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T1557.001 · Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay

🎯 Credential Access Windows Sub-technique

Sub-technique of T1557 · Adversary-in-the-Middle.

By responding to LLMNR/NBT-NS/mDNS network traffic, adversaries may spoof an authoritative source for name resolution to force communication with an adversary controlled system.(Citation: BlackCat ransomware) This activity may be used to collect or relay authentication materials. Link-Local Multic...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay 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.

Related techniques

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