{'created': '2017-05-31T21:30:56.776Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may communicate using OSI application layer '
                'protocols to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in '
                'with existing traffic. Commands to the remote system, and '
                'often the results of those commands, will be embedded within '
                'the protocol traffic between the client and server. \n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may utilize many different protocols, including '
                'those used for web browsing, transferring files, electronic '
                'mail, DNS, or publishing/subscribing. For connections that '
                'occur internally within an enclave (such as those between a '
                'proxy or pivot node and other nodes), commonly used protocols '
                'are SMB, SSH, or RDP.(Citation: Mandiant APT29 Eye Spy Email '
                'Nov 22) ',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1071',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071'},
                         {'description': 'Gardiner, J.,  Cova, M., Nagaraja, '
                                         'S. (2014, February). Command & '
                                         'Control Understanding, Denying and '
                                         'Detecting. Retrieved April 20, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'University of Birmingham C2',
                          'url': 'https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1408/1408.1136.pdf'},
                         {'description': 'Mandiant. (2022, May 2). UNC3524: '
                                         'Eye Spy on Your Email. Retrieved '
                                         'August 17, 2023.',
                          'source_name': 'Mandiant APT29 Eye Spy Email Nov 22',
                          'url': 'https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/unc3524-eye-spy-email'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'command-and-control'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:38.368Z',
 'name': 'Application Layer Protocol',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Duane Michael'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Linux', 'macOS', 'Windows', 'Network Devices', 'ESXi'],
 'x_mitre_version': '2.4'}

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