T1132: T1132
Essential information
- MITRE technique ID
T1132- Confidence
- 100/100
- Revoked
- No
- Published
- 31/05/2017 23:31
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:11
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
Aliases
Data Encoding
Platforms
windows macos linux ESXi
Description
Adversaries may encode data to make the content of command and control traffic more difficult to detect. Command and control (C2) information can be encoded using a standard data encoding system. Use of data encoding may adhere to existing protocol specifications and includes use of ASCII, Unicode, Base64, MIME, or other binary-to-text and character encoding systems.(Citation: Wikipedia Binary-to-text Encoding) (Citation: Wikipedia Character Encoding) Some data encoding systems may also result in data compression, such as gzip.
Kill chain phases
| Kill chain | Phase |
|---|---|
| mitre-attack | command-and-control |
Marking (TLP)
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