Clear Command History - T1070.003

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

In addition to clearing system logs, an adversary may clear the command history of a compromised account to conceal the actions undertaken during an intrusion. Various command interpreters keep track of the commands users type in their terminal so that users can retrace what they've done.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

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        graph LR;

     T1070003["Clear Command History"] --> |modifies| CommandHistoryLog["Command History Log"]; class T1070003 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class CommandHistoryLog ArtifactNode; click CommandHistoryLog href "/dao/artifact/d3f:CommandHistoryLog";
        click T1070003 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1070.003/"; click CommandHistoryLog href "/dao/artifact/d3f:CommandHistoryLog";

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