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Attack Patterns T1567.002 — Exfiltration to Cloud Storage
T1567.002

Exfiltration to Cloud Storage

Exfiltration
TLP:CLEAR

Description

Adversaries may exfiltrate data to a cloud storage service rather than over their primary command and control channel. Cloud storage services allow for the storage, edit, and retrieval of data from a remote cloud storage server over the Internet. Examples of cloud storage services include Dropbox and Google Docs. Exfiltration to these cloud storage services can provide a significant amount of cover to the adversary if hosts within the network are already communicating with the service.

MITRE ATT&CK Detection Strategies
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DET0570 Detection Strategy for Exfiltration to Cloud Storage
AN1572 Linux

Processes such as curl, wget, rclone, or custom scripts executing uploads to cloud storage endpoints. Defender perspective: detect chained events where tar/gzip is executed to compress files followed by HTTPS PUT/POST requests to known storage services.

auditd:EXECVE auditd:SYSCALL NSM:Flow
AN1573 macOS

Applications or scripts invoking cloud storage APIs (Dropbox sync, iCloud, Google Drive client) in unexpected contexts. Defender perspective: detect sensitive file reads by non-standard applications followed by unusual encrypted uploads to external cloud storage domains.

macos:unifiedlog macos:unifiedlog macos:unifiedlog
AN1574 ESXi

Unusual ESXi processes (vmx, hostd) reading datastore files and generating outbound HTTPS traffic toward external cloud storage endpoints. Defender perspective: anomalous datastore activity followed by network transfers to Dropbox, AWS S3, or other storage services.

esxi:hostd esxi:vmkernel
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Details

Platforms
Esxi
Linux
Macos
Windows
Added
May 2, 2026
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