MITRE ATT&CK Technique
Defense Evasion
T1070.005
Description
Adversaries may remove share connections that are no longer useful in order to clean up traces of their operation. Windows shared drive and [SMB/Windows Admin Shares](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/002) connections can be removed when no longer needed. [Net](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0039) is an example utility that can be used to remove network share connections with the <code>net use \\system\share /delete</code> command. (Citation: Technet Net Use)
Supported Platforms
Windows
Created
April 29, 2026
Last Updated
April 29, 2026
STIX Data
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'description': 'Adversaries may remove share connections that are no longer '
'useful in order to clean up traces of their operation. '
'Windows shared drive and [SMB/Windows Admin '
'Shares](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/002) '
'connections can be removed when no longer needed. '
'[Net](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0039) is an example '
'utility that can be used to remove network share connections '
'with the <code>net use \\\\system\\share /delete</code> '
'command. (Citation: Technet Net Use)',
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'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1070/005'},
{'description': 'Microsoft. (n.d.). Net Use. '
'Retrieved November 25, 2016.',
'source_name': 'Technet Net Use',
'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/bb490717.aspx'}],
'id': 'attack-pattern--a750a9f6-0bde-4bb3-9aae-1e2786e9780c',
'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
'phase_name': 'defense-evasion'}],
'modified': '2025-10-24T17:49:11.691Z',
'name': 'Network Share Connection Removal',
'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
'revoked': False,
'spec_version': '2.1',
'type': 'attack-pattern',
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