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MITRE ATT&CK  /  T1571

T1571

Non-Standard Port

Command and Control

Description

Adversaries may communicate using a protocol and port pairing that are typically not associated. For example, HTTPS over port 8088(Citation: Symantec Elfin Mar 2019) or port 587(Citation: Fortinet Agent Tesla April 2018) as opposed to the traditional port 443. Adversaries may make changes to the standard port used by a protocol to bypass filtering or muddle analysis/parsing of network data.Adversaries may also make changes to victim systems to abuse non-standard ports. For example, Registry keys and other configuration settings can be used to modify protocol and port pairings.(Citation: change_rdp_port_conti)

Platforms

ESXiLinuxmacOSWindows

Mitigations

  • M1030 — Network Segmentation
  • M1031 — Network Intrusion Prevention
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