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MITRE ATT&CK Technique

T0801: Monitor Process State

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Adversaries may gather information about the physical process state. This information may be used to gain more information about the process itself or used as a trigger for malicious actions. The sources of process state information may vary such as, OPC tags, historian data, specific PLC block information, or network traffic.

Tactics
Collection
Platforms
Embedded, Windows, Linux, Network Devices

▪Mitigations (1)

M0816Mitigation Limited or Not Effective

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventative controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.

▪Software using this technique (4)

S0603StuxnetmalwareS0604Industroyermalware

▪Reference

T0801 on MITRE ATT&CK
S1072Industroyer2malware
S1165FrostyGoopmalware

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