Preparation
Account Creation
Account Discovery
AI-Assisted Capability Development
Archive Data
Authorization Token Staging
Boot Order Manipulation
Business Process Reconnaissance
CCTV Enumeration
Circumventing IT Security Controls
- Bypassing Network Segmentation
- Downgrading Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) labels
- Impairing a Security Agent
- Impairing an Anti-Virus Solution
- Modifying a Cloud-Based Firewall
- Modifying a Host-Based Firewall
- Modifying a Network-Based Firewall
- Unauthorized Manipulation of Anti-Virus Exclusions
- Uninstalling a Security Agent
- Uninstalling an Anti-Virus Solution
Circumventing Physical Security Controls
Collaborator Recruitment
Credential Collection
Data Deobfuscation
Data Obfuscation
Data Staging
Delegated Preparation via Artificial Intelligence Agents
Device Mounting
Email Collection
External Media Formatting
File Download
- Bulk File Download
- File Download via API or Application Integration
- File Download via BITS
- File Download via Browser
- File Download via Cloud Storage Synchronization
- File Download via Command-Line Utilities
- File Download via Email
- File Download via Messaging Platforms
- File Download via Remote Access or Transfer Tools
File Exploration
Hardware-Based Remote Access (IP-KVM)
Impersonation
IT Ticketing System Exploration
Joiner
Lateral Movement
Manual Information Transcription
Media Capture via External Device
Mover
Network Scanning
Observational Information Gathering
Offering Insider Services to Third Parties
On-Screen Data Collection
Outside Working Hours / Days
Oversight Circumvention and Control Degradation
Persistent Access via Bots
Physical Disk Removal
Physical Exploration
Physical Item Smuggling
Private / Incognito Browsing
Privilege Elevation
Read Windows Registry
Record Export
Remote Desktop (RDP)
Security Software Enumeration
Social Engineering (Outbound)
Software Installation
- Installation of Dark Web-Capable Browsers
- Installing Browser Extensions
- Installing Browsers
- Installing Cloud Storage Applications
- Installing FTP Clients
- Installing Messenger Applications
- Installing Note-Taking Applications
- Installing RDP Clients
- Installing Screen Sharing Software
- Installing SSH Clients
- Installing Virtual Machines
- Installing VPN Applications
Software or Access Request
Suspicious Web Browsing
System Persistence
System Profiling
Testing Ability to Print
Testing Security Controls
Trusted Relationship Cultivation
Unauthorized Hardware Introduction
VPN Usage
- ID: PR056.002
- Created: 11th November 2026
- Updated: 11th November 2026
- Contributor: The ITM Team
Responding to Insider Recruitment Opportunities
A subject knowingly responds to recruitment advertisements, solicitations, or offers from third parties seeking individuals willing to misuse their organizational access, information, resources, or position of trust to facilitate an infringement. These opportunities may be encountered on underground forums, social media platforms, messaging services, or through direct communications from external individuals.
The subject may initiate contact with the recruiting party, express interest in participating, disclose their organizational affiliation or access capabilities, or discuss potential activities, compensation, and conditions of involvement. Engagement may progress from an initial expression of interest to more detailed discussions concerning the subject's ability to facilitate unauthorized access, information disclosure, sabotage, or other infringements.
The defining characteristic is the subject's voluntary engagement with an existing recruitment opportunity, rather than independently advertising their services. The behavior may constitute preparatory activity even where no agreement is reached or subsequent infringement occurs.