What MITRE ATT&CK T1679: Selective Exclusion (Enterprise Tactic TA0005 - Stealth) requires
MITRE ATT&CK T1679 (Selective Exclusion) is an Enterprise Stealth technique. Adversaries may intentionally exclude certain files, folders, directories, file types, or system components from encryption or tampering during a ransomware or malicious payload execution. Some file extensions that adversaries may avoid encrypting include `.dll`, `.exe`, and `.lnk`. Adversaries may perform this behavior to avoid alerting users, to evade detection by security tools and analysts, or, in the case of ransomware, to ensure that the system remains operational enough to deliver the ransom notice. Exclusions may target files and components whose corruption would cause instability, break core services, or immediately expose the attack. By carefully avoiding these areas, adversaries maintain system responsiveness while minimizing indicators that could trigger alarms or otherwise inh... Affected platforms: Windows.
Pillar: Cybersecurity · Authority: MITRE Corporation · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1679/
SHA-256 integrity: bedb8fa0a698d9a119ad083cf4aef4dac6ebb26e429fceb34ba7cea6913d7a77
Primary Citations — 4 traced to source
- MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1679: Selective Exclusion (https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1679/)
- MITRE ATT&CK Tactic TA0005: Stealth (https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/)
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