// MITRE ATT&CK
T1496.003 · SMS Pumping
Sub-technique of T1496 · Resource Hijacking.
Adversaries may leverage messaging services for SMS pumping, which may impact system and/or hosted service availability.(Citation: Twilio SMS Pumping) SMS pumping is a type of telecommunications fraud whereby a threat actor first obtains a set of phone numbers from a telecommunications provider, the...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting SMS Pumping 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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OS Exhaustion Flood T1485.001
Lifecycle-Triggered Deletion T1499.003
Application Exhaustion Flood T1561
Disk Wipe T1565.001
Stored Data Manipulation
Disk Structure Wipe T1498.001
Direct Network Flood T1491.002
External Defacement T1499.001
OS Exhaustion Flood T1485.001
Lifecycle-Triggered Deletion T1499.003
Application Exhaustion Flood T1561
Disk Wipe T1565.001
Stored Data Manipulation
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