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macOS Atomic Tests by ATT&CK Tactic & Technique

initial-access execution persistence privilege-escalation defense-evasion credential-access discovery lateral-movement collection exfiltration command-and-control impact
External Remote Services CONTRIBUTE A TEST Server Software Component CONTRIBUTE A TEST Socket Filters CONTRIBUTE A TEST Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts CONTRIBUTE A TEST Socket Filters CONTRIBUTE A TEST Adversary-in-the-Middle CONTRIBUTE A TEST System Owner/User Discovery Remote Services:VNC Archive Collected Data: Archive via Utility Exfiltration Over Web Service CONTRIBUTE A TEST Socket Filters CONTRIBUTE A TEST Disk Structure Wipe CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools CONTRIBUTE A TEST Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript CONTRIBUTE A TEST Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts CONTRIBUTE A TEST Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable CONTRIBUTE A TEST Embedded Payloads CONTRIBUTE A TEST Modify Authentication Process: Pluggable Authentication Modules CONTRIBUTE A TEST System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery Taint Shared Content CONTRIBUTE A TEST Screen Capture Exfiltration Over Webhook CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data Encoding: Standard Encoding Direct Network Flood CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Phishing: Spearphishing Link CONTRIBUTE A TEST User Execution: Malicious File CONTRIBUTE A TEST Modify Authentication Process: Pluggable Authentication Modules CONTRIBUTE A TEST Create or Modify System Process CONTRIBUTE A TEST Modify Authentication Process: Pluggable Authentication Modules CONTRIBUTE A TEST Input Capture: Keylogging Permission Groups Discovery CONTRIBUTE A TEST Remote Services: SSH CONTRIBUTE A TEST Adversary-in-the-Middle CONTRIBUTE A TEST Scheduled Transfer CONTRIBUTE A TEST Dynamic Resolution: Domain Generation Algorithms CONTRIBUTE A TEST External Defacement CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment CONTRIBUTE A TEST Scheduled Task/Job: Cron Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable CONTRIBUTE A TEST LC_LOAD_DYLIB Addition CONTRIBUTE A TEST File/Path Exclusions CONTRIBUTE A TEST Brute Force: Password Guessing CONTRIBUTE A TEST Device Driver Discovery SSH Hijacking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Input Capture: Keylogging Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium CONTRIBUTE A TEST Application Layer Protocol: DNS CONTRIBUTE A TEST OS Exhaustion Flood CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Compromise Hardware Supply Chain CONTRIBUTE A TEST Scheduled Task/Job CONTRIBUTE A TEST Create or Modify System Process CONTRIBUTE A TEST Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching File and Directory Permissions Modification: FreeBSD, Linux and Mac File and Directory Permissions Modification OS Credential Dumping CONTRIBUTE A TEST Account Discovery: Domain Account CONTRIBUTE A TEST Remote Services CONTRIBUTE A TEST Audio Capture Exfiltration Over Bluetooth CONTRIBUTE A TEST Publish/Subscribe Protocols CONTRIBUTE A TEST Application Exhaustion Flood CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Supply Chain Compromise CONTRIBUTE A TEST Command and Scripting Interpreter: AppleScript External Remote Services CONTRIBUTE A TEST Boot or Logon Autostart Execution CONTRIBUTE A TEST Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable CONTRIBUTE A TEST Steal Web Session Cookie Account Discovery: Local Account Remote Service Session Hijacking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Archive via Custom Method CONTRIBUTE A TEST Automated Exfiltration CONTRIBUTE A TEST Symmetric Cryptography CONTRIBUTE A TEST Disk Wipe CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Exploit Public-Facing Application CONTRIBUTE A TEST Native API CONTRIBUTE A TEST LC_LOAD_DYLIB Addition CONTRIBUTE A TEST Scheduled Task/Job: Cron Hide Artifacts: Email Hiding Rules CONTRIBUTE A TEST Securityd Memory CONTRIBUTE A TEST Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: System Checks Software Deployment Tools CONTRIBUTE A TEST Email Collection CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol CONTRIBUTE A TEST Fast Flux DNS CONTRIBUTE A TEST Stored Data Manipulation CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Content Injection Input Injection CONTRIBUTE A TEST Boot or Logon Autostart Execution CONTRIBUTE A TEST Scheduled Task/Job CONTRIBUTE A TEST Obfuscated Files or Information: Encrypted/Encoded File Brute Force: Password Cracking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Permission Groups Discovery: Domain Groups CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exploitation of Remote Services CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data from Removable Media CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exfiltration to Code Repository CONTRIBUTE A TEST Application Layer Protocol CONTRIBUTE A TEST Service Stop CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Valid Accounts: Default Accounts Command and Scripting Interpreter CONTRIBUTE A TEST Browser Extensions CONTRIBUTE A TEST Additional Local or Domain Groups CONTRIBUTE A TEST Rootkit CONTRIBUTE A TEST Credentials from Password Stores: Keychain System Service Discovery Internal Spearphishing CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data Staged: Local Data Staging Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol - Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol Remote Access Software CONTRIBUTE A TEST Application or System Exploitation CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Trusted Relationship CONTRIBUTE A TEST Malicious Library CONTRIBUTE A TEST Scheduled Task/Job: Cron Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Logon Script (Mac) Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching Password Managers CONTRIBUTE A TEST Network Sniffing Lateral Tool Transfer CONTRIBUTE A TEST Databases CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exfiltration Over C2 Channel CONTRIBUTE A TEST Content Injection Runtime Data Manipulation CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Phishing CONTRIBUTE A TEST System Services: Launchctl Scheduled Task/Job CONTRIBUTE A TEST Process Injection CONTRIBUTE A TEST Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location Network Sniffing Network Share Discovery Automated Collection CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol Traffic Signaling CONTRIBUTE A TEST Reflection Amplification CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Valid Accounts CONTRIBUTE A TEST XPC Services CONTRIBUTE A TEST Browser Extensions Create or Modify System Process: Launch Daemon Masquerade File Type CONTRIBUTE A TEST Ccache Files CONTRIBUTE A TEST Peripheral Device Discovery CONTRIBUTE A TEST Clipboard Data Exfiltration over USB CONTRIBUTE A TEST Protocol Tunneling Service Exhaustion Flood CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Spearphishing Voice CONTRIBUTE A TEST User Execution CONTRIBUTE A TEST Additional Local or Domain Groups CONTRIBUTE A TEST Valid Accounts: Default Accounts Hide Artifacts CONTRIBUTE A TEST Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets CONTRIBUTE A TEST System Information Discovery Remote Data Staging CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Text Storage Sites CONTRIBUTE A TEST Mail Protocols CONTRIBUTE A TEST Defacement CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Compromise Software Supply Chain CONTRIBUTE A TEST Software Deployment Tools CONTRIBUTE A TEST Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Logon Script (Mac) Event Triggered Execution: Trap Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion: System Checks Credentials from Password Stores CONTRIBUTE A TEST System Network Configuration Discovery: Wi-Fi Discovery CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data from Local System Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage Communication Through Removable Media CONTRIBUTE A TEST Bandwidth Hijacking CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Domain Accounts CONTRIBUTE A TEST Command and Scripting Interpreter: Bash Traffic Signaling CONTRIBUTE A TEST Hijack Execution Flow: LD_PRELOAD Indicator Removal on Host: Clear FreeBSD, Linux or Mac System Logs Unsecured Credentials Backup Software Discovery CONTRIBUTE A TEST Archive Collected Data: Archive via Library CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data Transfer Size Limits External Proxy CONTRIBUTE A TEST Financial Theft CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Hardware Additions CONTRIBUTE A TEST Inter-Process Communication CONTRIBUTE A TEST Create or Modify System Process: Launch Daemon Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism CONTRIBUTE A TEST Stripped Payloads CONTRIBUTE A TEST Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers Application Window Discovery CONTRIBUTE A TEST Archive Collected Data CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exfiltration Over Physical Medium CONTRIBUTE A TEST Proxy CONTRIBUTE A TEST Defacement: Internal Defacement CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Drive-by Compromise CONTRIBUTE A TEST Lua CONTRIBUTE A TEST Server Software Component: Web Shell CONTRIBUTE A TEST Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Setuid and Setgid Subvert Trust Controls: Gatekeeper Bypass DHCP Spoofing CONTRIBUTE A TEST Time Based Evasion DHCP Spoofing CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol IDE Tunneling CONTRIBUTE A TEST Compute Hijacking CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Spearphishing via Service CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exploitation for Client Execution CONTRIBUTE A TEST Valid Accounts: Default Accounts SSH Authorized Keys Code Signing CONTRIBUTE A TEST Unsecured Credentials: Private Keys Browser Bookmark Discovery Web Portal Capture CONTRIBUTE A TEST Dynamic Resolution CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data Manipulation CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Valid Accounts: Local Accounts Command and Scripting Interpreter: Python CONTRIBUTE A TEST Event Triggered Execution: Trap Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Login Items Break Process Trees CONTRIBUTE A TEST Brute Force: Password Spraying CONTRIBUTE A TEST Virtual Machine Discovery CONTRIBUTE A TEST Video Capture CONTRIBUTE A TEST Web Service CONTRIBUTE A TEST Account Access Removal
Wi-Fi Networks CONTRIBUTE A TEST System Services CONTRIBUTE A TEST Hijack Execution Flow: LD_PRELOAD Event Triggered Execution: Emond Clear Network Connection History and Configurations CONTRIBUTE A TEST Web Portal Capture CONTRIBUTE A TEST System Network Configuration Discovery Email Collection: Email Forwarding Rule CONTRIBUTE A TEST DNS Calculation CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data Encrypted for Impact
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Visual Basic CONTRIBUTE A TEST Create Account: Local Account Account Manipulation CONTRIBUTE A TEST Indicator Removal on Host: Clear Command History Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates CONTRIBUTE A TEST Account Discovery CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data Staged CONTRIBUTE A TEST Multi-Stage Channels CONTRIBUTE A TEST Email Bombing CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Malicious Copy and Paste CONTRIBUTE A TEST IDE Extensions CONTRIBUTE A TEST Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Kernel Modules and Extensions Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information Unsecured Credentials: Bash History File and Directory Discovery Input Capture: GUI Input Capture Port Knocking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Endpoint Denial of Service CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Malicious Link CONTRIBUTE A TEST SSH Authorized Keys Hijack Execution Flow CONTRIBUTE A TEST Impair Defenses CONTRIBUTE A TEST Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files System Network Connections Discovery Data from Network Shared Drive CONTRIBUTE A TEST File Transfer Protocols CONTRIBUTE A TEST Resource Hijacking
Scheduled Task/Job: At CONTRIBUTE A TEST Create Account: Domain Account CONTRIBUTE A TEST Valid Accounts CONTRIBUTE A TEST Masquerading CONTRIBUTE A TEST Web Cookies CONTRIBUTE A TEST Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion CONTRIBUTE A TEST Input Capture CONTRIBUTE A TEST One-Way Communication CONTRIBUTE A TEST Transmitted Data Manipulation CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Component Firmware CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exploitation for Privilege Escalation CONTRIBUTE A TEST Email Collection: Mailbox Manipulation Forge Web Credentials CONTRIBUTE A TEST Log Enumeration CONTRIBUTE A TEST ARP Cache Poisoning CONTRIBUTE A TEST Proxy: Multi-hop Proxy Data Destruction
Pre-OS Boot CONTRIBUTE A TEST Event Triggered Execution CONTRIBUTE A TEST Process Injection CONTRIBUTE A TEST Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation CONTRIBUTE A TEST Process Discovery Data from Information Repositories CONTRIBUTE A TEST Remote Access Hardware CONTRIBUTE A TEST Network Denial of Service CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Login Items Event Triggered Execution: .bash_profile .bashrc and .shrc Traffic Signaling CONTRIBUTE A TEST Exploitation for Credential Access CONTRIBUTE A TEST User Activity Based Checks CONTRIBUTE A TEST Input Capture: Credential API Hooking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data Obfuscation CONTRIBUTE A TEST Firmware Corruption CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Port Knocking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Elevated Execution with Prompt CONTRIBUTE A TEST Signed Binary Proxy Execution CONTRIBUTE A TEST Input Capture: GUI Input Capture Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups Non-Standard Port Inhibit System Recovery
Compromise Host Software Binary CONTRIBUTE A TEST Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Startup Items Indicator Removal on Host: Timestomp Brute Force CONTRIBUTE A TEST Password Policy Discovery Encrypted Channel CONTRIBUTE A TEST Disk Content Wipe CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Event Triggered Execution: Emond Domain Accounts CONTRIBUTE A TEST Reflective Code Loading CONTRIBUTE A TEST Brute Force: Credential Stuffing System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery CONTRIBUTE A TEST Bidirectional Communication CONTRIBUTE A TEST System Shutdown/Reboot
Account Manipulation CONTRIBUTE A TEST Event Triggered Execution: Python Startup Hooks Mutual Exclusion CONTRIBUTE A TEST Multi-Factor Authentication CONTRIBUTE A TEST System Location Discovery Asymmetric Cryptography CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Kernel Modules and Extensions Create or Modify System Process: Launch Agent Ignore Process Interrupts CONTRIBUTE A TEST Input Capture CONTRIBUTE A TEST Software Discovery: Security Software Discovery Non-Application Layer Protocol CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Hijack Execution Flow CONTRIBUTE A TEST Installer Packages CONTRIBUTE A TEST Time Based Evasion ARP Cache Poisoning CONTRIBUTE A TEST Remote System Discovery Protocol or Service Impersonation CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Valid Accounts CONTRIBUTE A TEST Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Rc.common Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify System Firewall CONTRIBUTE A TEST Multi-Factor Authentication Interception CONTRIBUTE A TEST Network Service Discovery Domain Fronting CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Multi-Factor Authentication CONTRIBUTE A TEST Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Re-opened Applications Electron Applications CONTRIBUTE A TEST Modify Authentication Process CONTRIBUTE A TEST Software Discovery Data Encoding CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Event Triggered Execution CONTRIBUTE A TEST TCC Manipulation CONTRIBUTE A TEST Subvert Trust Controls: Code Signing Policy Modification CONTRIBUTE A TEST Input Capture: Credential API Hooking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Debugger Evasion CONTRIBUTE A TEST Remote Desktop Software CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Event Triggered Execution: .bash_profile .bashrc and .shrc Scheduled Task/Job: At CONTRIBUTE A TEST Obfuscated Files or Information: Binary Padding Local Storage Discovery CONTRIBUTE A TEST Non-Standard Encoding CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Startup Items Dylib Hijacking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Valid Accounts: Default Accounts System Time Discovery Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols
Domain Accounts CONTRIBUTE A TEST Valid Accounts: Local Accounts Hijack Execution Flow: LD_PRELOAD Ingress Tool Transfer
Event Triggered Execution: Python Startup Hooks File and Directory Permissions Modification CONTRIBUTE A TEST Hide Infrastructure CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Create or Modify System Process: Launch Agent Junk Code Insertion CONTRIBUTE A TEST Data Obfuscation via Steganography CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Server Software Component CONTRIBUTE A TEST Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism CONTRIBUTE A TEST Fallback Channels CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Installer Packages CONTRIBUTE A TEST Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Setuid and Setgid Proxy: Internal Proxy
Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts: Rc.common Impair Defenses: Indicator Blocking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Dead Drop Resolver CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Exclusive Control CONTRIBUTE A TEST Extended Attributes CONTRIBUTE A TEST Junk Data CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Create Account CONTRIBUTE A TEST Right-to-Left Override CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Re-opened Applications SVG Smuggling CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Power Settings CONTRIBUTE A TEST Component Firmware CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Scheduled Task/Job: At CONTRIBUTE A TEST Indicator Removal on Host CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Modify Authentication Process CONTRIBUTE A TEST Masquerading: Masquerade Task or Service CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Dylib Hijacking CONTRIBUTE A TEST Plist File Modification
Valid Accounts: Local Accounts Pre-OS Boot CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Impair Defenses: Downgrade Attack CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Execution Guardrails CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Port Knocking CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users
Impair Defenses: Impair Command History Logging
User Activity Based Checks CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Delay Execution CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools
Hijack Execution Flow CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Browser Fingerprint CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Indicator Removal from Tools CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Valid Accounts CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Resource Forking CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Obfuscated Files or Information
Multi-Factor Authentication CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Invalid Code Signature CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Run Virtual Instance CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Polymorphic Code CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Subvert Trust Controls CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Elevated Execution with Prompt CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Masquerading: Rename System Utilities CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Spoof Security Alerting CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Steganography CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Domain Accounts CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Subvert Trust Controls: Install Root Certificate
Obfuscated Files or Information: Compile After Delivery
VBA Stomping CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Impersonation CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Window CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Relocate Malware CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Clear Persistence CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Masquerade Account Name CONTRIBUTE A TEST
HTML Smuggling CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Command Obfuscation CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Indicator Removal on Host: File Deletion
Obfuscated Files or Information: Software Packing
Hidden File System CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Email Spoofing CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Debugger Evasion CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Masquerading: Space after Filename
TCC Manipulation CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories
Environmental Keying CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Modify Authentication Process CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Compression CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Dylib Hijacking CONTRIBUTE A TEST
Valid Accounts: Local Accounts
Exploitation for Defense Evasion CONTRIBUTE A TEST