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Exfiltration Over Web Service
Sub-techniques (2)
Adversaries may use an existing, legitimate external Web service to exfiltrate data rather than their primary command and control channel. Popular Web services acting as an exfiltration mechanism may give a significant amount of cover due to the likelihood that hosts within a network are already communicating with them prior to compromise. Firewall rules may also already exist to permit traffic to these services.
Web service providers also commonly use SSL/TLS encryption, giving adversaries an added level of protection.
Procedure Examples
Name | Description |
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Ngrok |
Ngrok has been used by threat actors to configure servers for data exfiltration.[1] |
Mitigations
Mitigation | Description |
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Restrict Web-Based Content |
Web proxies can be used to enforce an external network communication policy that prevents use of unauthorized external services. |
Detection
Analyze network data for uncommon data flows (e.g., a client sending significantly more data than it receives from a server). Processes utilizing the network that do not normally have network communication or have never been seen before are suspicious. User behavior monitoring may help to detect abnormal patterns of activity.