Domain Fronting (T1172)

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Technique & Subtechniques

  • Domain Fronting

Associated Tactics

  • Command And Control

Command and Control (TA0011)

The adversary is trying to communicate with compromised systems to control them. Command and Control consists of techniques that adversaries may use to communicate with systems under their control within a victim network. Adversaries commonly attempt to mimic normal, expected traffic to avoid detection. There are many ways an adversary can establish command and control with various levels of stealth depending on the victim’s network structure and defenses.

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Procedure Examples

Description Source(s)
David Fifield, Chang Lan, Rod Hynes, Percy Wegmann, and Vern Paxson. (2015). Blocking-resistant communication through domain fronting. Retrieved November 20, 2017. Fifield Blocking Resistent Communication through domain fronting 2015