// MITRE ATT&CK

T1124 · System Time Discovery

🎯 Discovery ESXiLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows

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.(Citation: MSDN System Time)(Citation: Technet Windows Time Service)(Citati...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting System Time Discovery starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.

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