Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1048.001
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1048.001",
"title": "Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1048/001",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--79a4052e-1a89-4b09-aea6-51f1d11fe19c",
"external_id": "T1048.001",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-03-15T15:30:42.378Z",
"modified": "2026-09-02T18:30:25.080Z",
"version": "1.2",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"exfiltration"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol",
"url": "https://www.startupdefense.io/mitre-attack-techniques/t1048-001-exfiltration-over-symmetric-encrypted-non-c2-protocol"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (4)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1037 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1048.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4c8d1c47-d1a1-4117-8ba5-39296d8afe4d
ATTACK:enterprise:M1031 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1048.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--51d3bdc8-5fe4-470a-9ffa-5497caf4493c
ATTACK:enterprise:T1048.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1048
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9238d096-ed26-4a93-829e-d67ee3abc93c
ATTACK:enterprise:M1030 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1048.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--cf48cb46-cdff-440c-96bb-a7a8368306ca
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