T1001.001 Junk Data — apt.directory

Junk Data

Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult. 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.

ATT&CK T1001.001 platforms — Status Active Version 20.1

Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.¹ 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.

FireEye SUNBURST Backdoor December 2020

Groups using this technique

Group	Name	Country
grp_g0007	APT28	Russia

Claims

No public claim points at this technique yet.

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