Clear Windows Event Logs - T1070.001

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may clear Windows Event Logs to hide the activity of an intrusion. Windows Event Logs are a record of a computer's alerts and notifications. There are three system-defined sources of events: System, Application, and Security, with five event types: Error, Warning, Information, Success Audit, and Failure Audit.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

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        graph LR;

     T1070001["Clear Windows Event Logs"] --> |modifies| EventLog["Event Log"]; class T1070001 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class EventLog ArtifactNode; click EventLog href "/dao/artifact/d3f:EventLog";
        click T1070001 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1070.001/"; click EventLog href "/dao/artifact/d3f:EventLog";

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