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T1001.002 Steganography Mappings

Adversaries may use steganographic techniques to hide command and control traffic to make detection efforts more difficult. Steganographic techniques can be used to hide data in digital messages that are transferred between systems. This hidden information can be used for command and control of compromised systems. In some cases, the passing of files embedded using steganography, such as image or document files, can be used for command and control.

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NIST 800-53 Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
CA-07 Continuous Monitoring mitigates T1001.002 Steganography
CM-06 Configuration Settings mitigates T1001.002 Steganography
SI-03 Malicious Code Protection mitigates T1001.002 Steganography
CM-02 Baseline Configuration mitigates T1001.002 Steganography
SI-04 System Monitoring mitigates T1001.002 Steganography
AC-04 Information Flow Enforcement mitigates T1001.002 Steganography
SC-07 Boundary Protection mitigates T1001.002 Steganography

VERIS Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
action.hacking.variety.Other Other related-to T1001.002 Steganography
action.malware.variety.Downloader Downloader (pull updates or other malware) related-to T1001.002 Steganography
action.malware.vector.Email link Email via embedded link. Child of 'Email' related-to T1001.002 Steganography
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1001.002 Steganography
action.social.vector.Email Email related-to T1001.002 Steganography
action.social.vector.Social media Social media or networking related-to T1001.002 Steganography