{'created': '2020-03-15T16:16:25.763Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols '
                'associated with transferring files 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'
                'Protocols such as SMB(Citation: US-CERT TA18-074A), '
                'FTP(Citation: ESET Machete July 2019), FTPS, and TFTP that '
                'transfer files may be very common in environments.  Packets '
                'produced from these protocols may have many fields and '
                'headers in which data can be concealed. Data could also be '
                'concealed within the transferred files. An adversary may '
                'abuse these protocols to communicate with systems under their '
                'control within a victim network while also mimicking normal, '
                'expected traffic. ',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1071.002',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1071/002'},
                         {'description': 'ESET. (2019, July). MACHETE JUST GOT '
                                         'SHARPER Venezuelan government '
                                         'institutions under attack. Retrieved '
                                         'September 13, 2019.',
                          'source_name': 'ESET Machete July 2019',
                          'url': 'https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ESET_Machete.pdf'},
                         {'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': 'US-CERT. (2018, March 16). Alert '
                                         '(TA18-074A): Russian Government '
                                         'Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and '
                                         'Other Critical Infrastructure '
                                         'Sectors. Retrieved June 6, 2018.',
                          'source_name': 'US-CERT TA18-074A',
                          'url': 'https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA18-074A'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--9a60a291-8960-4387-8a4a-2ab5c18bb50b',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'command-and-control'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:08.302Z',
 'name': 'File Transfer Protocols',
 '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': ['Don Le, Stifel Financial'],
 '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': ['ESXi', 'Linux', 'macOS', 'Network Devices', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.4'}