Screensaver (T1180)

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Technique & Subtechniques

  • Screensaver

Associated Tactics

  • Persistence

Persistence (TA0003)

The adversary is trying to maintain their foothold. Persistence consists of techniques that adversaries use to keep access to systems across restarts, changed credentials, and other interruptions that could cut off their access. Techniques used for persistence include any access, action, or configuration changes that let them maintain their foothold on systems, such as replacing or hijacking legitimate code or adding startup code.

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Procedure Examples

Description Source(s)
Wikipedia. (2017, November 22). Screensaver. Retrieved December 5, 2017. Wikipedia Screensaver
ESET. (2017, August). Gazing at Gazer: Turla’s new second stage backdoor. Retrieved September 14, 2017. ESET Gazer Aug 2017