User Activity Based Checks
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002",
"title": "User Activity Based Checks",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1497/002",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--91541e7e-b969-40c6-bbd8-1b5352ec2938",
"external_id": "T1497.002",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-03-06T21:04:12.454Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.705Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth",
"discovery"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "FireEye FIN7 April 2017",
"url": "https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/04/fin7-phishing-lnk.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Unit 42 Sofacy Nov 2018",
"url": "https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-sofacy-continues-global-attacks-wheels-new-cannon-trojan/"
},
{
"source_name": "Sans Virtual Jan 2016",
"url": "https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/forensics/detecting-malware-sandbox-evasion-techniques-36667"
},
{
"source_name": "Deloitte Environment Awareness",
"url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t0jn3xr4ff2fR30oQAUn_RsWSnMpOAQc/edit"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (8)
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ATTACK:enterprise:G0012 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--118b2047-826a-4ab0-94b8-69d35a4c8592
Lastline DarkHotel Just In Time Decryption Nov 2015ATTACK:enterprise:S0439 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--121152af-4bfe-4202-ade0-aad9fb85e0ad
ESET Okrum July 2019ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2357fff2-0b38-403b-b9a5-31a0d4eaf8a0
2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_PubloadATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1497
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5d6f0f0e-7479-480a-aaef-92a3e8d8b7c8
ATTACK:enterprise:G0046 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6aaf2c92-43a3-42f5-81ab-220c854607b0
FireEye FIN7 April 2017ATTACK:enterprise:S0543 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--883a60f7-0111-4542-b590-2f0140ba26bd
Unit42 Molerat Mar 2020ATTACK:enterprise:S9026 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--907493b8-a53a-4aca-8b80-28dfaa63dec8
Trend Micro Earth Kasha Anel NOV 2024ATTACK:enterprise:S0154 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9889694f-03c8-4e18-9e9b-9c96ced8eb9d
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