Inception

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser. Web bro

Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to

Adversaries may attempt to find domain-level groups and permission settings. The knowledge of domain-level permission groups can help adversaries dete

Adversaries may encrypt or encode files to obfuscate strings, bytes, and other specific patterns to impede detection. Encrypting and/or encoding file

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code. Vulnerabilities can exist in software due to unsecure coding

Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file s

An adversary may rely upon a user opening a malicious file in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to ope

Adversaries may abuse mshta.exe to proxy execution of malicious.hta files and Javascript or VBScript through a trusted Windows utility. There are sev

Adversaries may chain together multiple proxies to disguise the source of malicious traffic. Typically, a defender will be able to identify the last p

Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution. PowerShell is a powerful interactive command-line interface and scripting environ

Adversaries may attempt to get information about running processes on a system. Information obtained could be used to gain an understanding of common

Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a program to a startup folder or referencing it with a Registry run key. Adding an entry to the "run key

Adversaries may abuse Regsvr32.exe to proxy execution of malicious code. Regsvr32.exe is a command-line program used to register and unregister object

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of software and software versions that are installed on a system or in a cloud environment. Adversaries may u

Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious attachment in an attempt to gain access to victim systems. Spearphishing attachment is a sp

Adversaries may employ a known symmetric encryption algorithm to conceal command and control traffic rather than relying on any inherent protections p

An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and

Adversaries may create or modify references in user document templates to conceal malicious code or force authentication attempts. For example, Micros

Adversaries may buy, steal, or download software tools that can be used during targeting. Tools can be open or closed source, free or commercial. A to

Adversaries may abuse Visual Basic (VB) for execution. VB is a programming language created by Microsoft with interoperability with many Windows techn

Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols associated with web traffic to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with exi

Adversaries may use an existing, legitimate external Web service as a means for relaying data to/from a compromised system. Popular websites, cloud se

LaZagne is a post-exploitation, open-source tool used to recover stored passwords on a system. It has modul

PowerShower is a PowerShell backdoor used by Inception for initial

VBShower is a backdoor that has been used by Inception since at le