// MITRE ATT&CK
T1001.003 · Protocol or Service Impersonation
Sub-technique of T1001 · Data Obfuscation.
Adversaries may impersonate legitimate protocols or web service traffic to disguise command and control activity and thwart analysis efforts. By impersonating legitimate protocols or web services, adversaries can make their command and control traffic blend in with legitimate network traffic. Adv...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Protocol or Service Impersonation starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.
Related techniques
T1132.001
Standard Encoding T1568.002
Domain Generation Algorithms T1071.004
DNS T1071.005
Publish/Subscribe Protocols T1573.001
Symmetric Cryptography T1568.001
Fast Flux DNS T1071
Application Layer Protocol T1219
Remote Access Tools
Standard Encoding T1568.002
Domain Generation Algorithms T1071.004
DNS T1071.005
Publish/Subscribe Protocols T1573.001
Symmetric Cryptography T1568.001
Fast Flux DNS T1071
Application Layer Protocol T1219
Remote Access Tools
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