MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1048 - Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol

description: "This playbook Remediates the Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol technique using intelligence-driven Courses of Action (COA) defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team.\n \n***Disclaimer: This playbook does not simulate an attack using the specified technique, but follows the steps to remediation as defined by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 team’s Actionable Threat Objects and Mitigations (ATOMs).\nTechniques Handled:\n- T1048: Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol\n\nKill Chain phases:\n- Exfiltration\n\nMITRE ATT&CK Description:\nAdversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over a different protocol than that of the existing command and control channel. The data may also be sent to an alternate network location from the main command and control server.\nAlternate protocols include FTP, SMTP, HTTP/S, DNS, SMB, or any other network protocol not being used as the main command and control channel. Different protocol channels could also include Web services such as cloud storage. Adversaries may also opt to encrypt and/or obfuscate these alternate channels.\nExfiltration Over Alternative Protocol can be done using various common operating system utilities such as Net/SMB or FTP.\n\nPossible playbook uses:\n- The playbook can be used independently to handle and remediate the specific technique.\n- The playbook can be used as a part of the “Courses of Action - Defense Evasion” playbook to remediate techniques based on the kill chain phase.\n- The playbook can be used as a part of the “MITRE ATT&CK - Courses of Action” playbook, which can be triggered by different sources and accepts the technique MITRE ATT&CK ID as an input.\n"
id: MITRE ATT&CK CoA - T1048 - Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
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