{'created': '2017-05-31T21:30:38.511Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may attempt to manipulate features of their '
                'artifacts to make them appear legitimate or benign to users '
                'and/or security tools. Masquerading occurs when the name or '
                'location of an object, legitimate or malicious, is '
                'manipulated or abused for the sake of evading defenses and '
                'observation. This may include manipulating file metadata, '
                'tricking users into misidentifying the file type, and giving '
                'legitimate task or service names.\n'
                '\n'
                'Renaming abusable system utilities to evade security '
                'monitoring is also a form of '
                '[Masquerading](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036).(Citation: '
                'LOLBAS Main Site)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1036',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036'},
                         {'description': 'Carr, N.. (2018, October 25). Nick '
                                         'Carr Status Update Masquerading. '
                                         'Retrieved September 12, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'Twitter ItsReallyNick Masquerading '
                                         'Update',
                          'url': 'https://x.com/ItsReallyNick/status/1055321652777619457'},
                         {'description': 'Ewing, P. (2016, October 31). How to '
                                         'Hunt: The Masquerade Ball. Retrieved '
                                         'October 31, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'Elastic Masquerade Ball',
                          'url': 'https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-hunt-masquerade-ball'},
                         {'description': 'LOLBAS. (n.d.). Living Off The Land '
                                         'Binaries and Scripts (and also '
                                         'Libraries). Retrieved February 10, '
                                         '2020.',
                          'source_name': 'LOLBAS Main Site',
                          'url': 'https://lolbas-project.github.io/'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:42.609Z',
 'name': 'Masquerading',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.3.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Oleg Kolesnikov, Securonix',
                          'Nick Carr, Mandiant',
                          'David Lu, Tripwire',
                          'Felipe Espósito, @Pr0teus',
                          'Elastic',
                          'Bartosz Jerzman',
                          'Menachem Goldstein'],
 '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': ['Containers', 'ESXi', 'Linux', 'macOS', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.8'}

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