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Compromise Infrastructure (c12d81d3-abe4-43d7-8a65-f4b3150e722d)

Adversaries may compromise third-party infrastructure that can be used during targeting. Infrastructure solutions include physical or cloud servers, domains, and third-party web and DNS services. Instead of buying, leasing, or renting infrastructure an adversary may compromise infrastructure and use it during other phases of the adversary lifecycle.[Mandiant APT1][ICANNDomainNameHijacking][Talos DNSpionage Nov 2018][FireEye EPS Awakens Part 2] Additionally, adversaries may compromise numerous machines to form a botnet they can leverage.

Use of compromised infrastructure allows adversaries to stage, launch, and execute operations. Compromised infrastructure can help adversary operations blend in with traffic that is seen as normal, such as contact with high reputation or trusted sites. For example, adversaries may leverage compromised infrastructure (potentially also in conjunction with Digital Certificates) to further blend in and support staged information gathering and/or Phishing campaigns.[FireEye DNS Hijack 2019] Additionally, adversaries may also compromise infrastructure to support Proxy and/or proxyware services.[amnesty_nso_pegasus][Sysdig Proxyjacking]

By using compromised infrastructure, adversaries may make it difficult to tie their actions back to them. Prior to targeting, adversaries may compromise the infrastructure of other adversaries.[NSA NCSC Turla OilRig]

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Compromise Infrastructure (c12d81d3-abe4-43d7-8a65-f4b3150e722d) Tidal Technique Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic 1
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (4c0db4e5-14e0-4fb7-88b0-bb391ce5ad58) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (bae33d7b-c835-4eda-b310-bf426270c0b1) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Stage Capabilities (ec2a76e6-3530-43e1-9e80-686e4b214ac8) Tidal Technique 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (5bcbb0c5-7061-481f-a677-09028a6c59f7) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (0f77a14a-d450-4885-b81f-23eeffa53a7e) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (3426077d-3b9c-4f77-a1c6-d68f0dea670e) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (fe96475a-3090-449d-91fd-ae73cb4d9c7c) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (be637d66-5110-4872-bc15-63b062c3f290) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Obtain Capabilities (a6740db8-10d6-4e5b-986b-7695d3fc4b85) Tidal Technique 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (f2661f07-9027-4d19-9028-d07b7511f3d5) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (6f152555-36a5-4ec9-8b9b-f0b32c3ccef8) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (3bd8c928-a7c8-4376-8f2f-2e0fcb449b37) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Acquire Access (478da817-1914-50f6-b1fd-434081a34354) Tidal Technique 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (4b187604-88ab-4972-9836-90a04c705e10) Unknown 2
Acquire Infrastructure (66ce76fb-5e1b-4462-9b46-d59bdfc6d3f3) Tidal Technique Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (49ae7bf1-a313-41d6-ad4c-74efc4c80ab6) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (8ecf5275-c6d1-4fe3-a24a-63fa1f3144fe) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (b9f5f6b7-ecff-48c8-a23e-c58fd9e41a0d) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (d7594eaf-286f-4484-94fa-8608c911767a) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (6e4a0960-dcdc-4e42-9aa1-70d6fc3677b2) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (1ff8b8f4-fa76-4226-a28b-b0c25c78b2eb) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (49c73c13-2281-45d3-af26-ad52a1cecb7a) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (2c04d7c8-67a3-4b1a-bd71-47b7c5a54b23) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (66caa162-711c-44ac-b96d-0552cf328f84) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (6824c82b-2959-4402-831a-6e7c2010d1c5) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Develop Capabilities (bf660248-2098-499b-b90c-8c47efb26c70) Tidal Technique 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (2e883e0d-1108-431a-a2dd-98ba98b69417) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (4c7e52b1-9881-4966-b9b5-d88c5e88d604) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (755c1883-4046-446b-a76a-88a842dd1c2c) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (ef312a77-6b1a-4be6-a220-3c689e7fcd9d) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (fe0bf22c-efb2-4bc6-96d8-e0e909502fd7) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (5a57d258-0b23-431b-b50e-3150d2c0e52c) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (0b2a9df9-65c8-4a01-a0e6-d411e54a4c7b) Unknown 2
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Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (f2b5a3e4-8a59-41f5-88c4-142f2da251c8) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (ce71e252-3403-4287-a0b5-9328fa88af96) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (68d5de9f-ca86-4bd3-bf69-524d82f7bc7a) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (8bdeddbe-14aa-412a-883a-7d6fe286c60e) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Establish Accounts (9a2d6628-0dd7-4f25-a242-b752fcf47ff4) Tidal Technique 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (8842e2e3-c4f8-446b-821b-5930cb15d30c) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (581722ea-81a5-4c73-a703-2c994f1cf814) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (60ac24aa-ce63-5c1d-8126-db20a27d85be) Unknown 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Compromise Accounts (c6374cbe-799a-4648-b1e2-2a66bb42d3f3) Tidal Technique 2
Resource Development (989d09c2-12b8-4419-9b34-a328cf295fff) Tidal Tactic Private Cluster (c30faf84-496b-4f27-a4bc-aa36d583c69f) Unknown 2