capability_description: Cloud Asset Inventory capability_group: cloud_asset_inventory capability_id: cloud_asset_inventory comments: This control may be able to detect when adversaries use cloud accounts to elevate privileges through manipulation of IAM or access policies. This monitoring can be fine tuned to specific assets, policies, and organizations. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/asset-inventory/docs/overview score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1098 attack_object_name: Account Manipulation capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert to ensure multi-factor authentication is enabled for all non-service and administrator accounts. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/main/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_multifactor_authentication.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1098 attack_object_name: Account Manipulation capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: Privileged roles and permissions can be granted to entire groups of users by default, and admins can control unwanted access by utilizing machine learning to recommend smart access control permissions within an organization. This control can help mitigate adversaries from gaining access to unwanted account. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1098 attack_object_name: Account Manipulation capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform can help protect your app's users and prevent account takeovers by offering multi-factor authentication (MFA) and integrating with Google's intelligence for account protection. This will help mitigate adversaries from gaining access to permission levels. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1098 attack_object_name: Account Manipulation capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Utilization and enforcement of MFA for user accounts to ensure that IAM policies are implemented properly shall mitigate adversaries so that they may not gain access to user accounts. Enforce the principle of least privilege by ensuring that principals have only the permissions that they actually need. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1098 attack_object_name: Account Manipulation capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: GCP offers Identity and Access Management (IAM), which lets admins give more granular access to specific Google Cloud resources and prevents unwanted access to other resources. This allows configuration of access controls and firewalls to limit access to critical systems and domain controllers. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1098 attack_object_name: Account Manipulation capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC further segments the environment by providing configurable granular access controls which help limit user communications to critical systems. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1098.001 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Credentials capability_description: Cloud Asset Inventory capability_group: cloud_asset_inventory capability_id: cloud_asset_inventory comments: This control may be able to detect when adversaries use cloud accounts to elevate privileges through manipulation of IAM or access policies for the creation of additional accounts. This monitoring can be fine tuned to specific assets, policies, and organizations. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/asset-inventory/docs/overview related_score: T1098 score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1098.001 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Credentials capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on changes to Cloud Storage IAM permissions. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/main/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_gcs_iam_changes.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1098 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1098.001 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Credentials capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: Privileged roles and permissions can be granted to entire groups of users by default, and admins can control unwanted access by utilizing machine learning to recommend smart access control permissions within an organization. This control can help mitigate adversaries from gaining access to unwanted account. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam related_score: T1098 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1098.001 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Credentials capability_description: Identity Aware Proxy capability_group: identity_aware_proxy capability_id: identity_aware_proxy comments: Adversaries may add adversary-controlled credentials to a cloud account to maintain persistent access to victim accounts and instances within the environment. IAP lets you enforce access control policies for applications and resources. This control may help mitigate against adversaries gaining access through cloud account by the configuration of access controls and firewalls, allowing limited access to systems. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iap related_score: T1098 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1098.001 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Credentials capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform can help protect your app's users and prevent account takeovers by offering multi-factor authentication (MFA) and integrating with Google's intelligence for account protection. This will help mitigate adversaries from gaining access to permission levels. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1098 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1098.001 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Credentials capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Utilization and enforcement of MFA for user accounts to ensure that IAM policies are implemented properly shall mitigate adversaries so that they may not gain access to user accounts. Enforce the principle of least privilege by ensuring that principals have only the permissions that they actually need. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence related_score: T1098 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1098.001 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Credentials capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: GCP offers Identity and Access Management (IAM), which lets admins give more granular access to specific Google Cloud resources and prevents unwanted access to other resources. This allows configuration of access controls and firewalls to limit access to critical systems and domain controllers. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1098 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1098.001 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Credentials capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC ingests Cloud Audit logs to detect when permissions are changed in a privileged group (i.e., modify group to public) with sensitive permissions or roles. This security solution protects against compromised cloud accounts used to maintain persistence. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1098 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1098.001 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Credentials capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC further segments the environment by providing configurable granular access controls which help limit user permissions to communicate with critical systems. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs related_score: T1098 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1098.002 attack_object_name: Additional Email Delegate Permissions capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform can help protect your app's users and prevent account takeovers by offering multi-factor authentication (MFA) and integrating with Google's intelligence for account protection. This will help mitigate adversaries from gaining access to permission levels. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1098 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1098.003 attack_object_name: Additional Cloud Roles capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform can help protect your app's users and prevent account takeovers by offering multi-factor authentication (MFA) and integrating with Google's intelligence for account protection. This will help mitigate adversaries from gaining access to permission levels. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1098 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1098.004 attack_object_name: SSH Authorized Keys capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform can help protect your app's users and prevent account takeovers by offering multi-factor authentication (MFA) and integrating with Google's intelligence for account protection. This will help mitigate adversaries from gaining access to permission levels via files. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1098 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1104 attack_object_name: Multi-Stage Channels capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block communication with known command and control channels by filtering based on known bad IP addresses and domains. This mapping is given a score of Partial because it only protects against known channels and not channels yet to be identified. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1105 attack_object_name: Ingress Tool Transfer capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious system processes that could indicate tool transfer attempts using cURL from Windows machines (e.g., C:\\Windows\\System32\\curl.exe). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/suspicious_curl_usage.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1105 attack_object_name: Ingress Tool Transfer capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC uses machine learning [NLP techniques] to evaluate content of an executed bash script. This security solution protects against potentially malicious scripts that are used to transfer tools into a compromised environment and execute commands without binaries. Because of the high threat detection coverage provided by the ML model and near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1106 attack_object_name: Native API capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert for suspicious events\ \ related to the API (e.g., \"API keys created for a project\"). \n\nThis technique\ \ was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\ \n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_no_project_api_keys.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1110 attack_object_name: Brute Force capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. This provides significant protection against Brute Force techniques attempting to gain access to accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110 attack_object_name: Brute Force capability_description: Cloud Endpoints capability_group: cloud_endpoints capability_id: cloud_endpoints comments: Cloud Endpoints allows administrators to set up login challenges, where a user attempting to access an API might be prompted to complete an additional verification step (like entering a code sent to their phone or answering a security question) before being granted access. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs - https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/frameworks/python/migrating - https://support.google.com/a/answer/1734200 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1110 attack_object_name: Brute Force capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control may mitigate brute force attacks by enforcing multi-factor authentication, enforcing strong password policies, and rotating credentials periodically. These recommendations are IAM best practices but must be explicitly implemented by a cloud administrator. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110 attack_object_name: Brute Force capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to gain access to a system, Palo Alto Network''s vulnerability signature is able to detect multiple repetitive occurrences of a condition in a particular time that could indicate a brute force attack (e.g., failed logins). Although there are ways an attacker could brute force a system while avoiding detection, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110 attack_object_name: Brute Force capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods, such as SMS, can also be used to help protect user accounts from phishing attacks. MFA provides significant protection against password compromises, requiring the adversary to complete an additional authentication method before their access is permitted. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110 attack_object_name: Brute Force capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC uses syslog to detect successful brute force attacks [via SSH] on a host. Because of the near-real time temporal factor when detecting cyber-attacks this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.001 attack_object_name: Password Guessing capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. This provides significant protection against Brute Force techniques attempting to gain access to accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.001 attack_object_name: Password Guessing capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control may mitigate brute force attacks by enforcing multi-factor authentication, enforcing strong password policies, and rotating credentials periodically. These recommendations are IAM best practices but must be explicitly implemented by a cloud administrator. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.001 attack_object_name: Password Guessing capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods, such as SMS, can also be used to help protect user accounts from phishing attacks. MFA provides significant protection against password compromises, requiring the adversary to complete an additional authentication method before their access is permitted. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.002 attack_object_name: Password Cracking capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. This provides significant protection against Brute Force techniques attempting to gain access to accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.002 attack_object_name: Password Cracking capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control may mitigate brute force attacks by enforcing multi-factor authentication, enforcing strong password policies, and rotating credentials periodically. These recommendations are IAM best practices but must be explicitly implemented by a cloud administrator. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.002 attack_object_name: Password Cracking capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods, such as SMS, can also be used to help protect user accounts from phishing attacks. MFA provides significant protection against password compromises, requiring the adversary to complete an additional authentication method before their access is permitted. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.003 attack_object_name: Password Spraying capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. This provides significant protection against Brute Force techniques attempting to gain access to accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.003 attack_object_name: Password Spraying capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control may mitigate brute force attacks by enforcing multi-factor authentication, enforcing strong password policies, and rotating credentials periodically. These recommendations are IAM best practices but must be explicitly implemented by a cloud administrator. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.003 attack_object_name: Password Spraying capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods, such as SMS, can also be used to help protect user accounts from phishing attacks. MFA provides significant protection against password compromises, requiring the adversary to complete an additional authentication method before their access is permitted. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.004 attack_object_name: Credential Stuffing capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. This provides significant protection against Brute Force techniques attempting to gain access to accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.004 attack_object_name: Credential Stuffing capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control may mitigate brute force attacks by enforcing multi-factor authentication, enforcing strong password policies, and rotating credentials periodically. These recommendations are IAM best practices but must be explicitly implemented by a cloud administrator. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1110 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1110.004 attack_object_name: Credential Stuffing capability_description: ReCAPTCHA Enterprise capability_group: recaptcha_enterprise capability_id: recaptcha_enterprise comments: 'Password Checkup extension for Chrome displays a warning whenever a user signs in to a site using one of over 4 billion usernames and passwords that Google knows to be unsafe due to a third-party data breach. With reCAPTCHA Enterprise, you can identify credential stuffing attacks by utilizing Password Checkup to detect password leaks and breached credentials. Developers can factor this information into their score calculation for score-based site keys to help identify suspicious activity and take appropriate action. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/recaptcha-enterprise related_score: T1110 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1112 attack_object_name: Modify Registry capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on events of interest, such as: "Command-line execution of the Windows Registry Editor". This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/info/command_line_regedit.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1114 attack_object_name: Email Collection capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Enabling MFA reduces the usefulness of usernames and passwords that may be collected via email since adversaries won''t have the associated security keys to gain access. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1127 attack_object_name: Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops triggers an alert based on common command line arguments used by adversaries to proxy execution of code through trusted utilities. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_certutil_command.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/detection_of_winrs_usage.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1127.001 attack_object_name: MSBuild capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops triggers an alert based on common command line arguments for msbuild.exe which is used by adversaries to execute code through a trusted Windows utility. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/mixed_other/security/possible_msbuild_abuse__via_cmdline.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1127 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1132 attack_object_name: Data Encoding capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on known indicators used by the adversary, such as data encoding techniques. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/windows/powershell_encoded_command__sysmon.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/emotet_process_creation.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_powershell_parameter_substring.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1132.001 attack_object_name: Standard Encoding capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on known indicators used by the adversary, such as data encoding techniques for commands &/or C&C traffic. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_powershell_parameter_substring.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1132 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1133 attack_object_name: External Remote Services capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Enabling MFA for remote service accounts can mitigate an adversary''s ability to leverage stolen credentials since they won''t have the respective security key to gain access. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1133 attack_object_name: External Remote Services capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium implements a zero trust model which restricts access to resources unless all rules and conditions are met. Instead of securing resources at the network-level, access controls are instead applied to individual devices and users. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1133 attack_object_name: External Remote Services capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: This control may mitigate an adversary's ability to leverage external-facing remote services through multi-factor authentication of service account credentials. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1133 attack_object_name: External Remote Services capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to only allow certain remote services to be available. Furthermore, it can enforce restrictions such that remote services are only from trusted hosts (i.e., only allow remote access traffic from certain hosts). This mapping is given a score of Partial because while it can limit which external remote services and hosts can be used to access the network, it cannot protect against the misuse of legitimate external remote services (e.g., it cannot protect against an adversary using a trusted host that is permitted to use remote services as part of an attack). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1133 attack_object_name: External Remote Services capability_description: Cloud VPN capability_group: cloud_vpn capability_id: cloud_vpn comments: 'This control provides protections against adversaries who try to access and/or persist within a network. Remote services such as VPNs, Citrix, and other access mechanisms allow users to connect to internal enterprise network resources from external locations. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/concepts/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1133 attack_object_name: External Remote Services capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect attackers communicating with a compromised workload from a remote system (e.g., "reverse shell"). SCC specifically detects for stdin bound to a remote socket. Because of the high threat detection coverage and near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1134 attack_object_name: Access Token Manipulation capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on modifications to user access controls. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/cloud_security/sysmon/suspicious_command_line_contains_azure_tokencache_dat_as_argument__via_cmdline.yaral ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1134.005 attack_object_name: SID-History Injection capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on successful and\ \ failed changes to SID-History. \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based\ \ on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/active_directory_security/windows/addition_of_sid_history_to_active_directory_object.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1134 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1135 attack_object_name: Network Share Discovery capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can limit the impact from active scanning and lateral movement techniques used to exploit the target environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1136 attack_object_name: Create Account capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Enabling Advanced Protection Program for all users at an organization can prevent adversaries from maintaining access via created accounts because any accounts they create won''t have the required security keys for MFA. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1136 attack_object_name: Create Account capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger based on suspicious system event logs, such as newly created local user accounts on Windows machines. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/detects_local_user_creation.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1136 attack_object_name: Create Account capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform multi-tenancy uses tenants to create unique silos of users and configurations within a single Identity Platform project. It provides provides secure, easy-to-use authentication if you're building a service on Google Cloud, on your own backend or on another platform; thereby, helping to mitigate adversaries from gaining access to systems. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1136.001 attack_object_name: Local Account capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger based on suspicious system event logs, such as newly created local user accounts in Windows AD environments (e.g., event 4720). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/detects_local_user_creation.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1136 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1136.001 attack_object_name: Local Account capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform multi-tenancy uses tenants to create unique silos of users and configurations within a single Identity Platform project. It provides provides secure, easy-to-use authentication if you're building a service on Google Cloud, on your own backend or on another platform; thereby, helping to mitigate adversaries from gaining access to systems and accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1136 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1136.002 attack_object_name: Domain Account capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform multi-tenancy uses tenants to create unique silos of users and configurations within a single Identity Platform project. It provides provides secure, easy-to-use authentication if you're building a service on Google Cloud, on your own backend or on another platform; thereby, helping to mitigate adversaries from gaining access to systems. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1136 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1136.003 attack_object_name: Cloud Account capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform multi-tenancy uses tenants to create unique silos of users and configurations within a single Identity Platform project. It provides provides secure, easy-to-use authentication if you're building a service on Google Cloud, on your own backend or on another platform; thereby, helping to mitigate adversaries from gaining access to systems. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1136 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1136.003 attack_object_name: Cloud Account capability_description: ReCAPTCHA Enterprise capability_group: recaptcha_enterprise capability_id: recaptcha_enterprise comments: 'ReCAPTCHA Enterprise can implement a number of mitigations to prevent the automated creation of multiple accounts such as adding checkbox challenges on pages where end users need to enter their credentials and assessing user activity for potential misuses on all pages where accounts are created. Since this control doesn''t prevent the manual creation of accounts, it has been given a rating of Partial. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/recaptcha-enterprise related_score: T1136 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1136.003 attack_object_name: Cloud Account capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC ingests admin activity from Cloud Audit logs to detect when new service accounts are created. This security solution protects against potential adversary generated accounts used for initial access or to maintain persistence. Because of the temporal factor to detect this attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1136 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1137 attack_object_name: Office Application Startup capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to establish persistence, Palo Alto Network''s antivirus signatures is able to detect malware found in executables and Microsoft Office files (e.g., DOC, DOCX, RTF, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX). Although there are ways an attacker could modify the signature and deliver a malicious office file, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1137 attack_object_name: Office Application Startup capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious system processes, for example: command line executable started from Microsoft''s Office-based applications. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/sysmon/office_starup_folder_persistance.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/sysmon/office_applications_suspicious_process_activity.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1137.001 attack_object_name: Office Template Macros capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to establish persistence, Palo Alto Network''s antivirus signatures is able to detect malware found in executables and Microsoft Office templates Although there are ways an attacker could deliver a malicious template, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1137 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1137.001 attack_object_name: Office Template Macros capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious\ \ system processes, for example: detects Windows command line executable started\ \ from Microsoft's Word or Excel (e.g.., \".*\\\\WINWORD\\.EXE\", \".*\\\\EXCEL\\\ .EXE\"). \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection\ \ coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/office_macro_starts_cmd.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1137 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1137.006 attack_object_name: Add-ins capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to establish persistence, Palo Alto Network''s antivirus signatures is able to detect malware found in executables and Microsoft Office add-ins. Although there are ways an attacker could deliver a malicious file, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1137 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1187 attack_object_name: Forced Authentication capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block SMB and WebDAV traffic from exiting the network which can protect against adversaries from forcing authentication over SMB and WebDAV. This mapping is given a score of Significant because Cloud NGFW can block this traffic or restrict where it can go to. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1189 attack_object_name: Drive-by Compromise capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium offers sadditional protections against compromised websites by including features like URL filtering, threat detection, and data loss prevention (DLP) controls. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1190 attack_object_name: Exploit Public-Facing Application capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, it can detect known vulnerabilities in various Linux OS packages. This information can be used to patch, isolate, or remove vulnerable software and machines. This control does not directly protect against exploitation and is not effective against zero day attacks, vulnerabilities with no available patch, and other end-of-life packages. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1190 attack_object_name: Exploit Public-Facing Application capability_description: Cloud Armor capability_group: cloud_armor capability_id: cloud_armor comments: Google Cloud Armor security policies protect your application by providing Layer 7 filtering and by scrubbing incoming requests for common web attacks or other Layer 7 attributes. Google Cloud Armor detects malicious requests and drops them at the edge of Google's infrastructure. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/armor score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1190 attack_object_name: Exploit Public-Facing Application capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to take advantage of software weaknesses in web applications, Palo Alto Network''s vulnerability signatures are able to detect SQL-injection attacks that attempt to read or modify a system database using common web hacking techniques (e.g., OWASP top 10). Although there are ways an attacker could leverage web application weaknesses to affect the sensitive data and databases, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1190 attack_object_name: Exploit Public-Facing Application capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops triggers an alert based on suspicious behavior, such as exploitation attempts against web servers and/or applications (e.g., F5 BIG-IP CVE 2020-5902). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/proactive_exploit_detection/big_ip/possible_f5_big_ip_tmui_attack_cve_2020_5902_part_1.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/proactive_exploit_detection/big_ip/possible_f5_big_ip_tmui_attack_cve_2020_5902_part_2.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1190 attack_object_name: Exploit Public-Facing Application capability_description: Identity Aware Proxy capability_group: identity_aware_proxy capability_id: identity_aware_proxy comments: 'When an application or resource is protected by IAP, it can only be accessed through the proxy by principals, also known as users, who have the correct Identity and Access Management (IAM) role. IAP secures authentication and authorization of all requests to App Engine, Cloud Load Balancing (HTTPS), or internal HTTP load balancing. With adversaries that may try to attempt malicious activity via applications, the application Firewalls may be used to limit exposure of applications to prevent exploit traffic from reaching the application.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iap score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1190 attack_object_name: Exploit Public-Facing Application capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: 'Using Web Security Scanner, SCC is able to detect and provide guidance for web application security risks (e.g., Cross-Site Scripting, SQL injection, Server Side Request Forgery, Insecure Deserialization). Adversaries may exploit these web app weaknesses in a cloud-based environment to compromise the underlying instance or container. This technique was graded as significant due to the high detect coverage against varying forms of this attack. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1190 attack_object_name: Exploit Public-Facing Application capability_description: VM Manager capability_group: vm_manager capability_id: vm_manager comments: VM Manager can apply on-demand and scheduled patches via automated patch deployment. This can remediate OS and software vulnerabilities that could otherwise be exploited. Since VM Manager doesn't directly prevent exploitation of active vulnerabilities (including zero day vulnerabilities) this control has resulted in a score of Partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vm-manager score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1190 attack_object_name: Exploit Public-Facing Application capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can segment private resources to further reduce user access and operate in a logically separate hosting environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1195 attack_object_name: Supply Chain Compromise capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based on unusual file write events by 3rd party software, specifically SolarWinds executable. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/file_event/unusual_solarwinds_file_creation__via_filewrite.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/suspicious/unusual_location_svchost_write.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1195.002 attack_object_name: Compromise Software Supply Chain capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on unusual file write events by 3rd party software (e.g., SolarWinds executable ".*\\solarwinds\.businesslayerhost\.exe"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/file_event/unusual_solarwinds_file_creation__via_filewrite.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/security/unusual_solarwinds_child_process__via_cmdline.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1195 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1199 attack_object_name: Trusted Relationship capability_description: Access Transparency capability_group: access_transparency capability_id: access_transparency comments: Access Transparency provides visibility into Google's access to customer data in the form of audit logs which may expose and detect malicious access of customer data and resources by compromised Google personnel accounts. The trusted relationship between Google personnel who administer and allow customers to host their workloads on the cloud may be abused by insider threats or compromise of Google. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/cloud-provider-access-management/access-transparency/docs/overview score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1202 attack_object_name: Indirect Command Execution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious event IDs that indicate adversary''s abuse of Windows system utilities to perform indirect command-line arguments or code execution. For example: malicious usage of bash.exe using Windows sub-system for Linux (e.g., WSL). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/lolbas_wsl_exe__via_cmdline.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1203 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Client Execution capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, it can detect known vulnerabilities in various Linux OS packages. This information can be used to patch, isolate, or remove vulnerable software and machines. This control does not directly protect against exploitation and is not effective against zero day attacks, vulnerabilities with no available patch, and other end-of-life packages. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1203 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Client Execution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on Antivirus notifications that report an exploitation framework (e.g., Metapreter, Metasploit, Powersploit). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/detect_service_creation_by_metasploit_on_victim_machine.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/proxy/exploit_framework_user_agent.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1203 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Client Execution capability_description: VM Manager capability_group: vm_manager capability_id: vm_manager comments: VM Manager can apply on-demand and scheduled patches via automated patch deployment. This can remediate OS and software vulnerabilities that could otherwise be exploited. Since VM Manager doesn't directly prevent exploitation of active vulnerabilities (including zero day vulnerabilities) this control has resulted in a score of Partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vm-manager score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1204 attack_object_name: User Execution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious user\ \ activity (e.g., clicking on a malicious links).\n\nThis technique was scored\ \ as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. \n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/proxy/microsoft_teams_phishing_email.yaral\n\ \nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/detect_possible_execution_of_phishing_attachment.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1204.001 attack_object_name: Malicious Link capability_description: Web Risk capability_group: web_risk capability_id: web_risk comments: 'Web Risk allows client applications to check URLs against Google''s list of unsafe web resources. It also can provide warnings when attempting to access potentially unsafe sites. However, Google cannot guarantee that its information is comprehensive and error-free: some risky sites may not be identified, and some safe sites may be classified in error. This has resulted in an overall score of Partial.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/web-risk/docs/overview related_score: T1204 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1204.002 attack_object_name: Malicious File capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to establish persistence, Palo Alto Network''s antivirus signatures is able to detect malware found in portable document formats (PDF). Although there are ways an attacker could modify the signature and deliver a malicious file, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1204 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1204.003 attack_object_name: Malicious Image capability_description: Binary Authorization capability_group: binary_authorization capability_id: binary_authorization comments: Each image has a signer digitally sign using a private key. At deploy time, the enforcer uses the attester's public key to verify the signature in the attestation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/overview - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/attestations related_score: T1204 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1204.003 attack_object_name: Malicious Image capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to establish persistence, Palo Alto Network''s antivirus signatures is able to detect download attempts or traffic generated from malicious programs designed to mine cryptocurrency without the user''s knowledge. Although there are ways an attacker could modify the attack to avoid detection, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these crypto-mining attacks' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1204 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1204.003 attack_object_name: Malicious Image capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect a potentially malicious binary being executed that was not part of the original container image. Because of the high threat detection coverage and near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1204 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1205 attack_object_name: Traffic Signaling capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block traffic to unused ports from reaching hosts on the network which may help protect against traffic signaling from external systems. This mapping is given a score of partial because the Cloud NGFW does not do anything to protect against traffic signaling among hosts within the network and behind the firewall. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1210 attack_object_name: Exploitation of Remote Services capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, it can detect known vulnerabilities in various Linux OS packages. This information can be used to patch, isolate, or remove vulnerable software and machines. This control does not directly protect against exploitation and is not effective against zero day attacks, vulnerabilities with no available patch, and other end-of-life packages. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1210 attack_object_name: Exploitation of Remote Services capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious system\ \ events IDs (e.g., anonymous users changing machine passwords). \n\nThis technique\ \ was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\ \nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/proactive_exploit_detection/security/anonymous_user_changed_machine_password.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1210 attack_object_name: Exploitation of Remote Services capability_description: VM Manager capability_group: vm_manager capability_id: vm_manager comments: VM Manager can apply on-demand and scheduled patches via automated patch deployment. This can remediate OS and software vulnerabilities that could otherwise be exploited. Since VM Manager doesn't directly prevent exploitation of active vulnerabilities (including zero day vulnerabilities) this control has resulted in a score of Partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vm-manager score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1211 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Defense Evasion capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, it can detect variations to store system packages and images stored in the repository, which adversaries may target to establish persistence while evading cyber defenses. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1211 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Defense Evasion capability_description: VM Manager capability_group: vm_manager capability_id: vm_manager comments: VM Manager can apply on-demand and scheduled patches via automated patch deployment. This can remediate OS and software vulnerabilities that could otherwise be exploited. Since VM Manager doesn't directly prevent exploitation of active vulnerabilities (including zero day vulnerabilities) this control has resulted in a score of Partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vm-manager score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1212 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Credential Access capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops triggers alerts based on credential exploit attempts (e.g., read /dev/cmdb/sslvpn_websession file, this file contains login and passwords in (clear-text)). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/proactive_exploit_detection/webserver/cve_2018_13379_fortigate_ssl_vpn_arbitrary_file_reading.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1212 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Credential Access capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Policy Intelligence role recommendations generated by IAM Recommender help admins remove unwanted access to GCP resources by using machine learning to make smart access control recommendations. With Recommender, security teams can automatically detect overly permissive access and rightsize them based on similar users in the organization and their access patterns. This control may mitigate adversaries that try to perform privilege escalation via permission levels and software exploitation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1212 attack_object_name: Exploitation for Credential Access capability_description: VM Manager capability_group: vm_manager capability_id: vm_manager comments: VM Manager can apply on-demand and scheduled patches via automated patch deployment. This can remediate OS and software vulnerabilities that could otherwise be exploited. Since VM Manager doesn't directly prevent exploitation of active vulnerabilities (including zero day vulnerabilities) this control has resulted in a score of Partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/vm-manager score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1213 attack_object_name: Data from Information Repositories capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: MFA and enforcing the principal of least privilege can be used to control adversaries and possibly hinder them from gaining access to a victim network or a private code repository. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1213.003 attack_object_name: Code Repositories capability_description: Cloud Identity capability_group: cloud_identity capability_id: cloud_identity comments: MFA and enforcing the principal of least privilege can be used to control adversaries and possibly hinder them from gaining access to a victim network or a private code repository. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity related_score: T1213 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1213.003 attack_object_name: Code Repositories capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: Using Web Security Scanner, SCC is able to detect repositories (e.g., Git or SVN) that are exposed to the public. Adversaries may use this lapse in security configuration to collect information about the target. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack this was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1213 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1218 attack_object_name: System Binary Proxy Execution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on attempts to evade defenses, such as: bypass execution of digitally signed binaries. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/mavinject_process_injection.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1218.003 attack_object_name: CMSTP capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert when adversaries attempt to abuse Microsoft''s Connection Manager Profile Installer to proxy the execution of malicious code. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/sysmon/cmstp_exe_execution_detector__sysmon_behavior.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1218 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1218.005 attack_object_name: Mshta capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on using MSHTA to call a remote HTML application on Windows (e.g., "mshta.+http"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1218_005_windows_mshta_remote_usage.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/windows/mshta_spwaned_by_svchost_as_seen_in_lethalhta__sysmon.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1218 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1218.010 attack_object_name: Regsvr32 capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious behavior in Windows with the use of regsvr32.exe and a possible fileless attack via this executable. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/ole_controls_registered_via_regsvr32_exe__sysmon_behavior.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/process_creation/fileless_attack_via_regsvr32_exe.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1218 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1219 attack_object_name: Remote Access Software capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to only allow remote access software from trusted hosts (i.e., only allow remote access traffic from certain hosts). This mapping is given a score of Partial because even though it can restrict remote access software traffic from untrusted hosts, it cannot protect against an adversary using a trusted host that is permitted to use remote access software as part of an attack. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1221 attack_object_name: Template Injection capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to establish persistence, Palo Alto Network''s antivirus signatures is able to detect malware found in executables and Microsoft Office file templates (e.g., DOC, DOCX, RTF, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX). Although there are ways an attacker could modify the known attack signature to avoid detection, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1222 attack_object_name: File and Directory Permissions Modification capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions/attributes to evade access control lists (ACLs) and access protected files. Enforcing the principle of least privilege through Policy Intelligence role recommendations generated by IAM Recommender help admins identify and remove excess permissions from users' principals, improving their resources' security configurations. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1484 attack_object_name: Domain or Tenant Policy Modification capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious\ \ system events, such as modifications to Windows password policies (event ID\ \ 643 or 4739). \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain\ \ detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/detect_windows_password_policy_changes.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1484 attack_object_name: Domain or Tenant Policy Modification capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC ingests admin activity from Cloud Audit logs to detect when an external member is added to a privileged group with sensitive permissions or roles. This security solution protects against adversary created accounts used to establish or maintain persistence. Because of the temporal factor to detect this attack, the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1485 attack_object_name: Data Destruction capability_description: Backup and DR-Actifio GO capability_group: backup_and_dr_actifiogo capability_id: backup_and_dr_actifiogo comments: Backup and DR-Actifio GO is a copy data management plaform that virtualizes application data to improve an organizations resiliency and cloud mobility. This capability allows an organization to take regular backups and provides several methods of restoring applications and/or VM data to a previous state. This provides significant ability to respond to a Data Destruction event since an organization could easily restore lost data back to the latest backup. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/cbb - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery score_category: respond score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1486 attack_object_name: Data Encrypted for Impact capability_description: Backup and DR-Actifio GO capability_group: backup_and_dr_actifiogo capability_id: backup_and_dr_actifiogo comments: Backup and DR-Actifio GO is a copy data management plaform that virtualizes application data to improve an organizations resiliency and cloud mobility. This capability allows an organization to take regular backups and provides several methods of restoring applications and/or VM data to a previous state. This provides significant ability to respond to an adversary maliciously encrypting system data since an organization could restore data back to the latest backup. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/cbb - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery score_category: respond score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1486 attack_object_name: Data Encrypted for Impact capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious events related to ransomware campaigns (e.g., $selection.target.file.md5 = "0c3ef20ede53efbe5eebca50171a589731a17037147102838bdb4a41c33f94e5"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/sysmon/darkgate_cryptocurrency_mining_and_ransomware_campaign__sysmon.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/windows/formbook_malware__sysmon.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1490 attack_object_name: Inhibit System Recovery capability_description: Backup and DR-Actifio GO capability_group: backup_and_dr_actifiogo capability_id: backup_and_dr_actifiogo comments: Backup and DR-Actifio GO is a copy data management plaform that virtualizes application data to improve an organizations resiliency and cloud mobility. This capability allows an organization to take regular backups and provides several methods of restoring applications and/or VM data to a previous state. This provides significant ability to respond to an adversary deleting or removing built-in operating system data and services since an organization could restore system and services back to the latest backup. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/cbb - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery score_category: respond score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1491 attack_object_name: Defacement capability_description: Backup and DR-Actifio GO capability_group: backup_and_dr_actifiogo capability_id: backup_and_dr_actifiogo comments: Backup and DR-Actifio GO is a copy data management plaform that virtualizes application data to improve an organizations resiliency and cloud mobility. This capability allows an organization to take regular backups and provides several methods of restoring applications and/or VM data to a previous state. This provides significant ability to respond to Defacement since an organization could easily restore defaced images back to the latest backup. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/cbb - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery score_category: respond score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1495 attack_object_name: Firmware Corruption capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious logs that could indicate tampering with the component''s firmware (e.g., detects driver load from a temporary directory). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/suspicious_driver_load_from_temp.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1496 attack_object_name: Resource Hijacking capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC detect compromised hosts that attempt to connect to known malicious crypto-mining domains and IP addresses. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1497 attack_object_name: Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious system events that may indicate an adversary''s attempt to check for the presence of security tools (e.g., Sysinternals). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/usage_of_sysinternals_tools.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1498 attack_object_name: Network Denial of Service capability_description: Cloud Armor capability_group: cloud_armor capability_id: cloud_armor comments: Google Cloud Armor provides always-on DDoS protection against network or protocol-based volumetric DDoS attacks. It allows users to allow/deny traffic at the Google Cloud edge, closest to the source of traffic. This prevents unwelcome traffic from consuming resources. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/armor score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1498 attack_object_name: Network Denial of Service capability_description: Cloud CDN capability_group: cloud_cdn capability_id: cloud_cdn comments: 'Cloud CDN acts as a proxy between clients and origin servers. Cloud CDN can distribute requests for cacheable content across multiple points-of-presence (POPs), thereby providing a larger set of locations to absorb a DOS attack. However, Cloud CDN doesn''t provide protection against DOS attacks for uncached content.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/cdn/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1498 attack_object_name: Network Denial of Service capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block the sources of smaller-scale network denial of service attacks. While Cloud NGFW support both sub-techniques (2 of 2), this mapping is given a score of Minimal because often times it is necessary to block the traffic at an Internet Service Provider or Content Provider Network level. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1499 attack_object_name: Endpoint Denial of Service capability_description: Cloud Armor capability_group: cloud_armor capability_id: cloud_armor comments: Google Cloud Armor provides always-on DDoS protection against network or protocol-based volumetric DDoS attacks. It allows users to allow/deny traffic at the Google Cloud edge, closest to the source of traffic. This prevents unwelcome traffic from consuming resources. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/armor score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1499 attack_object_name: Endpoint Denial of Service capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to affect availability and deprive legitimate user access, Palo Alto Network''s vulnerability signatures are able to detect denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that attempt to render a target system unavailable by flooding the resources with traffic. This technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against a variety of denial-of-service attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1499 attack_object_name: Endpoint Denial of Service capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block adversaries from carrying out denial of service attacks by implementing restrictions on which IP addresses and domains can access the resources (e.g., allow lists) as well as which protocol traffic is permitted. That is, Cloud NGFW could block the source of the denial-of-service attack. This mapping is given a score of Partial because it only supports a subset of the sub-techniques (3 of 4) and because the source of the attack would have to be known before rules could be put in place to protect against it. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1499.003 attack_object_name: Application Exhaustion Flood capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to affect availability and deprive legitimate user access, Palo Alto Network''s vulnerability signatures are able to detect denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that attempt to crash a target system by flooding it with application traffic. This technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against variations of these cyber-attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1499 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1505 attack_object_name: Server Software Component capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based off suspicious events and command line arguments that could indicate an adversary tampering with system components. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/sysmon/detection_of_com_hijacking.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1505.001 attack_object_name: SQL Stored Procedures capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC ingests MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQL Server data access logs to track cloud sql instances that are backed-up outside the organization. This security solution detects potential database exfiltration attacks that were attempted and completed to an external resource. Because of the near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1505 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1505.003 attack_object_name: Web Shell capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to establish persistence, Palo Alto Network''s threat signatures is able to detect programs that use an internet connection to provide remote access to a compromised internal system. Although there are multiple ways an attacker could establish unauthorized remote access to a compromised system, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against variations of these cyber-attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1505 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1505.003 attack_object_name: Web Shell capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops triggers an alert based on webshell connections which\ \ are used to establish persistent access to a compromised machine [backdoor].\ \ \n\nFor example: Detect webshell dropped into a keystore folder on the WebLogic\ \ server (`.*/config/keystore/.*\\.js.*).\n\nThis technique was scored as minimal\ \ based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/proactive_exploit_detection/webserver/oracle_weblogic_exploit.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1505 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1505.003 attack_object_name: Web Shell capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect attackers communicating with a compromised workload from a remote system (e.g., "web shell"). Because of the high threat detection coverage and near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1505 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1525 attack_object_name: Implant Internal Image capability_description: Binary Authorization capability_group: binary_authorization capability_id: binary_authorization comments: Each image has a signer digitally sign using a private key. At deploy time, the enforcer uses the attester's public key to verify the signature in the attestation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/overview - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/attestations score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1525 attack_object_name: Implant Internal Image capability_description: GKE Enterprise capability_group: gke_enterprise capability_id: gke_enterprise comments: 'GKE Enterprise incorporates the Anthos Config Management feature to prevent configuration drift with continuous monitoring of your cluster state, using the declarative model to apply policies that enforce compliance. This control can periodically check the integrity of images and containers used in cloud deployments to ensure that adversaries cannot implant malicious code to gain access to an environment. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1525 attack_object_name: Implant Internal Image capability_description: Google Kubernetes Engine capability_group: google_kubernetes_engine capability_id: google_kubernetes_engine comments: After scanning for vulnerabilities, this control may alert personnel of tampered container images that could be running in a Kubernetes cluster. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/access-control - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cis-benchmarks#how_to_audit_benchmarks score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1525 attack_object_name: Implant Internal Image capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect modifications that were not not part of the original container image. Because of the high threat detection coverage and near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1528 attack_object_name: Steal Application Access Token capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: Provides protection against attackers stealing application access tokens if they are stored within Cloud KMS. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1528 attack_object_name: Steal Application Access Token capability_description: Identity Aware Proxy capability_group: identity_aware_proxy capability_id: identity_aware_proxy comments: This control may mitigate application access token theft if the application is configured to retrieve temporary security credentials using an IAM role. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iap score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1528 attack_object_name: Steal Application Access Token capability_description: Identity Aware Proxy capability_group: identity_aware_proxy capability_id: identity_aware_proxy comments: Control can detect potentially malicious applications mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iap score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1528 attack_object_name: Steal Application Access Token capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform integrates tightly with Google Cloud services, and it leverages industry standards like OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, so it can be easily integrated with your custom backend. This control may mitigate application access token theft if the application is configured to retrieve temporary security credentials using an IAM role. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1528 attack_object_name: Steal Application Access Token capability_description: Secret Manager capability_group: secret_manager capability_id: secret_manager comments: 'This control can provide protection against attackers stealing application access tokens if they are stored within Secret Manager. Secret Manager significantly raises the bar for access of stored tokens by requiring legitimate credentials with proper authorization. Applications may have to be modified to take advantage of Secret Manager and may not always be possible to utilize. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: Access Transparency capability_group: access_transparency capability_id: access_transparency comments: Access Transparency provides visibility into Google's access to customer data in the form of audit logs. This may expose and detect malicious access of data from cloud storage by compromised Google personnel accounts. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/cloud-provider-access-management/access-transparency/docs/overview score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Restricting access via MFA provides significant protection against adversaries accessing data objects from cloud storage. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium Access Context Manager allows organizations to manage and control access to sensitive content and applications based on user identity, device context, and other factors, essentially acting as a cloud-based content access manager with granular control capabilities. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block adversaries from accessing resources such as cloud storage objects by implementing restrictions on which IP addresses and domains can access the resources (e.g., allow lists). However, since cloud storage objects are located outside the virtual private cloud where Cloud NGFW protect, the mapping is only given a score of Partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: Cloud Storage capability_group: cloud_storage capability_id: cloud_storage comments: The cloud service provider's default encryption setting for data stored and written to disk in the cloud may protect against adversary's attempt to access data from improperly secured cloud storage. This technique was rated as significant due to the high protect coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption - https://cloud.google.com/storage score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert to notify personnel of\ \ GCP resources (e.g., storage buckets) that are publicly accessible to unauthenticated\ \ users. \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection\ \ coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/main/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_gcs_public_accessible.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Policy Intelligence role recommendations generated by IAM Recommender can compare the permissions that each principal used during the past 90 days with the total permissions the principal has. This can be used to limit the permissions associated with creating and modifying platform images or containers that adversaries may try to access. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Adversaries may attempt to implant cloud or container images with malicious code to gain access to an environment. The IAM audit logs can be used to receive data access and activity logs who has accessed to certain resources. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC detect suspicious activity when accessing cloud storage objects (e.g., new IPs accessing storage objects or enumeration from unfamiliar user identities). Because of the real time temporal factor when detecting access to secure storage objects this control was graded as partial. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: 'Sensitive Data Protection ' capability_group: sensitive_data_protection capability_id: sensitive_data_protection comments: 'This control is able to scan cloud storage objects for sensitive data and transform that data into a secure or nonsensitive form. It is able to scan for a variety of common sensitive data types, such as API keys, credentials, or credit card numbers. This control is able to be scheduled daily, weekly, etc and can scan new changes to data. This control is able to scan Google Cloud Storage, BigQuery tables, and Datastore. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/sensitive-data-protection/docs score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1530 attack_object_name: Data from Cloud Storage capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: 'This control may mitigate against access to cloud storage objects by limiting access to accounts and services contained within the VPC network perimeter that contains those cloud storage objects. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1537 attack_object_name: Transfer Data to Cloud Account capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: 'This control may mitigate against exfiltration attempts to external cloud accounts by limiting egress of data from accounts and services contained within the VPC network perimeter. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1538 attack_object_name: Cloud Service Dashboard capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: This control may limit the number of users that have privileges to discover cloud infrastructure and may limit the discovery value of the dashboard in the event of a compromised account. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1542 attack_object_name: Pre-OS Boot capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block traffic over known TFTP ports. This mapping is given a score of Minimal because Cloud NGFW only support a subset of sub-techniques (1 of 5) and don't do anything to protect against TFTP booting among hosts within the network and behind the firewall. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1542 attack_object_name: Pre-OS Boot capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect when secure boot is not enabled. Adversaries may use this weakness to abuse pre-boot mechanisms and persist on compromised systems. This technique was graded as significant due to the high detect coverage and near real-time temporal factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1542 attack_object_name: Pre-OS Boot capability_description: Shielded VM capability_group: shielded_vm capability_id: shielded_vm comments: 'This control is able to mitigate malicious modification of any portion of the pre-os boot process through a combination of Secure Boot to verify signatures of firmware, Measured Boot to establish a known good boot baseline, and Integrity Monitoring to measure subsequent boots to previously established baselines. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/shielded-vm/docs/shielded-vm score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1542.003 attack_object_name: Bootkit capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect when secure boot is not enabled. Adversaries may use this weakness to abuse pre-boot mechanisms and persist on compromised systems (e.g., bootkit). This technique was graded as significant due to the high detect coverage and near real-time temporal factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1542 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1543 attack_object_name: Create or Modify System Process capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on creation or modification to system-level processes on Windows machines. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_process_creation.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1543.001 attack_object_name: Launch Agent capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on property list files scheduled to automatically execute upon startup on macOS platforms (e.g., "`/Library/LaunchAgents/`"). https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1543_001_macos_launch_agent.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1543 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1543.003 attack_object_name: Windows Service capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on system process\ \ modifications to existing Windows services which could indicate a malicious\ \ payload (e.g., \"C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\sc.exe\", \"C:\\\\Windows\\\\\ System32\\\\cmd.exe\"). \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low\ \ or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/underminer_exploit_kit_delivers_malware.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1543 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1543.004 attack_object_name: Launch Daemon capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on plist files scheduled to automatically execute upon startup on macOS platforms (e.g., "/Library/LaunchDaemons/"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1543_004_macos_launch_daemon.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1543 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1546 attack_object_name: Event Triggered Execution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on manipulation of default programs. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1546_001_windows_change_default_file_association.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1546.001 attack_object_name: Change Default File Association capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on manipulation of default programs used for a given extension found on Windows platforms (e.g., "cmd\.exe /c assoc"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1546_001_windows_change_default_file_association.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1546 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1546.003 attack_object_name: Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on suspicious events used by adversary''s to establish persistence using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) command-line events (e.g. "C:\\Windows\\System32\\wbem\\WmiPrvSE.exe"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/wmi_spawning_windows_powershell.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1546 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1546.006 attack_object_name: LC_LOAD_DYLIB Addition capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to execute malicious content and establish persistence, Palo Alto Network''s antivirus signatures is able to detect malicious content found in Mach object files (Mach-O). These are used by the adversary to load and execute malicious dynamic libraries after the binary is executed. This technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against variations of these cyber-attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1546 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1546.007 attack_object_name: Netsh Helper DLL capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to generate alerts based off suspicious events, for example: execution of arbitrary code triggered by Netsh Helper DLLs (Netshell (Netsh.exe)). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/possible_system_network_configuration_discovery__sysmon_windows_logs.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1546 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1546.008 attack_object_name: Accessibility Features capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based off suspicious system processes that indicate usage and installation of a backdoor using built-in tools that are accessible from the login screen (e.g., sticky-keys attack). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/sticky_key_like_backdoor_usage.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1546 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1547 attack_object_name: Boot or Logon Autostart Execution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on creation or changes of registry keys and run keys found on Windows platforms. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1547_001_windows_registry_run_keys_startup_folder.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1547.001 attack_object_name: Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on creation or changes of registry keys and run keys on Windows platforms (e.g., ""REGISTRY_MODIFICATION", ""REGISTRY_CREATION"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1547_001_windows_registry_run_keys_startup_folder.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/sysmon/suspicious_run_key_from_download.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1547 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1548 attack_object_name: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on Custom Role\ \ changes. \nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection\ \ coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_custom_role_changes.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1548.002 attack_object_name: Bypass User Account Control capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on system-level processes and other modifications to MacOS platforms (e.g., "FILE_MODIFICATION", "chflags hidden"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/mitre_attack/T1564_001_macos_hidden_files_and_directories.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1548 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1548.002 attack_object_name: Bypass User Account Control capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Adversaries may bypass UAC mechanisms to elevate process privileges. This control can be used to help enforce least privilege principals to ensure that permission levels are properly managed. Along with this, Policy Analyzer lets users know what principals have access to resources based on its corresponding IAM allow policies. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence related_score: T1548 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1550 attack_object_name: Use Alternate Authentication Material capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: ' This control may mitigate application access token theft if the application is configured to retrieve temporary security credentials using an IAM role. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1550.001 attack_object_name: Application Access Token capability_description: Identity Aware Proxy capability_group: identity_aware_proxy capability_id: identity_aware_proxy comments: 'This control may mitigate or prevent stolen application access tokens from occurring. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iap related_score: T1550 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1550.001 attack_object_name: Application Access Token capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: ' This control may mitigate application access token theft if the application is configured to retrieve temporary security credentials using an IAM role. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1550 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1552 attack_object_name: Unsecured Credentials capability_description: Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) capability_group: cloud_hsm capability_id: cloud_hsm comments: Google Cloud's HSM may protect against adversary's attempts to leverage unsecured credentials found on compromised systems. Variations of this technique are difficult to mitigate, so a partial score was granted for this control's medium to high coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1552 attack_object_name: Unsecured Credentials capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: Cloud Key Management Service allows you to create, import, and manage cryptographic keys and perform cryptographic operations in a single centralized cloud service. Unsecured Credentials can be moved to the Cloud Key Management Service to protect from being stolen or abused. Since this service does not actually identify credentials that are currently insecure the score is low. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1552 attack_object_name: Unsecured Credentials capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops detects an attempt to scan registry hives for unsecured passwords. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/process_creation/t1214___credentials_in_registry.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1552 attack_object_name: Unsecured Credentials capability_description: Secret Manager capability_group: secret_manager capability_id: secret_manager comments: 'This control provides a central, secure location for storage of credentials to reduce the possibility of attackers discovering unsecured credentials. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1552.001 attack_object_name: Credentials In Files capability_description: Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) capability_group: cloud_hsm capability_id: cloud_hsm comments: Google Cloud's HSM may protect against adversary's attempts to leverage passwords and unsecure credentials found in files on compromised systems.Variations of this technique are difficult to mitigate, so a partial score was granted for this control's medium to high coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1552.001 attack_object_name: Credentials In Files capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: This control's protection is specific to a minority of this technique's sub-techniques and procedure examples resulting in a Minimal Coverage score and consequently an overall score of Minimal. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1552.004 attack_object_name: Private Keys capability_description: Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) capability_group: cloud_hsm capability_id: cloud_hsm comments: Google Cloud's HSM may protect against adversary's attempts to compromise private key certificate files (e.g., .key, .pgp, .ppk, .p12). Variations of this technique are difficult to mitigate, so a partial score was granted for this control's medium to high coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1552.004 attack_object_name: Private Keys capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: ' This control''s protection is specific to a minority of this technique''s sub-techniques and procedure examples resulting in a Minimal Coverage score and consequently an overall score of Minimal.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1552.005 attack_object_name: Cloud Instance Metadata API capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: ' This control''s protection is specific to a minority of this technique''s sub-techniques and procedure examples resulting in a Minimal Coverage score and consequently an overall score of Minimal.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1552.007 attack_object_name: Container API capability_description: GKE Enterprise capability_group: gke_enterprise capability_id: gke_enterprise comments: Adversaries may gather credentials via APIs within a containers environment. APIs in these environments, such as the Docker API and Kubernetes APIs. GKE Enterprise incorporates the Anthos Config Management feature to manage configuration for any Kubernetes API, including policies for the Istio service mesh, resource quotas, and access control policies. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1552.007 attack_object_name: Container API capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: To control access to resources, GCP requires that accounts making API requests have appropriate IAM roles. IAM roles include permissions that allow users to perform specific actions on Google Cloud resources. This control may mitigate adversaries that gather credentials via APIs within a containers environment. Since this covers only one of the sub-techniques, it is given a Minimal scoring. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1552.007 attack_object_name: Container API capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can segment private resources to provide access based on user identity or organizational ingress/egress policies (e.g., instance, subnet). mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs related_score: T1552 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1553 attack_object_name: Subvert Trust Controls capability_description: Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) capability_group: cloud_hsm capability_id: cloud_hsm comments: Google Cloud's HSM may protect against adversary's attempts to undermine trusted controls and conduct nefarious activity or execute malicious programs. Variations of this technique are difficult to mitigate, so a partial score was granted for this control's medium to high coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1553 attack_object_name: Subvert Trust Controls capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: Protects against trust mechanisms and stealing of code signing certificates mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1554 attack_object_name: Compromise Host Software Binary capability_description: Binary Authorization capability_group: binary_authorization capability_id: binary_authorization comments: Each image has a signer digitally sign using a private key. At deploy time, the enforcer uses the attester's public key to verify the signature in the attestation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/overview - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/attestations score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1555 attack_object_name: Credentials from Password Stores capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: This control manages symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic keys for cloud services and protects against stealing credentials, certificates, keys from the organization. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1555 attack_object_name: Credentials from Password Stores capability_description: Secret Manager capability_group: secret_manager capability_id: secret_manager comments: This control may provide a more secure location for storing passwords. If an cloud user account, endpoint, or application is compromised, they may have limited access to passwords stored in Secret Manager. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1556 attack_object_name: Modify Authentication Process capability_description: Advanced Protection Program capability_group: advanced_protection_program capability_id: advanced_protection_program comments: 'Advanced Protection Program enables the use of a security key for multi-factor authentication. Integrating multi-factor authentication as part of organizational policy can greatly reduce the risk of an adversary gaining control of valid credentials that may be used for additional tactics such as initial access, lateral movement, and collecting information. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1556 attack_object_name: Modify Authentication Process capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: ' Identity Platform lets you add Google-grade authentication to your apps and services, making it easier to secure user accounts and securely managing credentials. MFA can be used to restrict access to cloud resources and APIs and provide protection against an adversaries that try to access user credentials. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1557 attack_object_name: Adversary-in-the-Middle capability_description: Cloud VPN capability_group: cloud_vpn capability_id: cloud_vpn comments: 'Cloud VPN enables traffic traveling between the two networks, and it is encrypted by one VPN gateway and then decrypted by the other VPN gateway. This action protects users'' data as it travels over the internet. This control may prevent adversaries from attempting to position themselves between two or more networks and modify traffic. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/concepts/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1557 attack_object_name: Adversary-in-the-Middle capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeter mitigates the impact from Adversary-in-the-Middle by creating virtual segmentation that limits the data and information broadcast on the network. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1557.002 attack_object_name: ARP Cache Poisoning capability_description: Cloud VPN capability_group: cloud_vpn capability_id: cloud_vpn comments: 'Cloud VPN enables traffic traveling between the two networks, and it is encrypted by one VPN gateway and then decrypted by the other VPN gateway. This action protects users'' data as it travels over the internet. This control may prevent adversaries from attempting to position themselves between two or more networks and modify traffic. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/concepts/overview related_score: T1557 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1560 attack_object_name: Archive Collected Data capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops triggers an alert based on adversary indicators of compromise seen when encrypting or compressing data before exfiltration. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/tree/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1561 attack_object_name: Disk Wipe capability_description: Backup and DR-Actifio GO capability_group: backup_and_dr_actifiogo capability_id: backup_and_dr_actifiogo comments: Backup and DR-Actifio GO is a copy data management plaform that virtualizes application data to improve an organizations resiliency and cloud mobility. This capability allows an organization to take regular backups and provides several methods of restoring applications and/or VM data to a previous state. This provides significant ability to respond to a Disk Wipe since an organization could restore wiped data back to the latest backup. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/cbb - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery score_category: respond score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1562 attack_object_name: Impair Defenses capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform provides Admin APIs to manage users and authentication tokens. To prevent unwanted access to your users and tokens through these APIs, Identity Platform leverages IAM to manage permission to specific Identity Platform APIs. This control will ensure proper process and file permissions are in place to prevent adversaries from disabling or interfering with security/logging services. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1562 attack_object_name: Impair Defenses capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Adversaries that try to disable cloud logging capabilities have the advantage to limit the amount of the data that can be collected and can possibly control not being detected. This control may be used to ensure that permissions are in place to prevent adversaries from disabling or interfering with security/logging services. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1562 attack_object_name: Impair Defenses capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: An adversary may disable cloud logging capabilities and integrations to limit what data is collected on their activities and avoid detection. GCP allows configuration of account policies to enable logging and IAM permissions and roles to determine your ability to access audit logs data in Google Cloud resources. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1562 attack_object_name: Impair Defenses capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC ingests VPC Audit logs to detect changes which would lead to changes in the security posture. This security solution protects against network modifications that are used to reduce the security perimeter, disable logs, and evade cyber-defense of a target environment. Because of the near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1562.001 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify Tools capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: This control adopts the security principle of least privilege, which grants necessary access to user's resources when justified and needed. This control manages access control and ensures proper user permissions are in place to prevent adversaries that try to modify and/or disable security tools. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1562 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1562.002 attack_object_name: Disable Windows Event Logging capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: 'This control adopts the security principle of least privilege, which grants necessary access to user''s resources when justified and needed. This control manages access control and ensures proper user permissions are in place to prevent adversaries that try to interfere with logging. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1562 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1562.004 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify System Firewall capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on processes, such\ \ as VPC Network Firewall rule changes. \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal\ \ based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_firewall_rule_changes.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1562 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1562.007 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: 'This control adopts the security principle of least privilege, which grants necessary access to user''s resources when justified and needed. This control manages access control and ensures proper user permissions are in place to prevent adversaries that try to modify and/or disable firewall. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1562 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1562.007 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: An adversary may disable cloud logging capabilities and integrations to limit what data is collected on their activities and avoid detection. GCP allows configuration of account policies to enable logging and IAM permissions and roles to determine your ability to access audit logs data in Google Cloud resources. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1562 score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1562.007 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC is able to detect changes to VPC service controls that could modify and reduced the secured perimeter. This security solution protects against modifications that could lead to a lower security posture and defense evasion. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1562 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1562.008 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify Cloud Logs capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform provides Admin APIs to manage users and authentication tokens. To prevent unwanted access to your users and tokens through these APIs, Identity Platform leverages IAM to manage permission to specific Identity Platform APIs. This control will ensure proper process and file permissions are in place to prevent adversaries from disabling or interfering with security/logging services. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts related_score: T1562 score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1562.008 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify Cloud Logs capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Adversaries that try to disable cloud logging capabilities have the advantage to limit the amount of the data that can be collected and can possibly control not being detected. This control may be used to routinely check role account permissions in IAM audit logs. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence related_score: T1562 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1562.008 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify Cloud Logs capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: 'This control adopts the security principle of least privilege, which grants necessary access to user''s resources when justified and needed. This control manages access control and ensures proper user permissions are in place to prevent adversaries that try to modify and/or disable cloud logging capabilities. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy related_score: T1562 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1562.008 attack_object_name: Disable or Modify Cloud Logs capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC detect changes to the configuration which would lead to disable logging on an instance or container. This security solution protects against system modifications used to remove evidence and evade defenses. Because of the near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1562 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1564 attack_object_name: Hide Artifacts capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on processes, such as hidden artifacts. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/abusing_attrib_exe_to_change_file_attributes.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/hiding_files_with_attrib_exe.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1564.001 attack_object_name: Hidden Files and Directories capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on processes, such as manually setting a file to set a file as a system file on Windows (e.g., "attrib\.exe \+s") setting a file to hidden on Windows platforms (e.g., "attrib\.exe \+h"), or on macOS (e.g., "setfile -a V" or "chflags hidden"). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/hiding_files_with_attrib_exe.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1564 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1565 attack_object_name: Data Manipulation capability_description: Backup and DR-Actifio GO capability_group: backup_and_dr_actifiogo capability_id: backup_and_dr_actifiogo comments: Backup and DR-Actifio GO is a copy data management plaform that virtualizes application data to improve an organizations resiliency and cloud mobility. This capability allows an organization to take regular backups and provides several methods of restoring applications and/or VM data to a previous state. This provides significant ability to respond to Data Manipulation since an organization could restore manipulated data back to the latest backup. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/configuration/cbb - https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery score_category: respond score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1565 attack_object_name: Data Manipulation capability_description: Cloud VPN capability_group: cloud_vpn capability_id: cloud_vpn comments: 'This control provides protection against data from being manipulated by adversaries through target applications by encrypting important information. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/concepts/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1565.001 attack_object_name: Stored Data Manipulation capability_description: Cloud Storage capability_group: cloud_storage capability_id: cloud_storage comments: The cloud service provider's default encryption setting for data stored and written to disk in the cloud may protect against adversary's attempt to manipulate customer data-at-rest. This technique was rated as significant due to the high protect coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption - https://cloud.google.com/storage related_score: T1565 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1565.002 attack_object_name: Transmitted Data Manipulation capability_description: Cloud VPN capability_group: cloud_vpn capability_id: cloud_vpn comments: 'This control provides protection against data from being manipulated by adversaries through target applications by encrypting important information. Since this control only provides protection against data in transit, it received a partial score. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/concepts/overview related_score: T1565 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1565.003 attack_object_name: Runtime Data Manipulation capability_description: Confidential VM capability_group: confidential_vm capability_id: confidential_vm comments: Confidential VM main memory encryption is performed using dedicated hardware within the memory controllers. Each controller includes a high-performance Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) engine. The AES engine encrypts data as it is written to DRAM or shared between sockets, and decrypts it when data is read. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/compute/confidential-vm/docs/about-cvm#security_and_privacy_features related_score: T1565 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1566 attack_object_name: Phishing capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium provides advanced protection against phishing attacks in the cloud by offering robust features like data loss prevention (DLP) controls, advanced malware and phishing detection, and real-time threat analysis, essentially safeguarding sensitive data and preventing users from accessing malicious websites even when accessing the web from anywhere, including in a cloud environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1566 attack_object_name: Phishing capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium can help identify and block malicious websites that might be phishing attempts through integrated data loss prevention (DLP) controls, advanced malware and phishing detection, and real-time threat analysis, essentially safeguarding sensitive data and preventing users from accessing malicious websites even when accessing the web from anywhere, including in a cloud environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1566 attack_object_name: Phishing capability_description: Titan Security Key capability_group: titan_security_key capability_id: titan_security_key comments: This control is able to mitigate against a variety of phishing attacks by requiring an additional key for authentication outside of the user's password. Compared to other forms of 2-factor authentication, this control will not allow for authentication to an illegitimate service or website as the key can not be transmitted from the hardware device to any other device. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/titan-security-key#section-3 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1566 attack_object_name: Phishing capability_description: Virus Total capability_group: virus_total capability_id: virus_total comments: 'VirusTotal, now part of Google Cloud, provides threat context and reputation data to help analyze suspicious files, URLs, domains, and IP addresses to detect cybersecurity threats. This control can help mitigate adversaries that try to send malware via emails using malicious links or attachments. The malware-scanner service scans the uploaded document for malware. If the document is infected, the service moves it to a quarantined bucket; otherwise the document is moved into another bucket that holds uninfected scanned documents.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/architecture/automating-malware-scanning-for-documents-uploaded-to-cloud-storage - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/investigation/view-virustotal-information - https://assets.virustotal.com/vt-360-outcomes.pdf score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1566 attack_object_name: Phishing capability_description: Web Risk capability_group: web_risk capability_id: web_risk comments: 'Web Risk allows client applications to check URLs against Google''s list of unsafe web resources. It also can provide warnings when attempting to access potentially unsafe sites. However, Google cannot guarantee that its information is comprehensive and error-free: some risky sites may not be identified, and some safe sites may be classified in error. This has resulted in an overall score of Partial.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/web-risk/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1566.001 attack_object_name: Spearphishing Attachment capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium can help identify and block malicious websites that might be phishing attempts through integrated data loss prevention (DLP) controls, advanced malware and phishing detection, and real-time threat analysis, essentially safeguarding sensitive data and preventing users from accessing malicious websites even when accessing the web from anywhere, including in a cloud environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview related_score: T1566 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1566.001 attack_object_name: Spearphishing Attachment capability_description: Virus Total capability_group: virus_total capability_id: virus_total comments: 'VirusTotal, now part of Google Cloud, provides threat context and reputation data to help analyze suspicious files, URLs, domains, and IP addresses to detect cybersecurity threats. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/architecture/automating-malware-scanning-for-documents-uploaded-to-cloud-storage - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/investigation/view-virustotal-information - https://assets.virustotal.com/vt-360-outcomes.pdf related_score: T1566 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1566.002 attack_object_name: Spearphishing Link capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to gain access to a system, Palo Alto Network''s vulnerability signatures are able to detect when a user attempts to connect to a malicious site with a phishing kit landing page. Although there are other ways an adversary could attempt a phishing attack, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against variations of these cyber-attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1566 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1566.002 attack_object_name: Spearphishing Link capability_description: Virus Total capability_group: virus_total capability_id: virus_total comments: VirusTotal, now part of Google Cloud, provides threat context and reputation data to help analyze suspicious files, URLs, domains, and IP addresses to detect cybersecurity threats. This control can help mitigate adversaries sending malware through spearphishing emails. The malware-scanner service scans the uploaded document for malware. If the document is infected, the service moves it to a quarantined bucket; otherwise the document is moved into another bucket that holds uninfected scanned documents. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/architecture/automating-malware-scanning-for-documents-uploaded-to-cloud-storage - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/investigation/view-virustotal-information - https://assets.virustotal.com/vt-360-outcomes.pdf related_score: T1566 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1567 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Web Service capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium provides Data Loss Prevention (DLP) features that can detect and block sensitive data for files that are uploaded and downloaded and for content that is pasted or dragged and dropped via the Chrome browser. This can provide protection against adversaries that may try to steal data over network protocols. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1567 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Web Service capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to compromise sensitive data, Palo Alto Network''s spyware signatures is able to detect data exfiltration attempts over command and control communications (e.g., WebShell). Although there are ways an attacker could exfiltrate data from a compromised system, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1567 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Web Service capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC ingests BigQueryAudit data access logs used to track sensitive data that is saved outside of an organization or attempts to access protected resources. This security solution detects exfiltration attacks that were attempted and completed to an external or public resource. Because of the near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1567 attack_object_name: Exfiltration Over Web Service capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: This control is able to mitigate against exfiltration of data over a web service. Data contained within a VPC network perimeter can not be moved to a Google cloud resource or service outside of the perimeter but may be moved to third party services or storage. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1567.002 attack_object_name: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage capability_description: Chrome Enterprise Premium capability_group: chrome_enterprise_premium capability_id: chrome_enterprise_premium comments: Chrome Enterprise Premium provides Data Loss Prevention (DLP) features that can detect and block sensitive data for files that are uploaded and downloaded and for content that is pasted or dragged and dropped via the Chrome browser. This can provide protection against adversaries that may try to steal data over network protocols. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp-enterprise/docs/overview related_score: T1567 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1567.002 attack_object_name: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage capability_description: Cloud Endpoints capability_group: cloud_endpoints capability_id: cloud_endpoints comments: Cloud Endpoints can place restrictions on which apps can be installed and accessed on enrolled devices, preventing exfiltration of sensitive information from compromised endpoints to cloud storage. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs - https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/frameworks/python/migrating - https://support.google.com/a/answer/1734200 related_score: T1567 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1567.002 attack_object_name: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage capability_description: Cloud IDS capability_group: cloud_ids capability_id: cloud_ids comments: 'Often used by adversaries to compromise sensitive data, Palo Alto Network''s spyware signatures is able to detect data exfiltration attempts over command and control communications (e.g., WebShell). Although there are multiple ways an attacker could exfiltrate data from a compromised system, this technique was scored as significant based on Palo Alto Network''s advanced threat detection technology which constantly updates to detect against the latest known variations of these attacks.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/intrusion-detection-system - https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-0/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/threat-signatures related_score: T1567 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1567.002 attack_object_name: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC ingests BigQueryAudit data access logs used to track sensitive data that is saved to a cloud storage (e.g., Google Drive). This security solution detects exfiltration attacks that were attempted and completed to an external or public resource. Because of the near-real time temporal factor this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1567 score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1569 attack_object_name: System Services capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based off command-line\ \ arguments and suspicious system process that could indicate abuse of system\ \ services. \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain\ \ detection coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/suspicious_calculator_usage.yaral\n\ \nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/abusing_attrib_exe_to_change_file_attributes.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1569.002 attack_object_name: Service Execution capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: "Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based off command-line\ \ arguments and suspicious system process that could indicate abuse of Windows\ \ system service to execute malicious commands or code (e.g., \"*\\\\execute\\\ .bat\"). \n\nThis technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection\ \ coverage factor.\n\nhttps://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/smbexec_py_service_installation.yaral" mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1569 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1570 attack_object_name: Lateral Tool Transfer capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can segment private resources to deny ingress and egress traffic based on organizational policies. Because this tool does not prevent attacks from valid accounts or compromised machines, it was scored as minimal. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1571 attack_object_name: Non-Standard Port capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to restrict which protocols and port numbers are allowed through the firewall and prevent adversaries from using non-standard ports. As a result, this mapping is given a score of Significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1572 attack_object_name: Protocol Tunneling capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to block traffic from known bad IP addresses and domains which could protect against protocol tunneling by adversaries. This mapping is given a score of partial because it only blocks known bad IP addresses and domains and does not protect against unknown ones. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1574 attack_object_name: Hijack Execution Flow capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based on suspicious system processes that could indicate hijacking via malicious payloads. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/antivirus/detects_powershell_attack__via_av_ids.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1574.007 attack_object_name: Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based on suspicious system processes that could indicate hijacking via malicious payloads (e.g., Windows Unquoted Search Path explotation ""C:\\InventoryWebServer.exe""). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1574 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1578 attack_object_name: Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger an alert based on changes to the infrastructure (e.g., VPC network changes). This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_vpc_network_changes.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1578 attack_object_name: Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Policy Intelligence role recommendations generated by IAM Recommender help admins remove unwanted access to GCP resources by using machine learning to make smart access control recommendations. With Recommender, security teams can automatically detect overly permissive access and rightsize them based on similar users in the organization and their access patterns. This control may mitigate adversaries that try to gain access to permissions from modifying infrastructure components. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1578 attack_object_name: Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC detect changes to the cloud infrastructure and resources which could indicate malicious behavior (e.g., delete instances, create snapshot, revert cloud instance). This security solution protects against modifications potentially used to remove evidence and evade defenses. Because of the near-real time temporal factor and high detection coverage this control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics score_category: detect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1580 attack_object_name: Cloud Infrastructure Discovery capability_description: Identity Platform capability_group: identity_platform capability_id: identity_platform comments: Identity Platform is a customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform that helps organizations add identity and access management functionality to their applications, protect user accounts, and scale with confidence on Google Cloud. With this, permissions are limited to discover cloud accounts in accordance with least privilege. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/identity-platform/docs/concepts score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1580 attack_object_name: Cloud Infrastructure Discovery capability_description: Policy Intelligence capability_group: policy_intelligence capability_id: policy_intelligence comments: Policy Intelligence role recommendations generated by IAM Recommender help admins remove unwanted access to GCP resources by using machine learning to make smart access control recommendations. With Recommender, security teams can automatically detect overly permissive access and rightsize them based on similar users in the organization and their access patterns. This control may mitigate adversaries that try to enumerate users access keys through VM or snapshots. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/policy-intelligence score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1580 attack_object_name: Cloud Infrastructure Discovery capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: Resource Manager can easily modify your Cloud Identity and Access Management policies for your organization and folders, and the changes will apply across all the projects and resources. Create and manage IAM access control policies for your organization and projects. This control may prevent adversaries that try to discover resources by placing a limit on discovery of these resources with least privilege. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1580 attack_object_name: Cloud Infrastructure Discovery capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: GCP allows configuration of account policies to enable logging and IAM permissions and roles that may detect compromised user attempts to discover infrastructure and resources. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1584.002 attack_object_name: DNS Server capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops monitors and generates alerts for DNS creation or deletion activity from non-service accounts. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/gcp_cloudaudit/gcp_dns_modification.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1584 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1588 attack_object_name: Obtain Capabilities capability_description: Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) capability_group: cloud_hsm capability_id: cloud_hsm comments: Google Cloud's HSM may protect against adversary's attempts to obtain capabilities by compromising code signing certificates that will be used to run compromised code and other tampered executables. Variations of this technique are difficult to mitigate, so a partial score was granted for this control's medium to high coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1588 attack_object_name: Obtain Capabilities capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: This control manages symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic keys for cloud services and protects against stealing credentials, certificates, keys from the organization. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1588 attack_object_name: Obtain Capabilities capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based off suspicious system processes, such as binaries in use on Windows machines. For example: PsExec is a free Microsoft tool that can be used to escalate privileges from administrator to SYSTEM with the -s argument, download files over a network share, and remotely create accounts. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/suspicious_psexec_execution.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1588.002 attack_object_name: Tool capability_description: Google Security Operations capability_group: google_secops capability_id: google_secops comments: 'Google Security Ops is able to trigger alerts based off command-line arguments and suspicious system process that could indicate a tool being used for malicious purposes on Windows machines. For example: PsExec is a free Microsoft tool that can be used to execute a program on another computer. This technique was scored as minimal based on low or uncertain detection coverage factor. https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/windows/suspicious_psexec_execution.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/ioc_sigma/sysmon/psexec_detector.yaral https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules/blob/783e0e5947774785db1c55041b70176deeca6f46/soc_prime_rules/threat_hunting/process_creation/psexec_service_start.yaral' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/security-operations - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/secops/secops-overview - https://github.com/chronicle/detection-rules related_score: T1588 score_category: detect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1588.003 attack_object_name: Code Signing Certificates capability_description: Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) capability_group: cloud_hsm capability_id: cloud_hsm comments: Google Cloud's HSM may protect against adversary's attempts to compromise code signing certificates that can used during targeting to run compromised code and other tampered executables. Variations of this technique are difficult to mitigate, so a partial score was granted for this control's medium to high coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm related_score: T1588 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1588.003 attack_object_name: Code Signing Certificates capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: This control manages symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic keys for cloud services and protects against stealing credentials, certificates, keys from the organization. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management related_score: T1588 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1588.003 attack_object_name: Code Signing Certificates capability_description: Cloud Storage capability_group: cloud_storage capability_id: cloud_storage comments: The cloud service provider's default encryption setting for data stored and written to disk in the cloud may protect against adversary's attempt to manipulate customer data-at-rest. This technique was rated as partial due to the medium to high protect coverage factor against variations of this attack. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption - https://cloud.google.com/storage related_score: T1588 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1588.004 attack_object_name: Digital Certificates capability_description: Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) capability_group: cloud_hsm capability_id: cloud_hsm comments: Google Cloud's HSM may protect against adversary's attempts to compromise digital certificates that can used to encrypt data-in-transit or tamper with the certificate owner's communications. Variations of this technique are difficult to mitigate, so a partial score was granted for this control's medium to high coverage factor. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm related_score: T1588 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1588.004 attack_object_name: Digital Certificates capability_description: Cloud Key Management capability_group: cloud_key_management capability_id: cloud_key_management comments: This control manages symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic keys for cloud services and protects against stealing credentials, certificates, keys from the organization. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management related_score: T1588 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1588.004 attack_object_name: Digital Certificates capability_description: Cloud Storage capability_group: cloud_storage capability_id: cloud_storage comments: The cloud service provider's default encryption setting for data stored and written to disk in the cloud may protect against adversary's attempt to manipulate customer data-at-rest. This technique was rated as partial due to the medium to high protect coverage factor against variations of this attack. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption - https://cloud.google.com/storage related_score: T1588 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1589.001 attack_object_name: Credentials capability_description: Security Command Center capability_group: security_command_center capability_id: security_command_center comments: SCC has the capability to disable user account after detecting a related account password leak. Because of the near-real time temporal factor to detect against this cyber-attack the control was graded as significant. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/security-command-center/docs/concepts-security-command-center-overview - https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/security-analytics related_score: T1589 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1590 attack_object_name: Gather Victim Network Information capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to restrict access to the endpoints within the virtual private cloud and protect against adversaries gathering information about the network. While this mapping supports most of the sub-techniques (4 of 6), it is only given a score of Partial because it only protects against attempts to gather information via scanning that originate from outside the firewall, and it does not protect against phishing. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1590 attack_object_name: Gather Victim Network Information capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can limit the impact from active scanning techniques used to gain further information about the target environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1590.004 attack_object_name: Network Topology capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can limit the impact from active scanning techniques used to gain further information about the target environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs related_score: T1590 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1590.005 attack_object_name: IP Addresses capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can limit the impact from active scanning techniques used to gain further information about the target environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs related_score: T1590 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1595 attack_object_name: Active Scanning capability_description: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ capability_group: cloud_ngfw capability_id: cloud_ngfw comments: Cloud NGFW can allow or deny traffic based on the traffic's protocol, destination ports, sources, and destinations. This functionality can be used to restrict access to the endpoints within the virtual private cloud and protect against active scanning. While this mapping supports both sub-techniques (2 of 2), this mapping is given a score of Partial because it only protects against active scanning attacks that originate from outside the firewall and not from within network protected by the firewall. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/firewalls score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1595 attack_object_name: Active Scanning capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can limit the impact from active scanning and lateral movement techniques used to exploit the target environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1595.001 attack_object_name: Scanning IP Blocks capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can limit the impact from active scanning on private networks and lateral movement techniques used to exploit target environments. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs related_score: T1595 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1598 attack_object_name: Phishing for Information capability_description: Web Risk capability_group: web_risk capability_id: web_risk comments: 'Web Risk allows client applications to check URLs against Google''s list of unsafe web resources. It also can provide warnings when attempting to access potentially unsafe sites. However, Google cannot guarantee that its information is comprehensive and error-free: some risky sites may not be identified, and some safe sites may be classified in error. This has resulted in an overall score of Partial.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/web-risk/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1598.003 attack_object_name: Spearphishing Link capability_description: Virus Total capability_group: virus_total capability_id: virus_total comments: Adversaries may send spearphishing messages with a malicious link to elicit sensitive information that can be used during targeting. VirusTotal Graph is a visualization tool built on top of the VirusTotal data set. It analyzes the relationship between files, URLs, domains, IP addresses, and other items encountered. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/architecture/automating-malware-scanning-for-documents-uploaded-to-cloud-storage - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/investigation/view-virustotal-information - https://assets.virustotal.com/vt-360-outcomes.pdf related_score: T1598 score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1598.003 attack_object_name: Spearphishing Link capability_description: Web Risk capability_group: web_risk capability_id: web_risk comments: 'Web Risk allows client applications to check URLs against Google''s list of unsafe web resources. It also can provide warnings when attempting to access potentially unsafe sites. However, Google cannot guarantee that its information is comprehensive and error-free: some risky sites may not be identified, and some safe sites may be classified in error. This has resulted in an overall score of Partial.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/web-risk/docs/overview related_score: T1598 score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1601 attack_object_name: Modify System Image capability_description: Binary Authorization capability_group: binary_authorization capability_id: binary_authorization comments: Each image has a signer digitally sign using a private key. At deploy time, the enforcer uses the attester's public key to verify the signature in the attestation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/overview - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/attestations score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1602 attack_object_name: Data from Configuration Repository capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: VPC security perimeters can isolate resources and limit the impact from lateral movement techniques used to access sensitive data. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1609 attack_object_name: Container Administration Command capability_description: GKE Enterprise capability_group: gke_enterprise capability_id: gke_enterprise comments: 'GKE Enterprise incorporates the Anthos Config Management feature to create and manage Kubernetes objects across multiple clusters at once. PodSecurityPolicies can be enforced to prevent Pods from using the root Linux user and prevents pods from running privileged containers. In hindsight this can ensure containers are not running as root by default. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1609 attack_object_name: Container Administration Command capability_description: Google Kubernetes Engine capability_group: google_kubernetes_engine capability_id: google_kubernetes_engine comments: This control may provide provide information about vulnerabilities within container images, such as the risk from remote management of a deployed container. With the right permissions, an adversary could escalate to remote code execution in the Kubernetes cluster. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/access-control - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cis-benchmarks#how_to_audit_benchmarks score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1610 attack_object_name: Deploy Container capability_description: Artifact Analysis capability_group: artifact_analysis capability_id: artifact_analysis comments: Artifact Analysis performs vulnerability scans on artifacts in Artifact Registry or Container Registry (deprecated). When Artifact Analysis is deployed, it can detect known vulnerabilities in Docker containers. This information can be used to detect malicious implanted images in the environment. This control does not directly protect against exploitation. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/artifact-analysis/docs/artifact-analysis - https://cloud.google.com/container-analysis/docs/container-scanning-overview - https://cloud.google.com/container-registry/docs/container-analysis score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1610 attack_object_name: Deploy Container capability_description: Binary Authorization capability_group: binary_authorization capability_id: binary_authorization comments: Based on configured policies, Binary Authorization allows or blocks deployment of container images. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/overview - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/attestations score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1610 attack_object_name: Deploy Container capability_description: GKE Enterprise capability_group: gke_enterprise capability_id: gke_enterprise comments: 'GKE Enterprise incorporates the Anthos Config Management Policy Controller feature to enforce fully programmable policies on your clusters. You can use these policies to shift security left and guard against violations during development and test time, as well as runtime violations. This control can be used to block adversaries that try to deploy new containers with malware or configurations policies that are not in compliance with security policies already defined. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1610 attack_object_name: Deploy Container capability_description: Google Kubernetes Engine capability_group: google_kubernetes_engine capability_id: google_kubernetes_engine comments: Kubernetes role-based access control (RBAC), uses granular permissions to control access to resources within projects and objects within Kubernetes clusters. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/access-control - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cis-benchmarks#how_to_audit_benchmarks score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1611 attack_object_name: Escape to Host capability_description: GKE Enterprise capability_group: gke_enterprise capability_id: gke_enterprise comments: GKE Enterprise incorporates the Anthos Config Management feature to create and manage Kubernetes objects across multiple clusters at once. PodSecurityPolicies can be enforced to prevent Pods from using the root Linux user and prevents pods from running privileged containers. This control can be used to limit container access to host process namespaces, the host network, and the host file system, which may enable adversaries to break out of containers and gain access to the underlying host. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1611 attack_object_name: Escape to Host capability_description: Google Kubernetes Engine capability_group: google_kubernetes_engine capability_id: google_kubernetes_engine comments: 'By default, GKE nodes use Google''s Container-Optimized OS to enhance the security of GKE clusters, including: Read-only filesystem, limited user accounts, and disabled root login.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/access-control - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cis-benchmarks#how_to_audit_benchmarks score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1611 attack_object_name: Escape to Host capability_description: Google Kubernetes Engine capability_group: google_kubernetes_engine capability_id: google_kubernetes_engine comments: GKE provides the ability to audit against a Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmark which is a set of recommendations for configuring Kubernetes to support a strong security posture. The Benchmark is tied to a specific Kubernetes release. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/access-control - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cis-benchmarks#how_to_audit_benchmarks score_category: detect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1612 attack_object_name: Build Image on Host capability_description: Binary Authorization capability_group: binary_authorization capability_id: binary_authorization comments: Each container image generated has a signer digitally sign using a private key to generate the attestation report. At deploy time, the enforcer uses the attester's public key to verify the signature or will block this process. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/overview - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/attestations score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1613 attack_object_name: Container and Resource Discovery capability_description: GKE Enterprise capability_group: gke_enterprise capability_id: gke_enterprise comments: Adversaries may attempt to discover containers and other resources that are available within a containers environment. GKE Enterprise incorporates the Anthos Config Management "Network Policies" rule to control the network traffic inside clusters, denying direct remote access to internal systems through the use of network proxies, gateways, and firewalls mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/enterprise/docs score_category: protect score_value: significant - attack_object_id: T1613 attack_object_name: Container and Resource Discovery capability_description: Google Kubernetes Engine capability_group: google_kubernetes_engine capability_id: google_kubernetes_engine comments: 'By default, GKE nodes use Google''s Container-Optimized OS to enhance the security of GKE clusters, including: Locked down firewall, read-only filesystem, limited user accounts, and disabled root login.' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/access-control - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/cis-benchmarks#how_to_audit_benchmarks score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1613 attack_object_name: Container and Resource Discovery capability_description: Identity and Access Management capability_group: identity_and_access_management capability_id: identity_and_access_management comments: GCP Identity and Access Management allows admins to control access to Container Registry hosts with Cloud Storage permissions. Specific accounts can be assigned roles and Container Registry uses Cloud Storage buckets as the underlying storage for container images. This control can help mitigate against adversaries that may attempt to discover resources including images and containers by controlling access to images by granting permissions to the bucket for a registry. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/iam score_category: protect score_value: minimal - attack_object_id: T1613 attack_object_name: Container and Resource Discovery capability_description: Resource Manager capability_group: resource_manager capability_id: resource_manager comments: Google Cloud Platform provides resource containers such as organizations, folders, and projects that allow one to group and hierarchically organize other GCP resources. This control may mitigate by denying direct remote access to internal systems through the use of network proxies, gateways, and firewalls from adversaries that may attempt to discover containers and other resources that are available within a containers environment. mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/cloud-platform-resource-hierarchy score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: T1619 attack_object_name: Cloud Storage Object Discovery capability_description: VPC Service Controls capability_group: vpc_service_controls capability_id: vpc_service_controls comments: 'This control may mitigate against discovery of cloud storage objects. This control is not able to protect metadata, such as cloud storage bucket names but can protect against discovery of the contents of a storage bucket. ' mapping_type: technique_scores references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc-service-controls/docs/overview score_category: protect score_value: partial - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Assured Workloads capability_group: assured_workloads capability_id: assured_workloads comments: Assured Workloads does not appear to provide specific mitigation for adversary behaviors. Rather, it focuses on enabling customers to apply other security controls in ways to support regulatory compliance. As a result, we have not mapped any ATT&CK techniques to this capability. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/assured-workloads - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Cloud Logging capability_group: cloud_logging capability_id: cloud_logging comments: This capability is considered not mappable because it does not provide mitigation of adversary techniques on its own. Some of the other security controls that this control maps to are Azure DNS Analytics, AWS CloudTrail, AWS S3, and AWS Audit Manager. The S3 server access logging feature was not mapped because it was deemed to be a data source that can be used with other detective controls rather than a security control in of itself. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/logging - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Cloud NAT capability_group: cloud_nat capability_id: cloud_nat comments: This capability does not appear to provide mitigation for any ATT&CK Techniques. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/nat/docs - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Config Connector capability_group: config_connector capability_id: config_connector comments: This capability was not mapped as it is not considered a security control but rather an alternative to deploying and managing Google Cloud. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/config-connector/docs/overview - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Data Catalog capability_group: data_catalog capability_id: data_catalog comments: This capability is not mapped because the Data Catalog service is not considered a security control capable of defending against MITRE's ATT&CK techniques, and would require the use of a secondary product, such as DLP, for cyber defense. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog/docs - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Deployment Manager capability_group: deployment_manager capability_id: deployment_manager comments: This capability was not mapped because Deployment Manager does not provide a security capability as a stand-alone tool and would require a third party tool (e.g., Terraform) to mitigate attacks such as denial of service. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/deployment-manager/docs - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Google Threat Intelligence capability_group: google_threat_intel capability_id: google_threat_intel comments: This service provides visibility into threats. It does not provide direct mitigation of ATT&CK techniques. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/threat-intelligence - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Hybrid Connectivity capability_group: hybrid_connectivity capability_id: hybrid_connectivity comments: This is not a security capability on its own. Security capabilities that fall under the Hybrid Connectivity umbrella are mapped separately (e.g., Cloud VPN). mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/hybrid-connectivity - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory capability_group: managed_microsoft_ad capability_id: managed_microsoft_ad comments: This is an administrative service. It does not provide direct mitigation of ATT&CK techniques. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/overview - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Mandiant Academy capability_group: mandiant_academy capability_id: mandiant_academy comments: This is a service, not a technical capability. It does not directly provide mitigation of ATT&CK techniques. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/learn/security/mandiant-academy - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Mandiant Cybersecurity Consulting capability_group: mandiant_cyber_consult capability_id: mandiant_cyber_consult comments: This is a service, not a technical capability. It does not directly provide mitigation of ATT&CK techniques. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/consulting/mandiant-services - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Mandiant Managed Defense capability_group: mandiant_managed_defense capability_id: mandiant_managed_defense comments: This is a service, not a technical capability. It does not directly provide mitigation of ATT&CK techniques. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/managed-defense - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Mandiant Incident Response Services capability_group: mandiant_ir_services capability_id: mandiant_ir_services comments: This is a service, not a technical capability. It does not directly provide mitigation of ATT&CK techniques. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/consulting/mandiant-incident-response-services - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Mandiant Security Validation capability_group: mandiant_security_validation capability_id: mandiant_security_validation comments: This is a service, not a technical capability. It does not directly provide mitigation of ATT&CK techniques. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/products/mandiant-security-validation - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Packet Mirroring capability_group: packet_mirroring capability_id: packet_mirroring comments: This provides the functional ability to clone traffic, but is not considered a stand-alone security control as it requires a secondary security tool (e.g., IDS/IPS) to enable cyber defense and digital forensics. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/packet-mirroring - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Siemplify capability_group: siemplify capability_id: siemplify comments: Siemplify primarily acts as a layer for alerts generated by other controls to be collected and trigger mitigation and remediation actions to be taken by other controls provided by the Google Cloud Platform. On its own, Siemplify does not provide mitigation of ATT&CK techniques and is considered non-mappable. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/soar/marketplace-integrations/siemplify - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Software Supply Chain Security capability_group: sw_supply_chain_security capability_id: sw_supply_chain_security comments: This is not a security capability on its own. Security capabilities that fall under the Software Supply Chain Security umbrella are mapped separately (e.g., Assured OSS). mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/security/solutions/software-supply-chain-security - attack_object_id: null attack_object_name: null capability_description: Terraform on Google Cloud capability_group: terraform_on_google_cloud capability_id: terraform_on_google_cloud comments: Terraform's primary function is to support the provisioning of Google resources with configuration management. While Terraform provides some security capabilities specific to Terraform processes (encryption between Terraform Clients, encrypting workspace variables, Isolation between Terraform executions and Cloud tenants) the capabilities do not necessarily mitigate threats across the entire organization. Therefore, this capablity has been identified as not mappable. mapping_type: non_mappable references: - https://cloud.google.com/docs/terraform metadata: attack_version: '16.1' author: null capability_groups: access_transparency: Access Transparency advanced_protection_program: Advanced Protection Program artifact_analysis: Artifact Analysis assured_oss: Assured Open Source Software assured_workloads: Assured Workloads backup_and_dr_actifiogo: Backup and DR-Actifio GO binary_authorization: Binary Authorization certificate_authority_service: Certificate Authority Service chrome_enterprise_premium: Chrome Enterprise Premium cloud_armor: Cloud Armor cloud_asset_inventory: Cloud Asset Inventory cloud_cdn: Cloud CDN cloud_endpoints: Cloud Endpoints cloud_hsm: Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM) cloud_identity: Cloud Identity cloud_ids: Cloud IDS cloud_key_management: Cloud Key Management cloud_logging: Cloud Logging cloud_nat: Cloud NAT cloud_ngfw: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)_ cloud_storage: Cloud Storage cloud_vpn: Cloud VPN confidential_vm: Confidential VM config_connector: Config Connector data_catalog: Data Catalog deployment_manager: Deployment Manager gke_enterprise: GKE Enterprise google_kubernetes_engine: Google Kubernetes Engine google_secops: Google Security Operations google_threat_intel: Google Threat Intelligence hybrid_connectivity: Hybrid Connectivity identity_and_access_management: Identity and Access Management identity_aware_proxy: Identity Aware Proxy identity_platform: Identity Platform managed_microsoft_ad: Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory mandiant_academy: Mandiant Academy mandiant_asm: Mandiant Attack Surface Management (ASM) mandiant_cyber_consult: Mandiant Cybersecurity Consulting mandiant_digital_threatmon: Mandiant Digital Threat Monitoring mandiant_ir_services: Mandiant Incident Response Services mandiant_managed_defense: Mandiant Managed Defense mandiant_security_validation: Mandiant Security Validation packet_mirroring: Packet Mirroring policy_intelligence: Policy Intelligence recaptcha_enterprise: ReCAPTCHA Enterprise resource_manager: Resource Manager secret_manager: Secret Manager security_command_center: Security Command Center sensitive_data_protection: 'Sensitive Data Protection ' shielded_vm: Shielded VM siemplify: Siemplify sw_supply_chain_security: Software Supply Chain Security terraform_on_google_cloud: Terraform on Google Cloud titan_security_key: Titan Security Key virus_total: Virus Total vm_manager: VM Manager vpc_service_controls: VPC Service Controls web_risk: Web Risk contact: null creation_date: 03/06/2025 last_update: 03/06/2025 mapping_framework: gcp mapping_framework_version: 03/06/2025 mapping_types: technique_scores: description: '' name: technique_scores mapping_version: '' organization: null technology_domain: enterprise