1200KM / simulation
T1018 Remote System Discovery — Attack Simulation
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of other systems by IP address, hostname, or other logical identifier on a network that may be used for Lateral Movement from the current system. Functionality could exist within remote access tools to enable this, but utilities available on the operating system could also be used such as Ping, net view using Net, or, on ESXi servers, `esxcli network diag ping`. Adversaries may also analyze data from…
Technique description
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of other systems by IP address, hostname, or other logical identifier on a network that may be used for Lateral Movement from the current system. Functionality could exist within remote access tools to enable this, but utilities available on the operating system could also be used such as Ping, net view using Net, or, on ESXi servers, `esxcli network diag ping`. Adversaries may also analyze data from…
At least one platform-compatible Atomic procedure is documented. Individual review, lab prerequisites, and validation remain required.
Official ATT&CK definition · Detection rules and anomaly models
Documented simulation candidates
- Remote System Discovery - ip neighbour
Procedure 158bd4dd-6359-40ab-b13c-285b9ef6fa25; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - ip route
Procedure 1a4ebe70-31d0-417b-ade2-ef4cb3e7d0e1; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - arp
Procedure 2d5a61f5-0447-4be4-944a-1f8530ed6574; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - nltest
Procedure 52ab5108-3f6f-42fb-8ba3-73bc054f22c8; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Adfind - Enumerate Active Directory Domain Controller Objects
Procedure 5838c31e-a0e2-4b9f-b60a-d79d2cb7995e; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - net group Domain Controller
Procedure 5843529a-5056-4bc1-9c13-a311e2af4ca0; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Enumerate Active Directory Computers with ADSISearcher
Procedure 64ede6ac-b57a-41c2-a7d1-32c6cd35397d; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - ip tcp_metrics
Procedure 6c2da894-0b57-43cb-87af-46ea3b501388; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - ping sweep
Procedure 6db1f57f-d1d5-4223-8a66-55c9c65a9592; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Enumerate SSH Configuration
Procedure 6fc814cb-16d1-43e6-80b3-2ff2a45250d1; elevation not declared required; cleanup present, not reviewed. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - net
Procedure 85321a9c-897f-4a60-9f20-29788e50bccd; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - adidnsdump
Procedure 95e19466-469e-4316-86d2-1dc401b5a959; elevation required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Enumerate domain computers within Active Directory using DirectorySearcher
Procedure 962a6017-1c09-45a6-880b-adc9c57cb22e; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - sweep
Procedure 96db2632-8417-4dbb-b8bb-a8b92ba391de; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Enumerate Active Directory Computers with Get-AdComputer
Procedure 97e89d9e-e3f5-41b5-a90f-1e0825df0fdf; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Adfind - Enumerate Active Directory Computer Objects
Procedure a889f5be-2d54-4050-bd05-884578748bb4; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - arp nix
Procedure acb6b1ff-e2ad-4d64-806c-6c35fe73b951; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Enumerate Remote Hosts with Netscan
Procedure b8147c9a-84db-4ec1-8eee-4e0da75f0de5; elevation not declared required; cleanup present, not reviewed. Not executed or individually validated.
- Get-DomainController with PowerView
Procedure b9d2e8ca-5520-4737-8076-4f08913da2c4; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - nslookup
Procedure baa01aaa-5e13-45ec-8a0d-e46c93c9760f; elevation required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - netstat
Procedure d2791d72-b67f-4615-814f-ec824a91f514; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Get-WmiObject to Enumerate Domain Controllers
Procedure e3cf5123-f6c9-4375-bdf2-1bb3ba43a1ad; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Remote System Discovery - net group Domain Computers
Procedure f1bf6c8f-9016-4edf-aff9-80b65f5d711f; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
Connected ecosystem references
Linked tags
Detection and collection
Attack tools
Threat actor context
These are explicit actor-to-technique associations in the existing Threat Matrix snapshot, not attribution of an event or proof that a detector identifies the actor. No tool-to-actor relationship is inferred.
- Ke3chang · G0004
- Deep Panda · G0009
- Turla · G0010
- Naikon · G0019
- APT3 · G0022
- Threat Group-3390 · G0027
- Lotus Blossom · G0030
- Sandworm Team · G0034
- Dragonfly · G0035
- FIN6 · G0037
- menuPass · G0045
- APT32 · G0050
- FIN5 · G0053
- Magic Hound · G0059
- BRONZE BUTLER · G0060
- FIN8 · G0061
- Leafminer · G0077
- APT39 · G0087
- Silence · G0091
- GALLIUM · G0093
- APT41 · G0096
- Wizard Spider · G0102
- Rocke · G0106
- Chimera · G0114
- Fox Kitten · G0117
- Indrik Spider · G0119
- HAFNIUM · G0125
- Mustang Panda · G0129
- HEXANE · G1001
- Ember Bear · G1003
- Earth Lusca · G1006
- Scattered Spider · G1015
- Volt Typhoon · G1017
- ToddyCat · G1022
- Akira · G1024
- Agrius · G1030
- Play · G1040
- BlackByte · G1043
- Medusa Group · G1051
- MirrorFace · G1054
Existing research
Pinned research references. No browser attack runner, live simulation result or validated detector is asserted. Source mappings and validation limits are preserved. ATT&CK / Atomic provenance · Detection provenance.