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T1486
T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact. Tactics: impact. Description: Adversaries may encrypt data on target systems or on large numbers of systems in a network to interrupt availability to system and network resources. They can attempt to render stored data inaccessible by encrypting files or data on local and remote drives ...
{"name": "Data Encrypted for Impact", "tactics": ["impact"]}
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T1690
T1690 Prevent Command History Logging. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may impair command history logging to hide commands they run on a compromised system. Various command interpreters keep track of the commands users type in their terminal so that users can retrace what they have done. On Linux ...
{"name": "Prevent Command History Logging", "tactics": ["defense impairment"]}
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T1553
T1553 Subvert Trust Controls. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may undermine security controls that will either warn users of untrusted activity or prevent execution of untrusted programs. Operating systems and security products may contain mechanisms to identify programs or websites as possessing ...
{"name": "Subvert Trust Controls", "tactics": ["defense impairment"]}
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T1548.004
T1548.004 Elevated Execution with Prompt. Tactics: privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may leverage the <code>AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges</code> API to escalate privileges by prompting the user for credentials.(Citation: AppleDocs AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges) The purpose of this API is to give ...
{"name": "Elevated Execution with Prompt", "tactics": ["privilege escalation"]}
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T1592.003
T1592.003 Firmware. Tactics: reconnaissance. Description: Adversaries may gather information about the victim's host firmware that can be used during targeting. Information about host firmware may include a variety of details such as type and versions on specific hosts, which may be used to infer more information about...
{"name": "Firmware", "tactics": ["reconnaissance"]}
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T1573
T1573 Encrypted Channel. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may employ an encryption algorithm to conceal command and control traffic rather than relying on any inherent protections provided by a communication protocol. Despite the use of a secure algorithm, these implementations may be vulnerable t...
{"name": "Encrypted Channel", "tactics": ["command and control"]}
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T1547.002
T1547.002 Authentication Package. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may abuse authentication packages to execute DLLs when the system boots. Windows authentication package DLLs are loaded by the Local Security Authority (LSA) process at system start. They provide support for multiple ...
{"name": "Authentication Package", "tactics": ["persistence", "privilege escalation"]}
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T1218.010
T1218.010 Regsvr32. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may abuse Regsvr32.exe to proxy execution of malicious code. Regsvr32.exe is a command-line program used to register and unregister object linking and embedding controls, including dynamic link libraries (DLLs), on Windows systems. The Regsvr32.exe binary m...
{"name": "Regsvr32", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
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T1567.003
T1567.003 Exfiltration to Text Storage Sites. Tactics: exfiltration. Description: Adversaries may exfiltrate data to text storage sites instead of their primary command and control channel. Text storage sites, such as <code>pastebin[.]com</code>, are commonly used by developers to share code and other information. Text...
{"name": "Exfiltration to Text Storage Sites", "tactics": ["exfiltration"]}
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T1592.002
T1592.002 Software. Tactics: reconnaissance. Description: Adversaries may gather information about the victim's host software that can be used during targeting. Information about installed software may include a variety of details such as types and versions on specific hosts, as well as the presence of additional compo...
{"name": "Software", "tactics": ["reconnaissance"]}
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T1056
T1056 Input Capture. Tactics: collection, credential access. Description: Adversaries may use methods of capturing user input to obtain credentials or collect information. During normal system usage, users often provide credentials to various different locations, such as login pages/portals or system dialog boxes. Inpu...
{"name": "Input Capture", "tactics": ["collection", "credential access"]}
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T1566.004
T1566.004 Spearphishing Voice. Tactics: initial access. Description: Adversaries may use voice communications to ultimately gain access to victim systems. Spearphishing voice is a specific variant of spearphishing. It is different from other forms of spearphishing in that it employs the use of manipulating a user into ...
{"name": "Spearphishing Voice", "tactics": ["initial access"]}
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T1587.004
T1587.004 Exploits. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may develop exploits that can be used during targeting. An exploit takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability in order to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer hardware or software. Rather than finding/modifying exploit...
{"name": "Exploits", "tactics": ["resource development"]}
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T1685
T1685 Disable or Modify Tools. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may disable, degrade, or tamper with security tools or applications (e.g., endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, intrusion detection systems (IDS), antivirus, logging agents, sensors, etc.) to impair or reduce visibility of defe...
{"name": "Disable or Modify Tools", "tactics": ["defense impairment"]}
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T1593.001
T1593.001 Social Media. Tactics: reconnaissance. Description: Adversaries may search social media for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Social media sites may contain various information about a victim organization, such as business announcements as well as information about the roles, locati...
{"name": "Social Media", "tactics": ["reconnaissance"]}
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T1213.004
T1213.004 Customer Relationship Management Software. Tactics: collection. Description: Adversaries may leverage Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to mine valuable information. CRM software is used to assist organizations in tracking and managing customer interactions, as well as storing customer data. Onc...
{"name": "Customer Relationship Management Software", "tactics": ["collection"]}
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T1546.015
T1546.015 Component Object Model Hijacking. Tactics: privilege escalation, persistence. Description: Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects. COM is a system within Windows to enable interaction between software compon...
{"name": "Component Object Model Hijacking", "tactics": ["privilege escalation", "persistence"]}
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T1589.001
T1589.001 Credentials. Tactics: reconnaissance. Description: Adversaries may gather credentials that can be used during targeting. Account credentials gathered by adversaries may be those directly associated with the target victim organization or attempt to take advantage of the tendency for users to use the same passw...
{"name": "Credentials", "tactics": ["reconnaissance"]}
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T1195.002
T1195.002 Compromise Software Supply Chain. Tactics: initial access. Description: Adversaries may manipulate application software prior to receipt by a final consumer for the purpose of data or system compromise. Supply chain compromise of software can take place in a number of ways, including manipulation of the appli...
{"name": "Compromise Software Supply Chain", "tactics": ["initial access"]}
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T1036.003
T1036.003 Rename Legitimate Utilities. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may rename legitimate / system utilities to try to evade security mechanisms concerning the usage of those utilities. Security monitoring and control mechanisms may be in place for legitimate utilities adversaries are capable of abusing, ...
{"name": "Rename Legitimate Utilities", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
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T1102.002
T1102.002 Bidirectional Communication. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may use an existing, legitimate external Web service as a means for sending commands to and receiving output from a compromised system over the Web service channel. Compromised systems may leverage popular websites and social ...
{"name": "Bidirectional Communication", "tactics": ["command and control"]}
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T1203
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution. Tactics: execution. Description: Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code. Vulnerabilities can exist in software due to unsecure coding practices that can lead to unanticipated behavior. Adversaries can take advantage of certain vul...
{"name": "Exploitation for Client Execution", "tactics": ["execution"]}
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T1595.003
T1595.003 Wordlist Scanning. Tactics: reconnaissance. Description: Adversaries may iteratively probe infrastructure using brute-forcing and crawling techniques. While this technique employs similar methods to [Brute Force](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110), its goal is the identification of content and infrast...
{"name": "Wordlist Scanning", "tactics": ["reconnaissance"]}
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T1667
T1667 Email Bombing. Tactics: impact. Description: Adversaries may flood targeted email addresses with an overwhelming volume of messages. This may bury legitimate emails in a flood of spam and disrupt business operations.(Citation: sophos-bombing)(Citation: krebs-email-bombing) An adversary may accomplish email bombin...
{"name": "Email Bombing", "tactics": ["impact"]}
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T1137.004
T1137.004 Outlook Home Page. Tactics: persistence. Description: Adversaries may abuse Microsoft Outlook's Home Page feature to obtain persistence on a compromised system. Outlook Home Page is a legacy feature used to customize the presentation of Outlook folders. This feature allows for an internal or external URL to b...
{"name": "Outlook Home Page", "tactics": ["persistence"]}
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T1573.002
T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may employ a known asymmetric encryption algorithm to conceal command and control traffic rather than relying on any inherent protections provided by a communication protocol. Asymmetric cryptography, also known as public key cryp...
{"name": "Asymmetric Cryptography", "tactics": ["command and control"]}
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T1567.002
T1567.002 Exfiltration to Cloud Storage. Tactics: exfiltration. Description: Adversaries may exfiltrate data to a cloud storage service rather than over their primary command and control channel. Cloud storage services allow for the storage, edit, and retrieval of data from a remote cloud storage server over the Intern...
{"name": "Exfiltration to Cloud Storage", "tactics": ["exfiltration"]}
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T1570
T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer. Tactics: lateral movement. Description: Adversaries may transfer tools or other files between systems in a compromised environment. Once brought into the victim environment (i.e., [Ingress Tool Transfer](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105)) files may then be copied from one system to...
{"name": "Lateral Tool Transfer", "tactics": ["lateral movement"]}
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T1574.009
T1574.009 Path Interception by Unquoted Path. Tactics: stealth, execution. Description: Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking vulnerable file path references. Adversaries can take advantage of paths that lack surrounding quotations by placing an executable in a higher level directory within ...
{"name": "Path Interception by Unquoted Path", "tactics": ["stealth", "execution"]}
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T1608.003
T1608.003 Install Digital Certificate. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may install SSL/TLS certificates that can be used during targeting. SSL/TLS certificates are files that can be installed on servers to enable secure communications between systems. Digital certificates include information abo...
{"name": "Install Digital Certificate", "tactics": ["resource development"]}
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T1037.005
T1037.005 Startup Items. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may use startup items automatically executed at boot initialization to establish persistence. Startup items execute during the final phase of the boot process and contain shell scripts or other executable files along with conf...
{"name": "Startup Items", "tactics": ["persistence", "privilege escalation"]}
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T1614.001
T1614.001 System Language Discovery. Tactics: discovery. Description: Adversaries may attempt to gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host. This information may be used to shape follow-on behaviors, including whether the adversary infects the targe...
{"name": "System Language Discovery", "tactics": ["discovery"]}
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T1095
T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may use an OSI non-application layer protocol for communication between host and C2 server or among infected hosts within a network. The list of possible protocols is extensive.(Citation: Wikipedia OSI) Specific examples includ...
{"name": "Non-Application Layer Protocol", "tactics": ["command and control"]}
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T1059.013
T1059.013 Container CLI/API. Tactics: execution. Description: Adversaries may abuse built-in CLI tools or API calls to execute malicious commands in containerized environments. The Docker CLI is used for managing containers via an exposed API point from the `dockerd` daemon. Some common examples of Docker CLI include D...
{"name": "Container CLI/API", "tactics": ["execution"]}
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T1027.003
T1027.003 Steganography. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may use steganography techniques in order to prevent the detection of hidden information. Steganographic techniques can be used to hide data in digital media such as images, audio tracks, video clips, or text files. [Duqu](https://attack.mitre.org/soft...
{"name": "Steganography", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
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T1584.002
T1584.002 DNS Server. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may compromise third-party DNS servers that can be used during targeting. During post-compromise activity, adversaries may utilize DNS traffic for various tasks, including for Command and Control (ex: [Application Layer Protocol](https://atta...
{"name": "DNS Server", "tactics": ["resource development"]}
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T1671
T1671 Cloud Application Integration. Tactics: persistence. Description: Adversaries may achieve persistence by leveraging OAuth application integrations in a software-as-a-service environment. Adversaries may create a custom application, add a legitimate application into the environment, or even co-opt an existing inte...
{"name": "Cloud Application Integration", "tactics": ["persistence"]}
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T1001.003
T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may impersonate legitimate protocols or web service traffic to disguise command and control activity and thwart analysis efforts. By impersonating legitimate protocols or web services, adversaries can make their command ...
{"name": "Protocol or Service Impersonation", "tactics": ["command and control"]}
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T1012
T1012 Query Registry. Tactics: discovery. Description: Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software. The Registry contains a significant amount of information about the operating system, configuration, software, and security.(Citation: ...
{"name": "Query Registry", "tactics": ["discovery"]}
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T1030
T1030 Data Transfer Size Limits. Tactics: exfiltration. Description: An adversary may exfiltrate data in fixed size chunks instead of whole files or limit packet sizes below certain thresholds. This approach may be used to avoid triggering network data transfer threshold alerts.
{"name": "Data Transfer Size Limits", "tactics": ["exfiltration"]}
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T1550.004
T1550.004 Web Session Cookie. Tactics: lateral movement. Description: Adversaries can use stolen session cookies to authenticate to web applications and services. This technique bypasses some multi-factor authentication protocols since the session is already authenticated.(Citation: Pass The Cookie) Authentication cook...
{"name": "Web Session Cookie", "tactics": ["lateral movement"]}
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T1078.002
T1078.002 Domain Accounts. Tactics: stealth, persistence, privilege escalation, initial access. Description: Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a domain account as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.(Citation: TechNet Credential Theft) Domain accounts a...
{"name": "Domain Accounts", "tactics": ["stealth", "persistence", "privilege escalation", "initial access"]}
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T1218.009
T1218.009 Regsvcs/Regasm. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may abuse Regsvcs and Regasm to proxy execution of code through a trusted Windows utility. Regsvcs and Regasm are Windows command-line utilities that are used to register .NET [Component Object Model](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1559/001) (CO...
{"name": "Regsvcs/Regasm", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
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T1034
T1034 Path Interception. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: **This technique has been deprecated. Please use [Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/007), [Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/008)...
{"name": "Path Interception", "tactics": ["persistence", "privilege escalation"]}
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T1546.018
T1546.018 Python Startup Hooks. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may achieve persistence by leveraging Python’s startup mechanisms, including path configuration (`.pth`) files and the `sitecustomize.py` or `usercustomize.py` modules. These files are automatically processed during the...
{"name": "Python Startup Hooks", "tactics": ["persistence", "privilege escalation"]}
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T1553.004
T1553.004 Install Root Certificate. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may install a root certificate on a compromised system to avoid warnings when connecting to adversary controlled web servers. Root certificates are used in public key cryptography to identify a root certificate authority (CA). Whe...
{"name": "Install Root Certificate", "tactics": ["defense impairment"]}
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T1037.003
T1037.003 Network Logon Script. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may use network logon scripts automatically executed at logon initialization to establish persistence. Network logon scripts can be assigned using Active Directory or Group Policy Objects.(Citation: Petri Logon Script A...
{"name": "Network Logon Script", "tactics": ["persistence", "privilege escalation"]}
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T1499
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service. Tactics: impact. Description: Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users. Endpoint DoS can be performed by exhausting the system resources those services are hosted on or exploiting the system to cause a pe...
{"name": "Endpoint Denial of Service", "tactics": ["impact"]}
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T1027.004
T1027.004 Compile After Delivery. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may attempt to make payloads difficult to discover and analyze by delivering files to victims as uncompiled code. Text-based source code files may subvert analysis and scrutiny from protections targeting executables/binaries. These payloads wi...
{"name": "Compile After Delivery", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
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T1688
T1688 Safe Mode Boot. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may abuse Windows safe mode to disable endpoint defenses. Safe mode starts up the Windows operating system with a limited set of drivers and services. Third-party security software such as endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools may not sta...
{"name": "Safe Mode Boot", "tactics": ["defense impairment"]}
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T1614
T1614 System Location Discovery. Tactics: discovery. Description: Adversaries may gather information in an attempt to calculate the geographical location of a victim host. Adversaries may use the information from [System Location Discovery](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1614) during automated discovery to shape ...
{"name": "System Location Discovery", "tactics": ["discovery"]}
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T1564.007
T1564.007 VBA Stomping. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may hide malicious Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) payloads embedded within MS Office documents by replacing the VBA source code with benign data.(Citation: FireEye VBA stomp Feb 2020) MS Office documents with embedded VBA content store source code ...
{"name": "VBA Stomping", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
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T1197
T1197 BITS Jobs. Tactics: stealth, persistence, execution. Description: Adversaries may abuse BITS jobs to persistently execute code and perform various background tasks. Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a low-bandwidth, asynchronous file transfer mechanism exposed through [Component Object Mod...
{"name": "BITS Jobs", "tactics": ["stealth", "persistence", "execution"]}
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T1127.001
T1127.001 MSBuild. Tactics: stealth, execution. Description: Adversaries may use MSBuild to proxy execution of code through a trusted Windows utility. MSBuild.exe (Microsoft Build Engine) is a software build platform used by Visual Studio. It handles XML formatted project files that define requirements for loading and ...
{"name": "MSBuild", "tactics": ["stealth", "execution"]}
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T1578.005
T1578.005 Modify Cloud Compute Configurations. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may modify settings that directly affect the size, locations, and resources available to cloud compute infrastructure in order to evade defenses. These settings may include service quotas, subscription associations, ten...
{"name": "Modify Cloud Compute Configurations", "tactics": ["defense impairment"]}
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T1090.004
T1090.004 Domain Fronting. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may take advantage of routing schemes in Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and other services which host multiple domains to obfuscate the intended destination of HTTPS traffic or traffic tunneled through HTTPS. (Citation: Fifield Blocking...
{"name": "Domain Fronting", "tactics": ["command and control"]}
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T1557.002
T1557.002 ARP Cache Poisoning. Tactics: credential access, collection. Description: Adversaries may poison Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) caches to position themselves between the communication of two or more networked devices. This activity may be used to enable follow-on behaviors such as [Network Sniffing](https:...
{"name": "ARP Cache Poisoning", "tactics": ["credential access", "collection"]}
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T1518.001
T1518.001 Security Software Discovery. Tactics: discovery. Description: Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of security software, configurations, defensive tools, and sensors that are installed on a system or in a cloud environment. This may include things such as cloud monitoring agents and anti-virus. Adversarie...
{"name": "Security Software Discovery", "tactics": ["discovery"]}
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T1564.003
T1564.003 Hidden Window. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may use hidden windows to conceal malicious activity from the plain sight of users. In some cases, windows that would typically be displayed when an application carries out an operation can be hidden. This may be utilized by system administrators to av...
{"name": "Hidden Window", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
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T1127.002
T1127.002 ClickOnce. Tactics: stealth, execution. Description: Adversaries may use ClickOnce applications (.appref-ms and .application files) to proxy execution of code through a trusted Windows utility.(Citation: Burke/CISA ClickOnce BlackHat) ClickOnce is a deployment that enables a user to create self-updating Windo...
{"name": "ClickOnce", "tactics": ["stealth", "execution"]}
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T1059.006
T1059.006 Python. Tactics: execution. Description: Adversaries may abuse Python commands and scripts for execution. Python is a very popular scripting/programming language, with capabilities to perform many functions. Python can be executed interactively from the command-line (via the <code>python.exe</code> interprete...
{"name": "Python", "tactics": ["execution"]}
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T1070.010
T1070.010 Relocate Malware. Tactics: stealth. Description: Once a payload is delivered, adversaries may reproduce copies of the same malware on the victim system to remove evidence of their presence and/or avoid defenses. Copying malware payloads to new locations may also be combined with [File Deletion](https://attack...
{"name": "Relocate Malware", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
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T1591.004
T1591.004 Identify Roles. Tactics: reconnaissance. Description: Adversaries may gather information about identities and roles within the victim organization that can be used during targeting. Information about business roles may reveal a variety of targetable details, including identifiable information for key personne...
{"name": "Identify Roles", "tactics": ["reconnaissance"]}
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T1132
T1132 Data Encoding. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may encode data to make the content of command and control traffic more difficult to detect. Command and control (C2) information can be encoded using a standard data encoding system. Use of data encoding may adhere to existing protocol specifi...
{"name": "Data Encoding", "tactics": ["command and control"]}
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T1546.010
T1546.010 AppInit DLLs. Tactics: privilege escalation, persistence. Description: Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by AppInit DLLs loaded into processes. Dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) that are specified in the <code>AppInit_DLLs</code> value in the ...
{"name": "AppInit DLLs", "tactics": ["privilege escalation", "persistence"]}
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T1598
T1598 Phishing for Information. Tactics: reconnaissance. Description: Adversaries may send phishing messages to elicit sensitive information that can be used during targeting. Phishing for information is an attempt to trick targets into divulging information, frequently credentials or other actionable information. Phis...
{"name": "Phishing for Information", "tactics": ["reconnaissance"]}
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T1496
T1496 Resource Hijacking. Tactics: impact. Description: Adversaries may leverage the resources of co-opted systems to complete resource-intensive tasks, which may impact system and/or hosted service availability. Resource hijacking may take a number of different forms. For example, adversaries may: * Leverage compute r...
{"name": "Resource Hijacking", "tactics": ["impact"]}
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T1684.001
T1684.001 Impersonation. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may impersonate a trusted person or organization in order to persuade and trick a target into performing some action on their behalf. For example, adversaries may communicate with victims (via [Phishing for Information](https://attack.mitre.org/techniq...
{"name": "Impersonation", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
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T1585
T1585 Establish Accounts. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may create and cultivate accounts with services that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can create accounts that can be used to build a persona to further operations. Persona development consists of the development of public inform...
{"name": "Establish Accounts", "tactics": ["resource development"]}
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T1588
T1588 Obtain Capabilities. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may buy and/or steal capabilities that can be used during targeting. Rather than developing their own capabilities in-house, adversaries may purchase, freely download, or steal them. Activities may include the acquisition of malware, sof...
{"name": "Obtain Capabilities", "tactics": ["resource development"]}
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T1546.002
T1546.002 Screensaver. Tactics: privilege escalation, persistence. Description: Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by user inactivity. Screensavers are programs that execute after a configurable time of user inactivity and consist of Portable Executable (PE) files with a .scr...
{"name": "Screensaver", "tactics": ["privilege escalation", "persistence"]}
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T1556.009
T1556.009 Conditional Access Policies. Tactics: defense impairment, persistence, credential access. Description: Adversaries may disable or modify conditional access policies to enable persistent access to compromised accounts. Conditional access policies are additional verifications used by identity providers and iden...
{"name": "Conditional Access Policies", "tactics": ["defense impairment", "persistence", "credential access"]}
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T1578.002
T1578.002 Create Cloud Instance. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: An adversary may create a new instance or virtual machine (VM) within the compute service of a cloud account to evade defenses. Creating a new instance may allow an adversary to bypass firewall rules and permissions that exist on instances curre...
{"name": "Create Cloud Instance", "tactics": ["defense impairment"]}
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T1555.006
T1555.006 Cloud Secrets Management Stores. Tactics: credential access. Description: Adversaries may acquire credentials from cloud-native secret management solutions such as AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager, Azure Key Vault, and Terraform Vault. Secrets managers support the secure centralized management of passw...
{"name": "Cloud Secrets Management Stores", "tactics": ["credential access"]}
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T1213.003
T1213.003 Code Repositories. Tactics: collection. Description: Adversaries may leverage code repositories to collect valuable information. Code repositories are tools/services that store source code and automate software builds. They may be hosted internally or privately on third party sites such as Github, GitLab, Sou...
{"name": "Code Repositories", "tactics": ["collection"]}
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T1565.002
T1565.002 Transmitted Data Manipulation. Tactics: impact. Description: Adversaries may alter data en route to storage or other systems in order to manipulate external outcomes or hide activity, thus threatening the integrity of the data.(Citation: FireEye APT38 Oct 2018)(Citation: DOJ Lazarus Sony 2018) By manipulating...
{"name": "Transmitted Data Manipulation", "tactics": ["impact"]}
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T1003.008
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. Tactics: credential access. Description: Adversaries may attempt to dump the contents of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shadow</code> to enable offline password cracking. Most modern Linux operating systems use a combination of <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/shad...
{"name": "/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow", "tactics": ["credential access"]}
attack_retrieval
T1543.001
T1543.001 Launch Agent. Tactics: persistence, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may create or modify launch agents to repeatedly execute malicious payloads as part of persistence. When a user logs in, a per-user launchd process is started which loads the parameters for each launch-on-demand user agent from...
{"name": "Launch Agent", "tactics": ["persistence", "privilege escalation"]}
attack_retrieval
T1569
T1569 System Services. Tactics: execution. Description: Adversaries may abuse system services or daemons to execute commands or programs. Adversaries can execute malicious content by interacting with or creating services either locally or remotely. Many services are set to run at boot, which can aid in achieving persis...
{"name": "System Services", "tactics": ["execution"]}
attack_retrieval
T1059.003
T1059.003 Windows Command Shell. Tactics: execution. Description: Adversaries may abuse the Windows command shell for execution. The Windows command shell ([cmd](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0106)) is the primary command prompt on Windows systems. The Windows command prompt can be used to control almost any aspec...
{"name": "Windows Command Shell", "tactics": ["execution"]}
attack_retrieval
T1055.009
T1055.009 Proc Memory. Tactics: stealth, privilege escalation. Description: Adversaries may inject malicious code into processes via the /proc filesystem in order to evade process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate privileges. Proc memory injection is a method of executing arbitrary code in the address space of...
{"name": "Proc Memory", "tactics": ["stealth", "privilege escalation"]}
attack_retrieval
T1650
T1650 Acquire Access. Tactics: resource development. Description: Adversaries may purchase or otherwise acquire an existing access to a target system or network. A variety of online services and initial access broker networks are available to sell access to previously compromised systems.(Citation: Microsoft Ransomware...
{"name": "Acquire Access", "tactics": ["resource development"]}
attack_retrieval
T1601.001
T1601.001 Patch System Image. Tactics: defense impairment. Description: Adversaries may modify the operating system of a network device to introduce new capabilities or weaken existing defenses.(Citation: Killing the myth of Cisco IOS rootkits) (Citation: Killing IOS diversity myth) (Citation: Cisco IOS Shellcode) (Cit...
{"name": "Patch System Image", "tactics": ["defense impairment"]}
attack_retrieval
T1558.002
T1558.002 Silver Ticket. Tactics: credential access. Description: Adversaries who have the password hash of a target service account (e.g. SharePoint, MSSQL) may forge Kerberos ticket granting service (TGS) tickets, also known as silver tickets. Kerberos TGS tickets are also known as service tickets.(Citation: ADSecuri...
{"name": "Silver Ticket", "tactics": ["credential access"]}
attack_retrieval
T1213
T1213 Data from Information Repositories. Tactics: collection. Description: Adversaries may leverage information repositories to mine valuable information. Information repositories are tools that allow for storage of information, typically to facilitate collaboration or information sharing between users, and can store ...
{"name": "Data from Information Repositories", "tactics": ["collection"]}
attack_retrieval
T1070.009
T1070.009 Clear Persistence. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence on a host system to remove evidence of their activity. This may involve various actions, such as removing services, deleting executables, [Modify Registry](https://attack.mitre....
{"name": "Clear Persistence", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
attack_retrieval
T1059.012
T1059.012 Hypervisor CLI. Tactics: execution. Description: Adversaries may abuse hypervisor command line interpreters (CLIs) to execute malicious commands. Hypervisor CLIs typically enable a wide variety of functionality for managing both the hypervisor itself and the guest virtual machines it hosts. For example, on ES...
{"name": "Hypervisor CLI", "tactics": ["execution"]}
attack_retrieval
T1555.004
T1555.004 Windows Credential Manager. Tactics: credential access. Description: Adversaries may acquire credentials from the Windows Credential Manager. The Credential Manager stores credentials for signing into websites, applications, and/or devices that request authentication through NTLM or Kerberos in Credential Loc...
{"name": "Windows Credential Manager", "tactics": ["credential access"]}
attack_retrieval
T1036.010
T1036.010 Masquerade Account Name. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may match or approximate the names of legitimate accounts to make newly created ones appear benign. This will typically occur during [Create Account](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136), although accounts may also be renamed at a later...
{"name": "Masquerade Account Name", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
attack_retrieval
T1200
T1200 Hardware Additions. Tactics: initial access. Description: Adversaries may physically introduce computer accessories, networking hardware, or other computing devices into a system or network that can be used as a vector to gain access. Rather than just connecting and distributing payloads via removable storage (i....
{"name": "Hardware Additions", "tactics": ["initial access"]}
attack_retrieval
T1219.002
T1219.002 Remote Desktop Software. Tactics: command and control. Description: An adversary may use legitimate desktop support software to establish an interactive command and control channel to target systems within networks. Desktop support software provides a graphical interface for remotely controlling another compu...
{"name": "Remote Desktop Software", "tactics": ["command and control"]}
attack_retrieval
T1505
T1505 Server Software Component. Tactics: persistence. Description: Adversaries may abuse legitimate extensible development features of servers to establish persistent access to systems. Enterprise server applications may include features that allow developers to write and install software or scripts to extend the func...
{"name": "Server Software Component", "tactics": ["persistence"]}
attack_retrieval
T1485
T1485 Data Destruction. Tactics: impact. Description: Adversaries may destroy data and files on specific systems or in large numbers on a network to interrupt availability to systems, services, and network resources. Data destruction is likely to render stored data irrecoverable by forensic techniques through overwriti...
{"name": "Data Destruction", "tactics": ["impact"]}
attack_retrieval
T1132.002
T1132.002 Non-Standard Encoding. Tactics: command and control. Description: Adversaries may encode data with a non-standard data encoding system to make the content of command and control traffic more difficult to detect. Command and control (C2) information can be encoded using a non-standard data encoding system that...
{"name": "Non-Standard Encoding", "tactics": ["command and control"]}
attack_retrieval
T1556.001
T1556.001 Domain Controller Authentication. Tactics: defense impairment, persistence, credential access. Description: Adversaries may patch the authentication process on a domain controller to bypass the typical authentication mechanisms and enable access to accounts. Malware may be used to inject false credentials int...
{"name": "Domain Controller Authentication", "tactics": ["defense impairment", "persistence", "credential access"]}
attack_retrieval
T1537
T1537 Transfer Data to Cloud Account. Tactics: exfiltration. Description: Adversaries may exfiltrate data by transferring the data, including through sharing/syncing and creating backups of cloud environments, to another cloud account they control on the same service. A defender who is monitoring for large transfers to...
{"name": "Transfer Data to Cloud Account", "tactics": ["exfiltration"]}
attack_retrieval
T1027.006
T1027.006 HTML Smuggling. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may smuggle data and files past content filters by hiding malicious payloads inside of seemingly benign HTML files. HTML documents can store large binary objects known as JavaScript Blobs (immutable data that represents raw bytes) that can later be co...
{"name": "HTML Smuggling", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
attack_retrieval
T1556.005
T1556.005 Reversible Encryption. Tactics: defense impairment, persistence, credential access. Description: An adversary may abuse Active Directory authentication encryption properties to gain access to credentials on Windows systems. The <code>AllowReversiblePasswordEncryption</code> property specifies whether reversib...
{"name": "Reversible Encryption", "tactics": ["defense impairment", "persistence", "credential access"]}
attack_retrieval
T1027.010
T1027.010 Command Obfuscation. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection. Command-line obfuscation is a method of making strings and patterns within commands and scripts more difficult to signature and analyze. This type of obfuscation can be included ...
{"name": "Command Obfuscation", "tactics": ["stealth"]}
attack_retrieval
T1070.004
T1070.004 File Deletion. Tactics: stealth. Description: Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity. Malware, tools, or other non-native files dropped or created on a system by an adversary (ex: [Ingress Tool Transfer](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1105)) may leave traces ...
{"name": "File Deletion", "tactics": ["stealth"]}