Screen Capture - T1113

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may attempt to take screen captures of the desktop to gather information over the course of an operation. Screen capturing functionality may be included as a feature of a remote access tool used in post-compromise operations. Taking a screenshot is also typically possible through native utilities or API calls, such as CopyFromScreen, xwd, or screencapture.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

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        graph LR;

     T1113["Screen Capture"] --> |may-access| DisplayServer["Display Server"]; class T1113 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class DisplayServer ArtifactNode; click DisplayServer href "/dao/artifact/d3f:DisplayServer";
        click T1113 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1113/"; click DisplayServer href "/dao/artifact/d3f:DisplayServer"; T1113["Screen Capture"] --> |may-invoke| GetScreenCapture["Get Screen Capture"]; class T1113 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class GetScreenCapture ArtifactNode; click GetScreenCapture href "/dao/artifact/d3f:GetScreenCapture";
        click T1113 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1113/"; click GetScreenCapture href "/dao/artifact/d3f:GetScreenCapture";                          SystemCallAnalysis["System Call Analysis"] -->
          | analyzes | GetScreenCapture["Get Screen Capture"];

          SystemCallAnalysis["System Call Analysis"] -.->
            | may-detect | T1113["Screen Capture"] ;
          class SystemCallAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class GetScreenCapture ArtifactNode;
          click SystemCallAnalysis href "/technique/d3f:SystemCallAnalysis"; SystemCallFiltering["System Call Filtering"] -->
          | filters | GetScreenCapture["Get Screen Capture"];

          SystemCallFiltering["System Call Filtering"] -.->
            | may-isolate | T1113["Screen Capture"] ;
          class SystemCallFiltering DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class GetScreenCapture ArtifactNode;
          click SystemCallFiltering href "/technique/d3f:SystemCallFiltering";

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