- Tactics
- Exfiltration
- Platforms
- Linux, Windows, macOS
- Reference
- attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1052.001
Description
Adversaries may attempt to exfiltrate data over a USB connected physical device. In certain circumstances, such as an air-gapped network compromise, exfiltration could occur via a USB device introduced by a user. The USB device could be used as the final exfiltration point or to hop between otherwise disconnected systems.
How GTK Cyber trains on this
GTK Cyber's Threat Hunting with Data Science course teaches you to build machine-learning detections for techniques like this across the MITRE ATT&CK framework, including the Exfiltration tactic this technique falls under. Practitioner-led, focused on real detections, not memorizing technique IDs.
Related techniques
- T1011 — Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium
- T1020 — Automated Exfiltration
- T1029 — Scheduled Transfer
- T1030 — Data Transfer Size Limits
- T1041 — Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1048 — Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
- T1052 — Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
- T1537 — Transfer Data to Cloud Account
- T1567 — Exfiltration Over Web Service