T1001.001 — Junk Data
T1001.001: Junk Data
MITRE ATT&CK® Enterprise technique
| Tactics | Command And Control |
| Platforms | ESXi, Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Permissions required | — |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Parent technique | T1001 |
Description
Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.(Citation: FireEye SUNBURST Backdoor December 2020) By adding random or meaningless data to the protocols used for command and control, adversaries can prevent trivial methods for decoding, deciphering, or otherwise analyzing the traffic. Examples may include appending/prepending data with junk characters or writing junk characters between significant characters.
Detection
(no detection guidance published)
Data sources
- (none listed)
References
- ATT&CK page: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1001/001
- ATT&CK Enterprise matrix: https://attack.mitre.org/matrices/enterprise/