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T1132: T1132

View on MITRE ATT&CK The MITRE Corporation · Published 31/05/2017 23:31 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:11

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 chainPhase
mitre-attack command-and-control

Marking (TLP)

TLP:GREEN Copyright 2015-2025, The MITRE Corporation. MITRE ATT&CK and ATT&CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation.

External references

Related entities

Intrusion sets, malware, reports, vulnerabilities, indicators and other entities linked to this technique.