MITRE ATT&CKtechnique
T1471 Data Encrypted for Impact
- Domain
- mobile
- Tactics
- Impact
- Platforms
- Android
- Version
- 3.2
- Created
- 2017-10-25
Description
An adversary may encrypt files stored on a mobile device to prevent the user from accessing them. This may be done in order to extract monetary compensation from a victim in exchange for decryption or a decryption key (ransomware) or to render data permanently inaccessible in cases where the key is not saved or transmitted.
Related
Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)
- TA0034 Impact tactic
References
- https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/application-threats/APP-28.html NIST Mobile Threat Catalogue