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Salttyphoon

Date: 2026-01-08 ID: d403fecb-720c-48fb-9d1a-5671f0195513 Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk Environment: NA Directory: SaltTyphoon

Description

Generated datasets for Cisco IOS switch exploitation. Correlating Cisco Secure Firewall logs with Cisco IOS logs to detect SaltTyphoon activities.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1021.004 SSH Lateral Movement

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment NA
Directory SaltTyphoon
Test Date 2026-01-08

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Salttyphoon_correlation

  • Path: /datasets/emerging_threats/SaltTyphoon/salttyphoon_correlation.log
  • Sourcetype: stash
  • Source: not_applicable

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Cisco Privileged Account Creation with HTTP Command Execution Correlation Network T1021.004, T1136, T1078 Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Analytics, Salt Typhoon
Cisco Privileged Account Creation with Suspicious SSH Activity Correlation Network T1021.004, T1136, T1078 Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Analytics, Salt Typhoon

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/emerging_threats/SaltTyphoon/salttyphoon_correlation.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0