MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1110 - Brute Force
This playbook Remediates the Brute Force technique using intelligence-driven Courses of Action (COA) defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team. ***Disclaimer: This playbook does not simulate an attack using the specified technique, but follows the steps to remediation as defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team’s Actionable Threat Objects and Mitigations (ATOMs). Techniques Handled: - T1110 : Brute Force Kill Chain phases: - Credential Access MITRE ATT&CK Description: Adversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained. Without knowledge of the password for an account or set of accounts, an adversary may systematically guess the password using a repetitive or iterative mechanism. Brute forcing passwords can take place via interaction with a service that will check the validity of those credentials or offline against previously acquired credential data, such as password hashes. Possible playbook uses: - The playbook can be used independently to handle and remediate the specific technique. - The playbook can be used as a part of the “Courses of Action - Defense Evasion” playbook to remediate techniques based on the kill chain phase. - The playbook can be used as a part of the “MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action” playbook, which can be triggered by different sources and accepts the technique MITRE ATT&CK ID as an input.
MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action · 7 tasks · 3 inputs · 1 output
Details
| ID | MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1110 - Brute Force |
|---|---|
| From Version | 6.5.0 |
| Tasks | 7 |
README
This playbook Remediates the Brute Force technique using intelligence-driven Courses of Action (COA) defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team.
***Disclaimer: This playbook does not simulate an attack using the specified technique, but follows the steps to remediation as defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team’s Actionable Threat Objects and Mitigations (ATOMs).
Techniques Handled:
- T1110 : Brute Force
Kill Chain phases:
- Credential Access
MITRE ATT&CK Description:
Adversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained. Without knowledge of the password for an account or set of accounts, an adversary may systematically guess the password using a repetitive or iterative mechanism. Brute forcing passwords can take place via interaction with a service that will check the validity of those credentials or offline against previously acquired credential data, such as password hashes.
Possible playbook uses:
- The playbook can be used independently to handle and remediate the specific technique.
- The playbook can be used as a part of the “Courses of Action - Defense Evasion” playbook to remediate techniques based on the kill chain phase.
- The playbook can be used as a part of the “MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action” playbook, which can be triggered by different sources and accepts the technique MITRE ATT&CK ID as an input.
Dependencies
This playbook uses the following sub-playbooks, integrations, and scripts.
Sub-playbooks
- PAN-OS - Enforce Vulnerability Protection Best Practices Profile
Integrations
This playbook does not use any integrations.
Scripts
- Set
- SetGridField
Commands
This playbook does not use any commands.
Playbook Inputs
| Name | Description | Default Value | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre_post | Rules location. Can be ‘pre-rulebase’ or ‘post-rulebase’. Mandatory for Panorama instances. | Optional | |
| device-group | The device group for which to return addresses (Panorama instances). | Optional | |
| tag | Tag for which to filter the results. | Optional |
Playbook Outputs
| Path | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Handled.Techniques | The techniques handled in this playbook | unknown |
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Inputs
pre_post— Rules location. Can be 'pre-rulebase' or 'post-rulebase'. Mandatory for Panorama instances.device-group— The device group for which to return addresses (Panorama instances).tag— Tag for which to filter the results.
Outputs
Handled.Techniques— The techniques handled in this playbook
Flowchart
description: "This playbook Remediates the Brute Force technique using intelligence-driven Courses of Action (COA) defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team.\n \n***Disclaimer: This playbook does not simulate an attack using the specified technique, but follows the steps to remediation as defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team’s Actionable Threat Objects and Mitigations (ATOMs).\nTechniques Handled:\n- T1110 : Brute Force\n\nKill Chain phases:\n- Credential Access\n\nMITRE ATT&CK Description:\n\nAdversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained. Without knowledge of the password for an account or set of accounts, an adversary may systematically guess the password using a repetitive or iterative mechanism. Brute forcing passwords can take place via interaction with a service that will check the validity of those credentials or offline against previously acquired credential data, such as password hashes.\n\nPossible playbook uses:\n- The playbook can be used independently to handle and remediate the specific technique.\n- The playbook can be used as a part of the “Courses of Action - Defense Evasion” playbook to remediate techniques based on the kill chain phase.\n- The playbook can be used as a part of the “MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action” playbook, which can be triggered by different sources and accepts the technique MITRE ATT&CK ID as an input." id: MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1110 - Brute Force inputs: - description: Rules location. Can be 'pre-rulebase' or 'post-rulebase'. Mandatory for Panorama instances. key: pre_post playbookInputQuery: required: false value: {} - description: The device group for which to return addresses (Panorama instances). key: device-group playbookInputQuery: required: false value: {} - description: Tag for which to filter the results. key: tag playbookInputQuery: required: false value: {} name: MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1110 - Brute Force outputs: - contextPath: Handled.Techniques description: The techniques handled in this playbook type: unknown starttaskid: "0" tasks: "0": id: "0" ignoreworker: false nexttasks: '#none#': - "10" note: false quietmode: 0 separatecontext: false skipunavailable: false task: brand: "" id: 1f202f20-8326-4cd4-8347-01e922174d19 iscommand: false name: "" version: -1 description: '' taskid: 1f202f20-8326-4cd4-8347-01e922174d19 timertriggers: [] type: start view: |- { "position": { "x": 50, "y": 50 } } "4": id: "4" ignoreworker: false note: false quietmode: 0 separatecontext: false skipunavailable: false task: brand: "" id: 8856aeb0-7d98-4640-8c25-6c0b75a87bc7 iscommand: false name: Done type: title version: -1 description: '' taskid: 8856aeb0-7d98-4640-8c25-6c0b75a87bc7 timertriggers: [] type: title view: |- { "position": { "x": 50, "y": 1060 } } "8": id: "8" ignoreworker: false nexttasks: '#none#': - "11" note: false quietmode: 0 separatecontext: false skipunavailable: false task: brand: "" description: Create a rule to modify the default action for all signatures in the brute force category to block-ip address action in PAN-OS. id: e7bdb3ac-924b-4d36-8060-91dd153cb631 iscommand: false name: Manual - Set profile with brute force category & action as block IP type: regular version: -1 taskid: e7bdb3ac-924b-4d36-8060-91dd153cb631 timertriggers: [] type: regular view: |- { "position": { "x": 50, "y": 515 } } "9": id: "9" ignoreworker: false loop: exitCondition: "" iscommand: false max: 100 wait: 1 nexttasks: '#none#': - "8" note: false quietmode: 0 scriptarguments: ApplyToRule: complex: root: inputs.ApplyToRule device-group: complex: root: inputs.device-group pre-post-rulebase: complex: root: inputs.pre_post rule_name: complex: root: inputs.rule_name tag: complex: root: inputs.tag separatecontext: true skipunavailable: false task: brand: "" id: e059c111-2616-4f3c-82d5-9f4358f35a28 iscommand: false name: PAN-OS - Enforce Vulnerability Protection Best Practices Profile playbookId: PAN-OS - Enforce Vulnerability Protection Best Practices Profile type: playbook version: -1 description: '' taskid: e059c111-2616-4f3c-82d5-9f4358f35a28 timertriggers: [] type: playbook view: |- { "position": { "x": 50, "y": 340 } } "10": id: "10" ignoreworker: false nexttasks: '#none#': - "9" note: false quietmode: 0 separatecontext: false skipunavailable: false task: brand: "" id: a5788d53-247f-4903-840e-5fe6b4d5dafa iscommand: false name: Create a rule to modify the default action for all signatures in the brute force category to block-ip address action type: title version: -1 description: '' taskid: a5788d53-247f-4903-840e-5fe6b4d5dafa timertriggers: [] type: title view: |- { "position": { "x": 50, "y": 195 } } "11": id: "11" ignoreworker: false nexttasks: '#none#': - "12" note: false quietmode: 0 scriptarguments: append: simple: "true" key: simple: Handled.Techniques stringify: {} value: simple: T1110 separatecontext: false skipunavailable: false task: brand: "" description: Set a value in context under the key you entered. id: 76d1f375-9f24-49c4-85fa-5ae8f95bba52 iscommand: false name: Set technique handled script: Set type: regular version: -1 taskid: 76d1f375-9f24-49c4-85fa-5ae8f95bba52 timertriggers: [] type: regular view: |- { "position": { "x": 50, "y": 690 } } "12": continueonerror: true id: "12" ignoreworker: false nexttasks: '#none#': - "4" note: false quietmode: 0 scriptarguments: columns: simple: technique context_path: simple: Handled.Techniques grid_id: simple: handledtechniques keys: {} overwrite: {} sort_by: {} unpack_nested_elements: {} separatecontext: false skipunavailable: false task: brand: "" description: Creates a Grid table from items or key-value pairs. id: 360c8cfe-6d02-4a23-8341-9bf0cf9a8c83 iscommand: false name: Set grid field script: SetGridField type: regular version: -1 taskid: 360c8cfe-6d02-4a23-8341-9bf0cf9a8c83 timertriggers: [] type: regular view: |- { "position": { "x": 50, "y": 870 } } version: -1 view: |- { "linkLabelsPosition": {}, "paper": { "dimensions": { "height": 1075, "width": 380, "x": 50, "y": 50 } } } tests: - No tests (auto formatted) fromversion: 6.5.0