misp-taxonomies/rsit/machinetag.json

{
  "values": [
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Or 'Unsolicited Bulk Email', this means that the recipient has not granted verifiable permission for the message to be sent and that the message is sent as part of a larger collection of messages, all having a functionally comparable content. This IOC refers to resources which make up spam infrastructure, for example, harvesters like address verification, URLs in spam emails, etc.",
          "expanded": "Spam",
          "value": "spam"
        },
        {
          "description": "Bullying, harassment or discrimination of somebody, e.g., cyber stalking, racism or threats against one or more individuals.",
          "expanded": "Harmful Speech",
          "value": "harmful-speech"
        },
        {
          "description": "Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), sexual content, glorification of violence, etc.",
          "expanded": "(Child) Sexual Exploitation/Sexual/Violent Content",
          "value": "violence"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "abusive-content"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "System infected with malware, e.g., a PC, smartphone or server infected with a rootkit. Most often this refers to a connection to a sinkholed command and control server.",
          "expanded": "Infected System",
          "value": "infected-system"
        },
        {
          "description": "Command and control server contacted by malware on infected systems.",
          "expanded": "C2 Server",
          "value": "c2-server"
        },
        {
          "description": "URI used for malware distribution, e.g., a download URL included in fake invoice malware spam or exploit kits (on websites).",
          "expanded": "Malware Distribution",
          "value": "malware-distribution"
        },
        {
          "description": "URI hosting a malware configuration file, e.g., web injects for a banking trojan.",
          "expanded": "Malware Configuration",
          "value": "malware-configuration"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "malicious-code"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Attacks that send requests to a system to discover weaknesses. This also includes testing processes to gather information on hosts, services and accounts. This includes fingerd, DNS querying, ICMP, SMTP (EXPN, RCPT, etc) port scanning.",
          "expanded": "Scanning",
          "value": "scanner"
        },
        {
          "description": "Observing and recording of network traffic (i.e. wiretapping).",
          "expanded": "Sniffing",
          "value": "sniffing"
        },
        {
          "description": "Gathering information from a human being in a non-technical way (e.g., using lies, tricks, bribes, or threats).",
          "expanded": "Social Engineering",
          "value": "social-engineering"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "information-gathering"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "An attempt to compromise a system or to disrupt any service by exploiting vulnerabilities with a standardised identifier such as CVE name (e.g., using a buffer overflow, backdoor, cross site scripting)",
          "expanded": "Exploitation of Known Vulnerabilities",
          "value": "ids-alert"
        },
        {
          "description": "Multiple brute-force login attempts (including guessing or cracking of passwords). This IOC refers to a resource, which has been observed to perform brute-force attacks over a given application protocol.",
          "expanded": "Login Attempts",
          "value": "brute-force"
        },
        {
          "description": "An attack using an unknown exploit.",
          "expanded": "New Attack Signature",
          "value": "exploit"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "intrusion-attempts"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Compromise of a system where the attacker has gained administrative privileges.",
          "expanded": "Privileged Account Compromise",
          "value": "privileged-account-compromise"
        },
        {
          "description": "Compromise of a system using an unprivileged (user/service) account.",
          "expanded": "Unprivileged Account Compromise",
          "value": "unprivileged-account-compromise"
        },
        {
          "description": "Compromise of an application by exploiting (un)known software vulnerabilities, e.g., SQL injection.",
          "expanded": "Application Compromise",
          "value": "application-compromise"
        },
        {
          "description": "Compromise of a system, e.g., unauthorised logins or commands. This includes attempts to compromise honeypot systems.",
          "expanded": "System Compromise",
          "value": "system-compromise"
        },
        {
          "description": "Physical intrusion, e.g., into a corporate building or data centre.",
          "expanded": "Burglary",
          "value": "burglary"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "intrusions"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Denial of Service attack, e.g., sending specially crafted requests to a web application which causes the application to crash or slow down.",
          "expanded": "Denial of Service",
          "value": "dos"
        },
        {
          "description": "Distributed Denial of Service attack, e.g., SYN flood or UDP-based reflection/amplification attacks.",
          "expanded": "Distributed Denial of Service",
          "value": "ddos"
        },
        {
          "description": "Software misconfiguration resulting in service availability issues, e.g., DNS server with outdated DNSSEC Root Zone KSK.",
          "expanded": "Misconfiguration",
          "value": "misconfiguration"
        },
        {
          "description": "Physical sabotage, e.g., cutting wires or malicious arson.",
          "expanded": "Sabotage",
          "value": "sabotage"
        },
        {
          "description": "An outage caused, for example, by air conditioning failure or natural disaster.",
          "expanded": "Outage",
          "value": "outage"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "availability"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Unauthorised access to information, e.g., by abusing stolen login credentials for a system or application, intercepting traffic or gaining access to physical documents.",
          "expanded": "Unauthorised Access to Information",
          "value": "unauthorised-information-access"
        },
        {
          "description": "Unauthorised modification of information, e.g., by an attacker abusing stolen login credentials for a system or application, or ransomware encrypting data. Also includes defacements.",
          "expanded": "Unauthorised Modification of Information",
          "value": "unauthorised-information-modification"
        },
        {
          "description": "Loss of data caused by, for example, hard disk failure or physical theft.",
          "expanded": "Data Loss",
          "value": "data-loss"
        },
        {
          "description": "Leaked confidential information, e.g., credentials or personal data.",
          "expanded": "Leak of Confidential Information",
          "value": "data-leak"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "information-content-security"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Using resources for unauthorised purposes including profit-making ventures, e.g., the use of email to participate in illegal profit chain letters or pyramid schemes.",
          "expanded": "Unauthorised Use of Resources",
          "value": "unauthorised-use-of-resources"
        },
        {
          "description": "Offering or installing copies of unlicensed commercial software or other copyright protected materials (also known as Warez).",
          "expanded": "Copyright",
          "value": "copyright"
        },
        {
          "description": "Type of attack in which one entity illegitimately impersonates the identity of another in order to benefit from it.",
          "expanded": "Masquerade",
          "value": "masquerade"
        },
        {
          "description": "Masquerading as another entity in order to persuade the user to reveal private credentials. This IOC most often refers to a URL, which is used to phish user credentials.",
          "expanded": "Phishing",
          "value": "phishing"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "fraud"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Publicly accessible services offering weak cryptography, e.g., web servers susceptible to POODLE/FREAK attacks.",
          "expanded": "Weak Cryptography",
          "value": "weak-crypto"
        },
        {
          "description": "Publicly accessible services that can be abused for conducting DDoS reflection/amplification attacks, e.g., DNS open-resolvers or NTP servers with monlist enabled.",
          "expanded": "DDoS Amplifier",
          "value": "ddos-amplifier"
        },
        {
          "description": "Potentially unwanted publicly accessible services, e.g., Telnet, RDP or VNC.",
          "expanded": "Potentially Unwanted Accessible Services",
          "value": "potentially-unwanted-accessible"
        },
        {
          "description": "Publicly accessible services potentially disclosing sensitive information, e.g., SNMP or Redis.",
          "expanded": "Information disclosure",
          "value": "information-disclosure"
        },
        {
          "description": "A system which is vulnerable to certain attacks, e.g., misconfigured client proxy settings (such as WPAD), outdated operating system version, or cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.",
          "expanded": "Vulnerable System",
          "value": "vulnerable-system"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "vulnerable"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "All incidents which don't fit in one of the given categories should be put into this class or the incident is not categorised.",
          "expanded": "Uncategorised",
          "value": "other"
        },
        {
          "description": "The categorisation of the incident is unknown/undetermined.",
          "expanded": "Undetermined",
          "value": "undetermined"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "other"
    },
    {
      "entry": [
        {
          "description": "Meant for testing.",
          "expanded": "Test",
          "value": "test"
        }
      ],
      "predicate": "test"
    }
  ],
  "predicates": [
    {
      "description": "Abusive Content.",
      "expanded": "Abusive Content",
      "value": "abusive-content"
    },
    {
      "description": "Software that is intentionally included or inserted in a system for a harmful purpose. A user interaction is normally necessary to activate the code.",
      "expanded": "Malicious Code",
      "value": "malicious-code"
    },
    {
      "description": "Information Gathering.",
      "expanded": "Information Gathering",
      "value": "information-gathering"
    },
    {
      "description": "Intrusion Attempts.",
      "expanded": "Intrusion Attempts",
      "value": "intrusion-attempts"
    },
    {
      "description": "A successful compromise of a system or application (service). This can have been caused remotely by a known or new vulnerability, but also by an unauthorised local access. Also includes being part of a botnet.",
      "expanded": "Intrusions",
      "value": "intrusions"
    },
    {
      "description": "By this kind of an attack a system is bombarded with so many packets that the operations are delayed or the system crashes. DoS examples are ICMP and SYN floods, Teardrop attacks and mail-bombing. DDoS often is based on DoS attacks originating from botnets, but also other scenarios exist like DNS Amplification attacks. However, the availability also can be affected by local actions (destruction, disruption of power supply, etc.) – or by Act of God, spontaneous failures or human error, without malice or gross neglect being involved.",
      "expanded": "Availability",
      "value": "availability"
    },
    {
      "description": "Besides a local abuse of data and systems the information security can be endangered by a successful account or application compromise. Furthermore attacks are possible that intercept and access information during transmission (wiretapping, spoofing or hijacking). Human/configuration/software error can also be the cause.",
      "expanded": "Information Content Security",
      "value": "information-content-security"
    },
    {
      "description": "Fraud.",
      "expanded": "Fraud",
      "value": "fraud"
    },
    {
      "description": "Open resolvers, world-readable printers, vulnerabilities apparent from scans, anti-virus signatures not up-to-date, etc.",
      "expanded": "Vulnerable",
      "value": "vulnerable"
    },
    {
      "description": "All incidents which don't fit in one of the given categories should be put into this class. If the number of incidents in this category increases, it is an indicator that the classification scheme must be revised.",
      "expanded": "Other",
      "value": "other"
    },
    {
      "description": "Meant for testing.",
      "expanded": "Test",
      "value": "test"
    }
  ],
  "version": 1003,
  "description": "Reference Security Incident Classification Taxonomy",
  "namespace": "rsit"
}