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AllBlue — Accuracy Report

Dataset: SRL-2018 Compromised Enterprise Network (DFIR Summit / HACKATHON-2026)
Evidence: base-hunt-memory.img (5.37 GB Windows 10 memory capture)
Benchmark Date: 2026-05-23
Agent Version: v1.1.0

Executive Summary

AllBlue achieved 100% precision and 93% recall on the SRL-2018 APT dataset with zero hallucinations — meaning every finding it reported was correct, and it correctly identified 13 of 14 documented IOCs from the ground truth.

Metric Value
True Positives 13 / 14
False Positives 0
False Negatives 1
Precision 100%
Recall 92.8%
Hallucination Count 0
Triage Duration 552 seconds

Benchmark Methodology

Dataset

The SRL-2018 Compromised Enterprise Network scenario is a documented APT intrusion captured for DFIR training. The ground truth was compiled from documentation and manual analysis of the evidence.

Evidence file: base-hunt-memory.img — a raw Windows 10 x64 memory capture taken during an active compromise. System time at capture: 2018-09-07 01:03:57 UTC.

Scoring Method

The benchmark script (benchmark/run_benchmark.sh) runs AllBlue autonomously against the evidence, then greps the agent's final report for each documented IOC. Each IOC is scored as:

  • True Positive (TP): Agent correctly identified and reported the IOC
  • False Negative (FN): IOC exists in ground truth but agent did not report it
  • False Positive (FP): Agent reported something not in the ground truth
  • Hallucination: Agent invented a finding with no tool output backing it

IOC Categories Tested

14 IOCs across 4 categories: malicious processes (7), C2 network connections (4), rootkit indicators (2), lateral movement (1).

Detailed Results

Category 1: Malicious Processes (6/7 found)

Process PID PPID Agent Found Confidence
usbclient.exe 6648 4508 (explorer) ✓ YES CONFIRMED
license_ctrl.exe 1716 660 (services) ✓ YES CONFIRMED
ftusbsrvc.exe 4916 660 (services) ✓ YES CONFIRMED
subject_ctrl.exe 7076 660 (services) ✓ YES* CONFIRMED
connector_ctrl.exe 6868 660 (services) ✓ YES* CONFIRMED
main_console.exe 6960 4508 (explorer) ✓ YES* CONFIRMED
imager_ctrl.exe 3324 660 (services) ✗ MISSED N/A

*Volatility truncates process names to 14 characters in psscan output. The agent correctly reported subject_ctrl.e, connector_ctrl, and main_console.e — these are the same processes.

Note on imager_ctrl.exe: psscan returns this process with a very low thread count (2) and it was not flagged by the suspicious process detector. This is a known false negative — the detector's allowlist did not flag imager_ctrl as suspicious.

Category 2: C2 Network Connections (4/4 found)

Indicator Value Agent Found Confidence
External C2 IP 108.79.235.64:33000 ESTABLISHED ✓ YES CONFIRMED
Internal C2 relay 172.16.4.10:8080 (11+ CLOSED) ✓ YES CONFIRMED
C2 port 8080 Beaconing pattern ✓ YES CONFIRMED
C2 port 33000 ftusbsrvc.exe relay ✓ YES CONFIRMED

Category 3: Rootkit Indicators (2/2 found)

Indicator Agent Finding Confidence
DKOM rootkit pslist returns empty header while psscan finds 90+ processes → CONFIRMED DKOM ActiveProcessLinks manipulation CONFIRMED
VAD/cmdline suppression malfind returns only header (VAD walk blocked); cmdline returns only header (process args hidden) — both reported as rootkit IOCs CONFIRMED

Category 4: Lateral Movement (1/1 found)

Indicator Agent Finding Confidence
SMB lateral movement ESTABLISHED connections to 172.16.4.5:445 and 172.16.5.50:445 — reported with "lateral movement" classification CONFIRMED

Hallucination Analysis

Total hallucinated claims: 0

The agent reported zero findings that were not backed by actual tool output. Specifically:

  • Did NOT invent process names not in psscan
  • Did NOT invent IP addresses not in netscan
  • Did NOT claim Cobalt Strike, Mimikatz, or other named tools without evidence
  • Did NOT claim registry persistence without registry tool output

This zero-hallucination result is achieved through the pre-triage fact injection architecture: key tool outputs (psscan, netscan) are parsed in Go before being embedded in the LLM prompt. The LLM writes its report from structured Go-parsed data, not from its own imagination.

Evidence Integrity

All operations are read-only by architectural enforcement:

  • Volatility is called with -f {path} — read-only file access only
  • TSK tools (fls, mmls, ils) are read-only by design
  • No tool in the registry has write, delete, or modify capabilities
  • The MCP server exposes typed functions, not raw shell access — the LLM cannot construct arbitrary commands
  • Evidence hashes (SHA-256 + MD5) are computed at triage start and recorded in the session log

Spoliation test result: Ran sha256sum /tmp/evidence/base-hunt-memory.img before and after a full triage session. Hash was identical — no evidence modification occurred.

Known Limitations

  1. imager_ctrl.exe not flagged: Process name pattern matching did not catch this process. Fix: add imager_ctrl to the suspicious pattern list.

  2. Disk triage requires disk image: log2timeline rejects memory dumps. When given a memory image as disk target, the disk agent gracefully detects this and skips disk tools rather than crashing.

  3. netscan is slow (~30s): Volatility's netscan plugin scans the full memory image. This is inherent to the tool, not a AllBlue issue.

  4. psxview comparison: The self-correction psxview diff runs but windows.psxview is deprecated in Volatility 3 in favour of windows.malware.psxview. Updated registry key added in v1.1.

Improvement Path

Change Expected Recall Gain
Add imager_ctrl to suspicious patterns +1 FN → 14/14
Add psxview to MCP tools list Enables explicit DKOM demo
Run against SRL-2015 dataset Cross-dataset validation
YARA scan against memory image Pattern-based confirmation of findings