MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1566 - Phishing

This Playbook is part of the MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action Pack.#

Supported versions

Supported Cortex XSOAR versions: 6.5.0 and later.

This playbook Remediates the Phishing technique using intelligence-driven Courses of Action (COA) defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team.

***Disclaimer: This playbook does not simulate an attack using the specified technique, but follows the steps to remediation as defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team’s Actionable Threat Objects and Mitigations (ATOMs). Techniques Handled:

T1566: Phishing

Kill Chain phases:

Initial Access

MITRE ATT&CK Description:

Adversaries may send phishing messages to gain access to victim systems. All forms of phishing are electronically delivered social engineering. Phishing can be targeted, known as spearphishing. In spearphishing, a specific individual, company, or industry will be targeted by the adversary. More generally, adversaries can conduct non-targeted phishing, such as in mass malware spam campaigns.

Adversaries may send victims emails containing malicious attachments or links, typically to execute malicious code on victim systems or to gather credentials for use of Valid Accounts. Phishing may also be conducted via third-party services, like social media platforms.

Possible playbook uses:

The playbook can be used independently to handle and remediate the specific technique.
The playbook can be used as a part of the “Courses of Action - Defense Evasion” playbook to remediate techniques based on the kill chain phase.
The playbook can be used as a part of the “MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action” playbook, which can be triggered by different sources and accepts the technique MITRE ATT&CK ID as an input.

Dependencies#

This playbook uses the following sub-playbooks, integrations, and scripts.

Sub-playbooks#

Phishing Investigation - Generic v2
PAN-OS - Enforce Anti-Virus Best Practices Profile
PAN-OS - Enforce WildFire Best Practices Profile
Endpoint Malware Investigation - Generic

Integrations#

This playbook does not use any integrations.

Scripts#

Set
IsIntegrationAvailable
SetGridField

Commands#

This playbook does not use any commands.

Playbook Inputs#

Name	Description	Required
template	Template name to enforce WildFire best practices profile.	Optional
pre_post	Rules location. Can be 'pre-rulebase' or 'post-rulebase'. Mandatory for Panorama instances.	Optional
device-group	The device group for which to return addresses (Panorama instances).	Optional
tag	Tag for which to filter the results.	Optional

Playbook Outputs#

Path	Description	Type
Handled.Techniques	The techniques handled in this playbook	unknown

Playbook Image#

MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1566 - Phishing