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AN1878: Analytic 1878

Monitor for unexpected network share access, such as files transferred between shares within a network using protocols such as Server Message Block (SMB). Monitor for alike file hashes or characteristics (ex: filename) that are created on multiple hosts. Monitor for file creation in conjunction with other techniques (e.g., file transfers using Remote Services). Monitor for unusual processes with internal network connections creating files on-system which may be suspicious. Monitor executed commands and arguments for abnormal usage of utilities and command-line arguments that may be used in support of remote transfer of files. Monitor newly constructed processes that assist in lateral tool transfers, such as file transfer programs. Monitor for network traffic originating from unknown/unexpected hosts. Local network traffic metadata (such as source MAC addressing) as well as usage of network management protocols such as DHCP may be helpful in identifying hardware.

ICSAN1878AnalyticObject v1.0Modified
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Security context for executives and security teams

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AN1878: Analytic 1878 describes Monitor for unexpected network share access, such as files transferred between shares within a network using protocols such as Server Message Block (SMB). Monitor for alike file hashes or characteristics (ex: filename) that are created on multiple hosts. Monitor for file creation in conjunction with other techniques (e.g., file transfers using [Remote Services](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T0886)). Monitor for unusual processes with internal network connections creating files on-system which may be suspiciou...

Executive priority

AN1878: Analytic 1878 is an official MITRE ATT&CK detection analytic. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate AN1878: Analytic 1878 by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (None), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

  • Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata

Detection direction

  • Validate whether AN1878: Analytic 1878 appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
  • Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
  • Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

  • Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
  • Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
  • Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits

Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.

This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

Analytic 1878

Monitor for unexpected network share access, such as files transferred between shares within a network using protocols such as Server Message Block (SMB). Monitor for alike file hashes or characteristics (ex: filename) that are created on multiple hosts. Monitor for file creation in conjunction with other techniques (e.g., file transfers using Remote Services). Monitor for unusual processes with internal network connections creating files on-system which may be suspicious. Monitor executed commands and arguments for abnormal usage of utilities and command-line arguments that may be used in support of remote transfer of files. Monitor newly constructed processes that assist in lateral tool transfers, such as file transfer programs. Monitor for network traffic originating from unknown/unexpected hosts. Local network traffic metadata (such as source MAC addressing) as well as usage of network management protocols such as DHCP may be helpful in identifying hardware.

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

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.

Relationship explorer

All related ATT&CK context

No relationships are available in the current normalized data for this object.

Change history

Object version and sync metadata

The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.

ATT&CK release
19.2
Object version
1.0
Created
Modified
Raw hash
bf64050f93ba5752...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.0Current bundlebf64050f93ba…
19.11.0Older bundlebf64050f93ba…
Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.

Source references

External references and citations

MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.

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    mitre-attackAN1878
    Open source URL
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