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Subtechnique · ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001",
  "title": "Symmetric Cryptography",
  "type": "Subtechnique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1521/001",
  "snapshot": "mobile-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--bb4387ab-7a51-468b-bf5f-a9a8612f0303",
  "external_id": "T1521.001",
  "domain": "mobile",
  "created": "2022-04-05T20:14:17.310Z",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T17:49:17.802Z",
  "version": "1.0",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "command-and-control"
  ],
  "source_references": [

  ]
}

Explicit source assertions (8)

First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.

ATTACK:mobile:S0478 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--03172b09-4f97-4fb8-95f0-92b2d8957408

Cybereason EventBot

ATTACK:mobile:C0033 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--076d8c54-e6f6-47c4-9f61-52964d4f1c35

welivesec_strongpity

ATTACK:mobile:S1216 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--094f56d7-1a7d-4937-ac1a-d2337626feaa

SecureList OpTriangulation 21Jun2023

ATTACK:mobile:C0054 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--22e90a62-3f31-4190-98ee-eabede72eb07

SecureList OpTriangulation 21Jun2023 · SecureList OpTriangulation 23Oct2023

ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:mobile:T1521

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--59e225fa-b181-4906-9f0b-ef8f6ce7f2ef

ATTACK:mobile:S1055 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--dd54e35c-d68b-4aa8-ad2a-acd4c76243c8

nccgroup_sharkbot_0322

ATTACK:mobile:G0112 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--eef4ffb7-892d-4d3f-826c-0b78d1f22671

BlackBerry Bahamut

ATTACK:mobile:S0411 → uses → ATTACK:mobile:T1521.001

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--efd35b6f-7a61-4998-97ff-608547e40f66

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