Network Share Connection Removal - T1070.005

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may remove share connections that are no longer useful in order to clean up traces of their operation. Windows shared drive and SMB/Windows Admin Shares connections can be removed when no longer needed. Net is an example utility that can be used to remove network share connections with the net use \system\share /delete command.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

Browse the D3FEND knowledge graph by clicking on the nodes below.

        graph LR;

     T1070005["Network Share Connection Removal"] --> |unmounts| NetworkFileShareResource["Network File Share Resource"]; class T1070005 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class NetworkFileShareResource ArtifactNode; click NetworkFileShareResource href "/dao/artifact/d3f:NetworkFileShareResource";
        click T1070005 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1070.005/"; click NetworkFileShareResource href "/dao/artifact/d3f:NetworkFileShareResource";             DecoyNetworkResource["Decoy Network Resource"] -->
          | spoofs | NetworkFileShareResource["Network File Share Resource"];

          DecoyNetworkResource["Decoy Network Resource"] -.->
            | may-deceive | T1070005["Network Share Connection Removal"] ;
          class DecoyNetworkResource DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class NetworkFileShareResource ArtifactNode;
          click DecoyNetworkResource href "/technique/d3f:DecoyNetworkResource"; NetworkResourceAccessMediation["Network Resource Access Mediation"] -->
          | isolates | NetworkFileShareResource["Network File Share Resource"];

          NetworkResourceAccessMediation["Network Resource Access Mediation"] -.->
            | may-isolate | T1070005["Network Share Connection Removal"] ;
          class NetworkResourceAccessMediation DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class NetworkFileShareResource ArtifactNode;
          click NetworkResourceAccessMediation href "/technique/d3f:NetworkResourceAccessMediation";

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