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T1020.001Not expressible in Sigma

Traffic Duplication

ExfiltrationNetwork Devices, IaaS

Where this stands

No Sigma rule can address this — the telemetry MITRE names has no Sigma logsource behind it.

None of MITRE's analytics for this technique name a log source that maps to a Sigma logsource — they describe abstract data ("Process::None"), API-hook telemetry, or prose channels with no reliable field names behind them.

What the technique is

Adversaries may leverage traffic mirroring in order to automate data exfiltration over compromised infrastructure. Traffic mirroring is a native feature for some devices, often used for network analysis. For example, devices may be configured to forward network traffic to one or more destinations for analysis by a network analyzer or other monitoring device. Adversaries may abuse traffic mirroring to mirror or redirect network traffic through other infrastructure they control. Malicious modifications to network devices to enable traffic redirection may be possible through ROMMONkit or Patch System Image. Many cloud-based environments also support traffic mirroring. For example, AWS Traffic Mirroring, GCP Packet Mirroring, and Azure vTap allow users to define specified instances to collect traffic from and specified targets to send collected traffic to. Adversaries may use traffic duplication in conjunction with Network Sniffing, Input Capture, or Adversary-in-the-Middle depending on the goals and objectives of the adversary.

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What MITRE says you would watch

  • AN1131

    Configuration changes to virtual TAP/mirror policies that forward traffic to unapproved destinations. Detection correlates management plane API calls with mirrored traffic observation.

  • AN1132

    Unauthorized mirroring sessions initiated on routers/switches (e.g., via monitor session, mirror port) coupled with outbound traffic from mirrored interface to unexpected destinations.

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