Adversaries may remove indicators from tools if they believe their malicious tool was detected, quarantined, or otherwise curtailed. They can modify the tool by removing the indicator and using the updated version that is no longer detected by the target's defensive systems or subsequent targets that may use similar systems.
A good example of this is when malware is detected with a file signature and quarantined by anti-virus software. An adversary who can determine that the malware was quarantined because of its file signature may modify the file to explicitly avoid that signature, and then re-use the malware.
View in MITRE ATT&CK®| Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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| intel-tdt | Intel Threat Detection Technology | Microsoft Defender | T1027.005 | Indicator Removal from Tools |
Comments
Intel Threat Detection Technology's (Intel TDT) Accelerated Memory Scanning (AMS) enables efficient memory scanning by offloading these operations to the integrated Graphics Processor Unit (integrated GPU) on Intel client SoCs.
Microsoft Defender Antivirus leverages AMS to optimize the detection of polymorphic and fileless attacks, improving resource efficiency and reducing the performance impact on the Central Processing Unit (CPU).
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| intel-tdt | Intel Threat Detection Technology | Microsoft Defender | T1027.005 | Indicator Removal from Tools |
Comments
Intel Threat Detection Technology's (Intel TDT) Accelerated Memory Scanning (AMS) enables efficient memory scanning by offloading these operations to the integrated Graphics Processor Unit (integrated GPU) on Intel client SoCs.
Microsoft Defender Antivirus leverages AMS to optimize the detection of polymorphic and fileless attacks, improving resource efficiency and reducing the performance impact on the Central Processing Unit (CPU).
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