AN0825: Analytic 0825
Detects unauthorized edits to system configuration profiles, unexpected certificate trust changes, or abnormal ARP/DNS patterns indicative of interception.
Analyst context for executives and security teams
AN0825 is a macOS-focused detection analytic for spotting changes that could enable traffic interception: unauthorized configuration profile edits, unexpected certificate trust modifications, or abnormal ARP/DNS behavior. For leaders, the practical value is assurance that managed Macs are not silently redirected, proxied, or made to trust unapproved certificates in ways that could expose credentials or sensitive communications.
Executive priority
Prioritize this analytic where macOS endpoints are used for privileged work, sensitive data access, or remote operations. The business question is whether security teams can produce timely evidence of unauthorized trust, profile, DNS, or ARP changes before they affect incident scope, audit confidence, or user trust in corporate systems.
Technical view
SOC and detection teams should validate whether macOS telemetry captures configuration profile modifications, certificate trust store changes, DNS behavior, and ARP/network anomalies. Because the official ATT&CK object does not provide a detection query or relationship context, teams should treat AN0825 as a validation target rather than a ready-to-run rule: confirm normal administrative change patterns, identify approved certificate/profile management paths, and tune alerts around unauthorized or unexpected deviations.
Likely telemetry
- macOS configuration profile change events
- Certificate trust store or trust settings modification records
- Endpoint management or MDM change logs
- DNS query and resolver configuration telemetry
- ARP table or local network anomaly telemetry
Detection direction
- Baseline approved macOS configuration profile and certificate trust changes, including expected MDM-driven activity.
- Alert on profile edits or certificate trust changes outside approved administrative channels or maintenance windows.
- Correlate endpoint trust/profile changes with abnormal DNS or ARP patterns to reduce isolated-event noise.
- Validate telemetry coverage on macOS specifically; do not assume Windows or Linux controls apply.
- Account for false positives from legitimate IT certificate rollouts, VPN/security tooling, network migrations, and MDM policy updates.
Mitigation priorities
- Maintain authoritative inventory of approved macOS configuration profiles and trusted certificates.
- Use controlled administrative workflows for certificate and profile changes, with change records available to SOC and IR teams.
- Ensure managed macOS devices report endpoint, MDM, DNS, and relevant network telemetry centrally.
- Review alert handling procedures so suspected interception indicators trigger timely endpoint and network investigation.
- Periodically test whether unauthorized profile or trust changes would be visible to defenders in the current logging stack.
Analyst notes and limits
This object is a detection analytic, not a technique or procedure description. Its value is in guiding defensive validation around macOS configuration trust and network interception indicators. No ATT&CK relationships were supplied, so this take does not map the analytic to specific adversary groups, campaigns, software, or techniques beyond the official description.
The official detection field is not provided, tactics are not specified, and no relationship context is supplied. Local environment baselines, approved MDM/certificate workflows, and available macOS/network telemetry are required before operationalizing this analytic.
Analytic 0825
Detects unauthorized edits to system configuration profiles, unexpected certificate trust changes, or abnormal ARP/DNS patterns indicative of interception.
How security teams should use this page
Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.
All related ATT&CK context
No relationships are available in the current normalized data for this object.
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Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases (1)
| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.1 | 1.0 | Current bundle | 13ba914fb65e… |
Mirrored ATT&CK source object
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External references and citations
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mitre-attack AN0825Open source URL
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