How many Living-off-the-Land Binaries abuse T1218.009?

LOLPulse tracks 2 verified living-off-the-land binaries across Windows, Linux, and macOS that adversaries can leverage to execute Technique T1218.009 (T1218.009).

How can detection engineers monitor for T1218.009?

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.

T1218.009Tactic: Defense EvasionOfficial MITRE ATT&CK Page

T1218.009: Technique T1218.009

Adversaries may leverage living-off-the-land techniques (T1218.009) 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 T1218.009

Across 2 verified binaries

Windows2 payloads

Regasm.exe

Part of .NET

Sample Attack Vector:

regasm.exe {PATH:.dll}

Inspect Regasm.exe & Telemetry

Windows2 payloads

Regsvcs.exe

Regsvcs and Regasm are Windows command-line utilities that are used to register .NET Component Object Model (COM) assemblies

Sample Attack Vector:

regsvcs.exe {PATH:.dll}

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Curated & Verified by

Sharon Ben Moshe

Cybersecurity Researcher & Detection Engineer • Check Point

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