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Practical Threat Detection Engineering

By : Megan Roddie, Jason Deyalsingh, Gary J. Katz
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Book Image

Practical Threat Detection Engineering

5 (2)
By: Megan Roddie, Jason Deyalsingh, Gary J. Katz

Overview of this book

Threat validation is an indispensable component of every security detection program, ensuring a healthy detection pipeline. This comprehensive detection engineering guide will serve as an introduction for those who are new to detection validation, providing valuable guidelines to swiftly bring you up to speed. The book will show you how to apply the supplied frameworks to assess, test, and validate your detection program. It covers the entire life cycle of a detection, from creation to validation, with the help of real-world examples. Featuring hands-on tutorials and projects, this guide will enable you to confidently validate the detections in your security program. This book serves as your guide to building a career in detection engineering, highlighting the essential skills and knowledge vital for detection engineers in today's landscape. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills necessary to test your security detection program and strengthen your organization’s security measures.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Detection Engineering
5
Part 2: Detection Creation
11
Part 3: Detection Validation
14
Part 4: Metrics and Management
16
Part 5: Detection Engineering as a Career

Detecting tactice, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)

In our last example scenario, we are going to move to the top of the Pyramid of Pain and discuss the detection of TTPs. We are specifically looking at the detection methodology for MITRE ATT&CK technique T1553.005, Subvert Trust Controls: Mark of the Web Bypass. First, we’ll carry out the Investigate phase to understand the threat we are trying to detect and then we will move to the Develop phase to create the detection for such activity.

Example scenario – mark of the web bypass technique

Our goal in this scenario is to detect the mark of the web bypass technique and reconnaissance used by Qakbot as described here: https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/j/black-basta-infiltrates-networks-via-qakbot-brute-ratel-and-coba.html

From the article, we can see this specific Qakbot campaign uses the technique T1553.005, Subvert Trust Controls: Mark of the web bypass. An email is delivered to a victim’...