Act - Finally, a Red Team performs operational impacts against the target
What impacts can a threat perform based on the capabilities it gained during Get In and
Stay In?
Phase MappingMost penetration testing frameworks are broken down into individual phases that focus on vulnerability identification and exploitation. The Red Team methodology categorizes many of the same actions into only three distinct phases with a focus on the impacts caused to the target environment. Several examples of this categorization have been provided below.
GET INReconnaissance
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Perform Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) against the target.
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Search
using open, unauthenticated sources:
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Target websites
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Social media
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Search engines
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Public code repositories
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Alternate target sites
External enumeration
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Identify external assets:
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Perform a reverse DNS scan
to identify registered hosts○
Identify URLs and other external touch points from the scan and OSINT
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Evaluate the web presence:
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Browse as a normal user through a web proxy to capture intelligence and
understanding
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Identify known vulnerabilities
and vulnerable conditions○
Do not send attack code at this time
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Execution and exploitation
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Attempt to exploit targets based on current knowledge
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Perform situational
awareness on the target○
Attempt local privilege elevation
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Attempt domain or other system-level privilege elevation
STAY INPost-exploitation
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Continue internal and domain enumeration
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Identify domain users/groups/memberships
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Identify
the IP space●
Identify file shares
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Establish persistence
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Use the persistence plan to place agents on target systems
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Move
laterallyACTOperational Impacts
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Perform a realistic simulation against target systems
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Does not need to be highly complex
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Does not need to leverage known or traditional vulnerabilities
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Does not always require administrative (local/domain)
privileges●
Does require an actual impact to the target environment
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Does require input from the ECG and TA
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Does require notification to the ECG and TA when the operational impact is executed
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Avoids unwanted (and possibly catastrophic)
defensive actions●
Does need to exercise at least one of the target’s detection, incident response, continuity,
and
recovery plans and proceduresOperational impacts area key distinguisher for Red Teaming engagements vs. other types of tests
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