ATT&CK matrix
T1132
Data Encoding
TA0011Command and Control
Adversaries may encode data to make the content of command and control traffic more difficult to detect. Command and control (C2) information can be encoded using a standard data encoding system. Use of data encoding may adhere to existing protocol specifications and includes use of ASCII, Unicode, Base64, MIME, or other binary-to-text and character encoding systems.(Citation: Wikipedia Binary-to-text Encoding) (Citation: Wikipedia Character Encoding) Some data encoding systems may also result in data compression, such as gzip.
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CVEs mapped to this technique
No CVE mappings yet
ATT&CK ↔ CVE mappings come from CTID's open dataset, which currently covers only a fraction of all techniques. Commercial threat-intel feeds would expand this.