Masquerading (T1036)

Tactic: Stealth · Platforms: Containers, ESXi, Linux, macOS, Windows

The interactive view maps 1 detection strategy, 8 mitigations, 20 threat groups, 33 software entries, 7 campaigns to this technique, alongside D3FEND countermeasures and data-component coverage.

Overview

Adversaries may attempt to manipulate features of their artifacts to make them appear legitimate or benign to users and/or security tools. Masquerading occurs when the name or location of an object, legitimate or malicious, is manipulated or abused for the sake of evading defenses and observation. This may include manipulating file metadata, tricking users into misidentifying the file type, and giving legitimate task or service names.

Renaming abusable system utilities to evade security monitoring is also a form of Masquerading.

Sub-techniques

• Invalid Code Signature (T1036.001)
• Right-to-Left Override (T1036.002)
• Rename Legitimate Utilities (T1036.003)
• Masquerade Task or Service (T1036.004)
• Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (T1036.005)
• Space after Filename (T1036.006)
• Double File Extension (T1036.007)
• Masquerade File Type (T1036.008)
• Break Process Trees (T1036.009)
• Masquerade Account Name (T1036.010)
• Overwrite Process Arguments (T1036.011)
• Browser Fingerprint (T1036.012)

Explore

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• ATT&CK Intelligence View guide
• Official MITRE ATT&CK entry for T1036
• Sigma detection rules for MITRE ATT&CK
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