File/Path Exclusions
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.012
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.012",
"title": "File/Path Exclusions",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1564/012",
"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--09b008a9-b4eb-462a-a751-a0eb58050cd9",
"external_id": "T1564.012",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2024-03-29T16:59:10.374Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.620Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Microsoft File Folder Exclusions",
"url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/configure-contextual-file-folder-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (6)
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ATTACK:enterprise:M1049 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3d24da0a-7124-4043-881b-da19436c007c
Microsoft File Folder ExclusionsATTACK:enterprise:T1564.012 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1564
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3ee8ef8e-c4ad-4332-b4ff-3e45d9c21f66
ATTACK:enterprise:G0010 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--73d8a610-1fe1-40bc-82ba-52129d8c4979
ESET Turla Lunar toolset May 2024ATTACK:enterprise:S9051 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--75aae509-b369-49b7-b6e1-ffbbb16fb67c
CarveyODonnellWelchHuntress_TheGentlemen_May2026 · CheckPointResearch_TheGentlemen_April2026 · MSTI_GentelmenRansomware_May2026 · TrendAI_TheGentlemen_Sept2025ATTACK:enterprise:M1013 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7acdcde3-1065-4393-ae6b-80ac95b2607d
ATTACK:enterprise:G0082 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1564.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fa98aa65-385f-448a-bd60-0ab736d9b66f
MIcrosoft Mastra npm Compromise JUN 2026