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T0832_manipulation-of-view

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Adversaries may attempt to manipulate the information reported back to operators or controllers.

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T0832 Manipulation of View

High-Level Description

Adversaries may attempt to manipulate the information reported back to operators or controllers. This manipulation may be short term or sustained. During this time the process itself could be in a much different state than what is reported.

Operators may be fooled into doing something that is harmful to the system in a loss of view situation. With a manipulated view into the systems, operators may issue inappropriate control sequences that introduce faults or catastrophic failures into the system. Business analysis systems can also be provided with inaccurate data leading to bad management decisions.

Kill Chain Phase

  • Impact (TA0105)

Platforms: ICS

What to Check

  • Identify if Manipulation of View technique is applicable to target ICS environment
  • Check ICS/SCADA systems for indicators of Manipulation of View
  • Verify mitigations are bypassed or absent (3 known mitigations)
  • Assess detection coverage (1 detection strategies)

How to Test

Identify Attack Surface

Determine if the target ICS/SCADA environment is susceptible to Manipulation of View by examining operational technology systems and network architecture.

Assess Existing Defenses

Review whether mitigations for T0832 are in place. If defenses are absent or misconfigured, this technique may be exploitable in the ICS environment.

Remediation Guide

M0802 Communication Authenticity

Protocols used for control functions should provide authenticity through MAC functions or digital signatures. If not, utilize bump-in-the-wire devices or VPNs to enforce communication authenticity between devices that are not capable of supporting this (e.g., legacy controllers, RTUs).

M0810 Out-of-Band Communications Channel

Utilize out-of-band communication to validate the integrity of data from the primary channel.

M0953 Data Backup

Take and store data backups from end user systems and critical servers. Ensure backup and storage systems are hardened and kept separate from the corporate network to prevent compromise. Maintain and exercise incident response plans , including the management of gold-copy back-up images and configurations for key systems to enable quick recovery and response from adversarial activities that impact control, view, or availability.

Detection

Detection of Manipulation of View

Risk Assessment

FindingSeverityImpact
Manipulation of View technique applicableHighImpact

CWE Categories

CWE IDTitle
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References