{'created': '2017-05-31T21:30:26.496Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Adversaries may use rootkits to hide the presence of '
                'programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and '
                'other system components. Rootkits are programs that hide the '
                'existence of malware by intercepting/hooking and modifying '
                'operating system API calls that supply system information. '
                '(Citation: Symantec Windows Rootkits) \n'
                '\n'
                'Rootkits or rootkit enabling functionality may reside at the '
                'user or kernel level in the operating system or lower, to '
                'include a hypervisor or [System '
                'Firmware](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1542/001). '
                '(Citation: Wikipedia Rootkit) Rootkits have been seen for '
                'Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems. (Citation: CrowdStrike '
                'Linux Rootkit) (Citation: BlackHat Mac OSX Rootkit)\n'
                '\n'
                'Rootkits that reside or modify boot sectors are known as '
                '[Bootkit](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1542/003)s and '
                'specifically target the boot process of the operating system.',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1014',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1014'},
                         {'description': 'Kurtz, G. (2012, November 19). HTTP '
                                         'iframe Injecting Linux Rootkit. '
                                         'Retrieved December 21, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'CrowdStrike Linux Rootkit',
                          'url': 'https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/http-iframe-injecting-linux-rootkit/'},
                         {'description': 'Pan, M., Tsai, S. (2014). You can’t '
                                         'see me: A Mac OS X Rootkit uses the '
                                         "tricks you haven't known yet. "
                                         'Retrieved December 21, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'BlackHat Mac OSX Rootkit',
                          'url': 'http://www.blackhat.com/docs/asia-14/materials/Tsai/WP-Asia-14-Tsai-You-Cant-See-Me-A-Mac-OS-X-Rootkit-Uses-The-Tricks-You-Havent-Known-Yet.pdf'},
                         {'description': 'Symantec. (n.d.). Windows Rootkit '
                                         'Overview. Retrieved December 21, '
                                         '2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Symantec Windows Rootkits',
                          'url': 'https://www.symantec.com/avcenter/reference/windows.rootkit.overview.pdf'},
                         {'description': 'Wikipedia. (2016, June 1). Rootkit. '
                                         'Retrieved June 2, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'Wikipedia Rootkit',
                          'url': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--0f20e3cb-245b-4a61-8a91-2d93f7cb0e9b',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:24.032Z',
 'name': 'Rootkit',
 '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': ['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': ['Linux', 'macOS', 'Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.3'}

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