Adversaries may alter data en route to storage or other systems in order to manipulate external outcomes or hide activity, thus threatening the integrity of the data.(Citation: FireEye APT38 Oct 2018)(Citation: DOJ Lazarus Sony 2018) By manipulating transmitted data, adversaries may attempt to affect a business process, organizational understanding, and decision making.
Manipulation may be possible over a network connection or between system processes where there is an opportunity deploy a tool that will intercept and change information. The type of modification and the impact it will have depends on the target transmission mechanism as well as the goals and objectives of the adversary. For complex systems, an adversary would likely need special expertise and possibly access to specialized software related to the system that would typically be gained through a prolonged information gathering campaign in order to have the desired impact.
View in MITRE ATT&CK®| Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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| action.malware.variety.Capture stored data | Capture data stored on system disk | related-to | T1565.002 | Transmitted Data Manipulation | |
| action.malware.variety.Password dumper | Password dumper (extract credential hashes) | related-to | T1565.002 | Transmitted Data Manipulation | |
| attribute.integrity.variety.Modify data | Modified stored data or content | related-to | T1565.002 | Transmitted Data Manipulation |
| Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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| sensitive_data_protection | Sensitive Data Protection | technique_scores | T1565.002 | Transmitted Data Manipulation |
Comments
This control is able to scan cloud storage objects for sensitive data and transform that data into a secure or nonsensitive form. It is able to scan for a variety of common sensitive data types, such as API keys, credentials, or credit card numbers. The de-identified service lets you obfuscate instances of sensitive data before they can be transmitted for sharing.
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| cloud_vpn | Cloud VPN | technique_scores | T1565.002 | Transmitted Data Manipulation |
Comments
This control provides protection against data from being manipulated by adversaries through target applications by encrypting important information. Since this control only provides protection against data in transit, it received a partial score.
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