{'created': '2020-10-19T19:11:18.757Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries disable a network device’s dedicated hardware '
                'encryption, which may enable them to leverage weaknesses in '
                'software encryption in order to reduce the effort involved in '
                'collecting, manipulating, and exfiltrating transmitted data.\n'
                '\n'
                'Many network devices such as routers, switches, and '
                'firewalls, perform encryption on network traffic to secure '
                'transmission across networks. Often, these devices are '
                'equipped with special, dedicated encryption hardware to '
                'greatly increase the speed of the encryption process as well '
                'as to prevent malicious tampering. When an adversary takes '
                'control of such a device, they may disable the dedicated '
                'hardware, for example, through use of [Modify System '
                'Image](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1601), forcing '
                'the use of software to perform encryption on general '
                'processors. This is typically used in conjunction with '
                'attacks to weaken the strength of the cipher in software '
                '(e.g., [Reduce Key '
                'Space](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1600/001)). '
                '(Citation: Cisco Blog Legacy Device Attacks)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1600.002',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1600/002'},
                         {'description': 'Omar Santos. (2020, October 19). '
                                         'Attackers Continue to Target Legacy '
                                         'Devices. Retrieved October 20, 2020.',
                          'source_name': 'Cisco Blog Legacy Device Attacks',
                          'url': 'https://community.cisco.com/t5/security-blogs/attackers-continue-to-target-legacy-devices/ba-p/4169954'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--7efba77e-3bc4-4ca5-8292-d8201dcd64b5',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:01.374Z',
 'name': 'Disable Crypto Hardware',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Network Devices'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}