MITRE ATT&CKtechnique

T1628 Hide Artifacts

Published 2022-03-30 Modified 2025-10-24 Official page ↗
Domain
mobile
Tactics
Defense Evasion
Platforms
Android
Version
1.1
Created
2022-03-30

Description

Adversaries may attempt to hide artifacts associated with their behaviors to evade detection. Mobile operating systems have features and developer APIs to hide various artifacts, such as an application’s launcher icon. These APIs have legitimate usages, such as hiding an icon to avoid application drawer clutter when an application does not have a usable interface. Adversaries may abuse these features and APIs to hide artifacts from the user to evade detection.

Related

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • TA0030 Defense Evasion tactic

Referenced by MITRE ATT&CK · subtechnique of (3)

  • T1628.003 Conceal Multimedia Files sub-technique
  • T1628.002 User Evasion sub-technique
  • T1628.001 Suppress Application Icon sub-technique