MITRE ATT&CK Technique Extraction method

Release version: Xanadu

Updated October 21, 2024

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Summary of MITRE ATT&CK Technique Extraction Method

The MITRE ATT&CK Technique Extraction method outlines how extraction methods are executed and the verification of associated techniques. Extraction rules are applied to data sources when creating entity source records, impacting all fields except specific categories like date and number fields.

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Key Features

Extraction of MITRE techniques is linked to entity records, visible in the Related Records tab under MITRE Techniques.
Techniques are aggregated to the parent entity record, avoiding duplicates from multiple sources.
Extraction rules for threat lookups apply to raw data in threat lookup result records and create associations based on available tactic IDs.
Users can troubleshoot by examining the MITRE Extraction rule responsible for technique associations.

Key Outcomes

By utilizing the MITRE ATT&CK Technique Extraction method, customers can efficiently view and manage extracted techniques for their entity records. This enhances their threat intelligence capabilities, allowing for better understanding and response to potential threats guided by the MITRE framework.

MITRE ATT&CK Technique Extraction method describes how the extraction methods are performed and associated techniques are verified.

The extraction rules for data sources (threat lookups are not applicable) are processed whenever an entity (for example, observable source or object source) source record gets created.
The rules are applicable for any fields within the entity source record (except date, number fields, and Usage category and Attack phases).
The extracted MITRE techniques are associated to the corresponding entity record and you view the records in the MITRE techniques related list in the Related Records tab.
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The MITRE techniques are first extracted and associated to the entity source record then the techniques associations are de-duplicated and aggregated to the parent entity record.

View MITRE techniques

Navigate to Threat Intel Libraryany entity (observable or object) record using the .
Click on the Related Records tab.
Select MITRE Techniques and view the associated techniques which are extracted.
Click on the MITRE technique ID to view and access the MITRE technique association record. The Sources column displays all the sources (also separated by a comma if there are one or more sources) which are associated to the entity source record on which the MITRE extraction is performed.
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If the same tactic and technique IDs are extracted from multiple sources then only one tactic and technique association record is displayed and the Sources column displays all the extracted sources.
For troubleshooting, you can view the MITRE Extraction rule which was responsible for extraction of the tactic and technique associations by navigating to the Technique Source Relations.
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Make sure to add the Extraction Rule column using the List Actions icon in case if you don't see the Extraction Rule column.

The extraction rules for threat lookups are processed whenever the threat lookup result record is created for any observable for which Run threat lookup action is triggered and the extraction is performed only on the raw data (raw_data field) payload which is available in the threat lookup result record.

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If there is no tactic ID present in the extracted entity (observable or object) source or threat lookup result for any MITRE ATT&CK technique, then the technique associations are created for all the tactics that are associated to the corresponding technique in the MITRE repository.
If there is any tactic ID present in the extracted entity (observable or object) source or threat lookup result for any MITRE ATT&CK technique, then the technique associations is specifically created only for all that extracted tactic(s) that are associated to the corresponding technique in the MITRE repository.