216.73.217.22

cipher.exe

The MITRE Corporation · Published 16/12/2025 19:37 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:07

Essential information

Confidence
100/100
Published
16/12/2025 19:37
Modified
27/03/2026 01:07
Revoked
No
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation
Related entities
1 attack patterns (mitre), 1 intrusion sets (apt), 1 campaign, 1 campaigns

Description

[cipher.exe](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1205) is a native Microsoft utility that manages encryption of directories and files on NTFS (New Technology File System) partitions by using the Encrypting File System (EFS).(Citation: cipher.exe)

Marking (TLP)

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