Supported Action Types for Actors

The Actor platform determines specific Actions that can be run. Refer to this table to see which Actions are supported on which Actor platforms.

Actor Platforms→Windows EndpointmacOS Endpoint Linux Network (CentOS/RHEL/Rocky Linux & Amazon Linux 2)Linux Endpoint (Ubuntu)
Action Type ↓
PCAP (Hex)



Captive IOC (PCAP)



Captive IOC (URL)



Host CLI



Website



Socket



File Transfer



Port Scan



Email
1


DNS



Cloud



1MacOS Actors support only legacy protocols (IMAP/POP/SMTP) and Gmail.

In addition, you can see supported capabilities for specific Actors that are registered to your Director by selecting Edit from an Actor's Action menu. This screen contains a Supported Capabilities table that shows you what that particular Actor supports.

Supported Capabilities Table for an Actor

  • The Application Layer and Tunnel categories relate to File Transfer Actions. Based on the specific type of Action, one of the capabilities is required for an Actor to be able to run the Action.
  • CNTLM is an external piece of software that can optionally be installed during the Actor installation process. If you choose not to install this component, then the Actor won't have the associated capability.  
  • Credential Provider relates to running Host CLI actions interactively on Windows Actors (protected and non-protected).
  • The Credential Provider is dependent on selecting the installation option for it during the Windows installation, as well as these three Windows settings being setup properly:

    • Secure Signin: Disabled

    • Legal Caption: Empty

    • Legal Notice: Empty

  • Firewall Control is an install-time option on Linux Actors, so users can opt out of having the actor modify firewall rules, if appropriate.
  • The DNS and ICMP capabilities are dependent on selecting the TAP driver as part of the Windows installation (all other OSes are not impacted by this).
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