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T1113 Screen Capture
collection — Linux, macOS, Windows · attack.mitre.org · JSON
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Sigma rules tagged attack.t1113
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KEV CVEs mapped here
<p>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 <code>CopyFromScreen</code>, <code>xwd</code>, or <code>screencapture</code>.</p>
KEV CVEs mapped to this technique · CTID Mappings Explorer
None. No KEV entry in the public mapping names this technique. Given that 74.7% of KEV has no mapping at all, this says more about the mapping than about the technique.
Detection strategy · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2
- DET0346 Detect Screen Capture via Commands and API Calls v1.0
AN0980 WindowsUnusual use of screen capture APIs (e.g., CopyFromScreen) or command-line tools to write image files to disk.Tunable:
ParentProcessNameTimeWindowImageExtensionAN0981 macOSInvocation of built-in commands like screencapture or use of undocumented APIs from suspicious parent processes.Tunable:CommandLineRegexParentProcessNameAN0982 LinuxUse of tools like xwd or import to generate screenshots, especially under non-GUI parent processes.Tunable:TerminalSessionExecutablePath
Sigma rules · SigmaHQ da9bb07d64, tag attack.t1113
Author: remotephone, oscd.community
· 2020-10-13 (modified 2021-11-27) · logsource: product=macos category=process_creation · 0877ed01-da46-4c49-8476-d49cdd80dfa7
Detects attempts to use screencapture to collect macOS screenshots
Author: Beyu Denis, oscd.community
· 2019-10-12 (modified 2024-01-04) · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 2158f96f-43c2-43cb-952a-ab4580f32382
Detects execution of Windows Problem Steps Recorder (psr.exe), a utility used to record the user screen and clicks.
Author: Sajid Nawaz Khan
· 2024-06-02 · logsource: product=windows category=registry_delete · 5dfc1465-8f65-4fde-8eb5-6194380c6a62
Detects the enabling of the Windows Recall feature via registry manipulation. Windows Recall can be enabled by deleting the existing "DisableAIDataAnalysis" registry value.
Adversaries may enable Windows Recall as part of post-exploitation discovery and collection activities.
This rule assumes that Recall is already explicitly disabled on the host, and subsequently enabled by the adversary.
Author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research)
· 2020-05-02 (modified 2023-02-22) · logsource: product=windows category=image_load · 666ecfc7-229d-42b8-821e-1a8f8cb7057c
Detects processes loading "System.Drawing.ni.dll". This could be an indicator of potential Screen Capture.
Author: Sajid Nawaz Khan
· 2024-06-02 · logsource: product=windows category=registry_set · 75180c5f-4ea1-461a-a4f6-6e4700c065d4
Detects the enabling of the Windows Recall feature via registry manipulation. Windows Recall can be enabled by setting the value of "DisableAIDataAnalysis" to "0".
Adversaries may enable Windows Recall as part of post-exploitation discovery and collection activities.
This rule assumes that Recall is already explicitly disabled on the host, and subsequently enabled by the adversary.
Author: Sajid Nawaz Khan
· 2024-06-02 · logsource: product=windows category=process_creation · 817f252c-5143-4dae-b418-48c3e9f63728
Detects the enabling of the Windows Recall feature via registry manipulation.
Windows Recall can be enabled by deleting the existing "DisableAIDataAnalysis" value, or setting it to 0.
Adversaries may enable Windows Recall as part of post-exploitation discovery and collection activities.
This rule assumes that Recall is already explicitly disabled on the host, and subsequently enabled by the adversary.
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
· 2024-07-01 · logsource: product=windows category=registry_set · 973ef012-8f1a-4c40-93b4-7e659a5cd17f
Detects the enabling of the "EnablePeriodicBackup" registry value. Once enabled, The OS will backup System registry hives on restarts to the "C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack" folder. Windows creates a "RegIdleBackup" task to manage subsequent backups.
Registry backup was a default behavior on Windows and was disabled as of "Windows 10, version 1803".
Author: frack113
· 2021-12-28 (modified 2022-07-07) · logsource: product=windows category=ps_script · d4a11f63-2390-411c-9adf-d791fd152830
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
Author: Pawel Mazur
· 2021-09-21 (modified 2022-10-09) · logsource: product=linux service=auditd · dbe4b9c5-c254-4258-9688-d6af0b7967fd
Detects adversary creating screen capture of a desktop with Import Tool.
Highly recommended using rule on servers, due to high usage of screenshot utilities on user workstations.
ImageMagick must be installed.
Author: Pawel Mazur
· 2021-09-13 (modified 2022-12-18) · logsource: product=linux service=auditd · e2f17c5d-b02a-442b-9052-6eb89c9fec9c
Detects adversary creating screen capture of a full with xwd. Highly recommended using rule on servers, due high usage of screenshot utilities on user workstations