MITRE ATT&CK technique
T1564 — Hide Artifacts
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T1564 (Hide Artifacts) is a MITRE ATT&CK technique tracked in WhisperGraph, serving the Stealth tactic.
Description
Adversaries may attempt to hide artifacts associated with their behaviors to evade detection. Operating systems may have features to hide various artifacts, such as important system files and administrative task execution, to avoid disrupting user work environments and prevent users from changing files or features on the system. Adversaries may abuse these features to hide artifacts such as files, directories, user accounts, or other system activity to evade detection.(Citation: Sofacy Komplex Trojan)(Citation: Cybereason OSX Pirrit)(Citation: MalwareBytes ADS July 2015) Adversaries may also attempt to hide artifacts associated with malicious behavior by creating computing regions that are isolated from common security instrumentation, such as through the use of virtualization technology.(Citation: Sophos Ragnar May 2020)
Tactics
Related techniques
- T1564.001Hidden Files and Directories
- T1564.002Hidden Users
- T1564.003Hidden Window
- T1564.004NTFS File Attributes
- T1564.005Hidden File System
- T1564.006Run Virtual Instance
- T1564.007VBA Stomping
- T1564.008Email Hiding Rules
- T1564.009Resource Forking
- T1564.010Process Argument Spoofing
- T1564.011Ignore Process Interrupts
- T1564.012File/Path Exclusions
- T1564.013Bind Mounts
- T1564.014Extended Attributes
Threat actors observed using this technique
No threat actor is recorded using T1564 in WhisperGraph.
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Pivot from T1564 into its tactic, related techniques and the actors that use it.
Queries
Resolves the segment to this technique or tactic.
MATCH (t:ATTACK_PATTERN {name: $id})
RETURN t.id AS id, t.name AS name, t.kind AS kind, t.description AS descriptionRun yourself →The tactic(s) this technique serves.
MATCH (t:ATTACK_PATTERN {name: $id})-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN tac.id AS id, tac.name AS name
LIMIT 10Run yourself →This id's parent technique, if it is a sub-technique.
MATCH (p:ATTACK_PATTERN {name: $parentId})
RETURN p.id AS id, p.name AS name
LIMIT 1Run yourself →Sub-techniques of this technique, if any.
MATCH (c:ATTACK_PATTERN) WHERE c.id STARTS WITH $subPrefix
RETURN c.id AS id, c.name AS name
ORDER BY c.id
LIMIT 25Run yourself →Threat actors observed using this technique.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN {name: $id})
RETURN a.name AS name
LIMIT 100Run yourself →Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.