Audio Capture - T1123

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

An adversary can leverage a computer's peripheral devices (e.g., microphones and webcams) or applications (e.g., voice and video call services) to capture audio recordings for the purpose of listening into sensitive conversations to gather information.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

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        graph LR;

     T1123["Audio Capture"] --> |accesses| AudioInputDevice["Audio Input Device"]; class T1123 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class AudioInputDevice ArtifactNode; click AudioInputDevice href "/dao/artifact/d3f:AudioInputDevice";
        click T1123 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1123/"; click AudioInputDevice href "/dao/artifact/d3f:AudioInputDevice";             InputDeviceAnalysis["Input Device Analysis"] -->
          | analyzes | AudioInputDevice["Audio Input Device"];

          InputDeviceAnalysis["Input Device Analysis"] -.->
            | may-detect | T1123["Audio Capture"] ;
          class InputDeviceAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class AudioInputDevice ArtifactNode;
          click InputDeviceAnalysis href "/technique/d3f:InputDeviceAnalysis";             IOPortRestriction["IO Port Restriction"] -->
          | filters | AudioInputDevice["Audio Input Device"];

          IOPortRestriction["IO Port Restriction"] -.->
            | may-isolate | T1123["Audio Capture"] ;
          class IOPortRestriction DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class AudioInputDevice ArtifactNode;
          click IOPortRestriction href "/technique/d3f:IOPortRestriction";

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