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T1513Not expressible in SigmaMOBILE

Screen Capture

CollectionAndroid

Where this stands

No Sigma rule can address this — the telemetry MITRE names has no Sigma logsource behind it.

Sigma has no logsource taxonomy for mobile platforms. MITRE's telemetry here is mobile EDR and device APIs, which no Sigma rule can address.

What the technique is

Adversaries may use screen capture to collect additional information about a target device, such as applications running in the foreground, user data, credentials, or other sensitive information. Applications running in the background can capture screenshots or videos of another application running in the foreground by using the Android MediaProjectionManager (generally requires the device user to grant consent). Background applications can also use Android accessibility services to capture screen contents being displayed by a foreground application. An adversary with root access or Android Debug Bridge (adb) access could call the Android screencap or screenrecord commands.

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What MITRE says you would watch

  • AN1764

    The defender correlates Android screen-capture-capable behavior from an app identity with runtime context showing that foreground content from another app is being captured outside expected user-driven workflows. The strongest Android evidence is MediaProjection-like capture initiation, accessibility-assisted observation of foreground UI content, or privileged screencap or screenrecord behavior, followed by screenshot or video artifact creation, buffer growth, or outbound transfer. […]

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