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T1628.003Not expressible in SigmaMOBILE

Conceal Multimedia Files

Defense EvasionAndroid

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 attempt to hide multimedia files from the user. By doing so, adversaries may conceal captured files, such as pictures, videos and/or screenshots, then later exfiltrate those files. Specific to Android devices, if the.nomedia file is present in a folder, multimedia files in that folder will not be visible to the user in the Gallery application. Additionally, other applications are asked not to scan the folder with the.nomedia file, effectively making the folder appear invisible to the user. This technique is often used by stalkerware and spyware applications.

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What MITRE says you would watch

  • AN1749

    No standard detection method currently exists for this technique.

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