MITRE ATT&CKtechnique
T1564 Hide Artifacts
- Domain
- enterprise
- Tactics
- Stealth
- Platforms
- ESXi, Linux, macOS, Office Suite, Windows
- Version
- 2.0
- Created
- 2020-02-26
Description
Adversaries may attempt to hide artifacts associated with their behaviors to evade detection. Operating systems may have features to hide various artifacts, such as important system files and administrative task execution, to avoid disrupting user work environments and prevent users from changing files or features on the system. Adversaries may abuse these features to hide artifacts such as files, directories, user accounts, or other system activity to evade detection.
Adversaries may also attempt to hide artifacts associated with malicious behavior by creating computing regions that are isolated from common security instrumentation, such as through the use of virtualization technology.
Related
Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)
- TA0005 Stealth tactic
Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · mitigates (4)
Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · subtechnique of (14)
- T1564.014 Extended Attributes sub-technique
- T1564.013 Bind Mounts sub-technique
- T1564.012 File/Path Exclusions sub-technique
- T1564.011 Ignore Process Interrupts sub-technique
- T1564.010 Process Argument Spoofing sub-technique
- T1564.009 Resource Forking sub-technique
- T1564.008 Email Hiding Rules sub-technique
- T1564.007 VBA Stomping sub-technique
- T1564.006 Run Virtual Instance sub-technique
- T1564.005 Hidden File System sub-technique
- T1564.002 Hidden Users sub-technique
- T1564.003 Hidden Window sub-technique
- T1564.004 NTFS File Attributes sub-technique
- T1564.001 Hidden Files and Directories sub-technique
Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · uses (7)
Referenced by Compliance · mitigates (1)
- CIS-16.10 Apply Secure Design Principles in Application Architectures CIS Safeguard v8.1
References
- https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3354902/Content%20PDFs/Cybereason-Lab-Analysis-OSX-Pirrit-4-6-16.pdf Cybereason OSX Pirrit
- https://blog.malwarebytes.com/101/2015/07/introduction-to-alternate-data-streams/ MalwareBytes ADS July 2015
- https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/09/unit42-sofacys-komplex-os-x-trojan/ Sofacy Komplex Trojan
- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/05/21/ragnar-locker-ransomware-deploys-virtual-machine-to-dodge-security/ Sophos Ragnar May 2020