1200KM / simulation
T1124 System Time Discovery — Attack Simulation
An adversary may gather the system time and/or time zone settings from a local or remote system. The system time is set and stored by services, such as the Windows Time Service on Windows or systemsetup on macOS. These time settings may also be synchronized between systems and services in an enterprise network, typically accomplished with a network time server within a domain. System time information may be gathered in a number of ways, such as…
Technique description
An adversary may gather the system time and/or time zone settings from a local or remote system. The system time is set and stored by services, such as the Windows Time Service on Windows or systemsetup on macOS. These time settings may also be synchronized between systems and services in an enterprise network, typically accomplished with a network time server within a domain. System time information may be gathered in a number of ways, such as…
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
- System Time Discovery - PowerShell
Procedure 1d5711d6-655c-4a47-ae9c-6503c74fa877; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- System Time Discovery
Procedure 20aba24b-e61f-4b26-b4ce-4784f763ca20; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- Discover System Time Zone via Registry
Procedure 25c5d1f1-a24b-494a-a6c5-5f50a1ae7f47; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- System Time with Windows time Command
Procedure 53ead5db-7098-4111-bb3f-563be390e72e; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- System Time Discovery W32tm as a Delay
Procedure d5d5a6b0-0f92-42d8-985d-47aafa2dd4db; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
- System Time Discovery in FreeBSD/macOS
Procedure f449c933-0891-407f-821e-7916a21a1a6f; elevation not declared required; cleanup not declared. Not executed or individually validated.
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