T1628: Hide Artifacts
Essential information
- MITRE technique ID
T1628- Confidence
- 100/100
- Revoked
- No
- Published
- 30/03/2022 22:00
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:41
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
Platforms
android
Description
Adversaries may attempt to hide artifacts associated with their behaviors to evade detection. Mobile operating systems have features and developer APIs to hide various artifacts, such as an application’s launcher icon. These APIs have legitimate usages, such as hiding an icon to avoid application drawer clutter when an application does not have a usable interface. Adversaries may abuse these features and APIs to hide artifacts from the user to evade detection.
Kill chain phases
| Kill chain | Phase |
|---|---|
| mitre-mobile-attack | defense-evasion |
Marking (TLP)
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