Data Obfuscation (T1001)

Tactic: Command and Control · Platforms: ESXi, Linux, macOS, Windows

The interactive view maps 1 detection strategy, 1 mitigation, 1 threat group, 13 software entries, 1 campaign to this technique, alongside D3FEND countermeasures and data-component coverage.

Overview

Adversaries may obfuscate command and control traffic to make it more difficult to detect. Command and control (C2) communications are hidden (but not necessarily encrypted) in an attempt to make the content more difficult to discover or decipher and to make the communication less conspicuous and hide commands from being seen. This encompasses many methods, such as adding junk data to protocol traffic, using steganography, or impersonating legitimate protocols.

Sub-techniques

• Junk Data (T1001.001)
• Steganography (T1001.002)
• Protocol or Service Impersonation (T1001.003)

Explore

• Open T1001 in the interactive ATT&CK matrix
• ATT&CK Intelligence View guide
• Official MITRE ATT&CK entry for T1001
• Sigma detection rules for MITRE ATT&CK
• Built by Shahrukh Khan