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Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (192d25ea-bae1-48e4-88de-e0acd481ab88)

Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over a different protocol than that of the existing command and control channel. The data may also be sent to an alternate network location from the main command and control server.

Alternate protocols include FTP, SMTP, HTTP/S, DNS, SMB, or any other network protocol not being used as the main command and control channel. Adversaries may also opt to encrypt and/or obfuscate these alternate channels.

Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol can be done using various common operating system utilities such as Net/SMB or FTP.[Palo Alto OilRig Oct 2016] On macOS and Linux curl may be used to invoke protocols such as HTTP/S or FTP/S to exfiltrate data from a system.[20 macOS Common Tools and Techniques]

Many IaaS and SaaS platforms (such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, GitHub, and AWS S3) support the direct download of files, emails, source code, and other sensitive information via the web console or Cloud API.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (192d25ea-bae1-48e4-88de-e0acd481ab88) Tidal Technique 1
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Data Transfer Size Limits (dc98c882-8fba-4a10-bc6f-43088edb87af) Tidal Technique 2
Automated Exfiltration (26abc19f-5968-45f1-aa1f-f35863a2f804) Tidal Technique Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Transfer Data to Cloud Account (ab4f22d6-465f-4a16-8a40-693f2234c4ac) Tidal Technique 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (38cfe608-a7e3-4e4f-9e2d-6a6ab14946f9) Unknown 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (848e3552-e89d-4981-a5a5-eaf610e6eb37) Unknown 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (c2fc2776-e674-46ff-8b8d-ecc90b8b1c26) Unknown 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (c4a8902a-bb87-4be2-bbaf-c40c9ebcbae1) Unknown 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (b27b273b-77e7-4243-8b48-a735857c0708) Unknown 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (f424dade-21f3-4269-9940-ce64d93b97c4) Unknown 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (ce886c55-17ab-4c1c-90dc-3aa93e69bdb4) Unknown 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (27041aa4-13e7-4d84-b1c7-02047beb5534) Unknown 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Scheduled Transfer (ea0557cd-94bc-48cf-9c3b-293c40986464) Tidal Technique 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (4c34fe8b-ea13-55f9-9a2f-5948e2a2ecca) Unknown 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (8b6743e7-e856-5772-8b38-2c002602b365) Unknown 2
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (89203cae-d3f1-4eef-9b5a-29042eb05d19) Tidal Technique Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium (d8541e2d-6bdd-4ec0-95c4-c0f657502d5f) Tidal Technique 2
Exfiltration Over Physical Medium (36e0e8c0-ed8c-42b5-8bbf-b7cb322bc26f) Tidal Technique Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic 2
Exfiltration (66249a6d-be4e-43ab-a295-349d03a98023) Tidal Tactic Exfiltration Over Web Service (66768217-acdd-4b52-902f-e29483630ad6) Tidal Technique 2