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MITRE ATT&CK T1578.004 (Revert Cloud Instance) is an Enterprise Defense Evasion sub-technique of T1578 (Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure). An adversary may revert changes made to a cloud instance after they have performed malicious activities in attempt to evade detection and remove evidence of their presence. In highly virtualized environments, such as cloud-based infrastructure, this may be accomplished by restoring virtual machine (VM) or data storage snapshots through the cloud management dashboard or cloud APIs. Another variation of this technique is to utilize temporary storage attached to the compute instance. Affected platforms: IaaS. The Center for Threat-Informed Defense maps this technique to NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls AC-02, AC-03, AC-05, AC-06, CM-02, CM-05, IA-02, IA-04.
Pillar: Cybersecurity · Authority: MITRE Corporation · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1578/004/
SHA-256 integrity: e282e16e27c8426b079b2e92f1607d56ed179de413ac6e39794f6aaa18e7775a
Primary Citations — 6 traced to source
- MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1578.004: Revert Cloud Instance (https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1578/004/)
- MITRE ATT&CK Tactic TA0005: Defense Evasion (https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/)
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