Infringement
Account Sharing
Data Loss
Denial of Service
Disruption of Business Operations
Excessive Personal Use
Exfiltration via Email
Exfiltration via Media Capture
Exfiltration via Messaging Applications
Exfiltration via Other Network Medium
Exfiltration via Physical Medium
- Exfiltration via Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
- Exfiltration via Disk Media
- Exfiltration via Floppy Disk
- Exfiltration via New Internal Drive
- Exfiltration via Physical Access to System Drive
- Exfiltration via Physical Documents
- Exfiltration via Target Disk Mode
- Exfiltration via USB Mass Storage Device
- Exfiltration via USB to Mobile Device
- Exfiltration via USB to USB Data Transfer
Exfiltration via Screen Sharing
Exfiltration via Web Service
Harassment and Discrimination
Inappropriate Web Browsing
Installing Malicious Software
Installing Unapproved Software
Misappropriation of Funds
Non-Corporate Device
Providing Access to a Unauthorized Third Party
Public Statements Resulting in Brand Damage
Regulatory Non-Compliance
Sharing on AI Chatbot Platforms
Theft
Unauthorized Changes to IT Systems
Unauthorized Printing of Documents
Unauthorized VPN Client
Unlawfully Accessing Copyrighted Material
- ID: IF016
- Created: 22nd July 2024
- Updated: 23rd October 2025
- MITRE ATT&CK®: T1657
- Contributor: The ITM Team
Misappropriation of Funds
A subject dishonestly makes false representations, fails to disclose information or abuses their access or position to make a financial gain and/or cause a loss to an organization. Methods to achieve this include unauthorized bank transfers, misuse of corporate cards, or creating fictitious invoices.
Subsections (6)
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IF016.006 | Creation of Fictitious Invoices | A subject with access to a billing system or indirect access to a billing system misuses their access to create fraudulent invoices, causing payments to be diverted to themselves, a business they own, or a third party. |
| IF016.007 | Excessive Overtime | A subject that self reports hours worked, and/or is eligible to claim overtime or an individual responsible for reporting such working time may falsify time records or make false representations to a working time system to cause payment or time in lieu for unperformed work. |
| IF016.004 | Insider Trading | A subject with access to sensitive or confidential information may decide to use that information to trade the company's stock or other securities (like bonds or stock options) based on significant, nonpublic information about the company. |
| IF016.001 | Misuse of a Corporate Card | A subject may misuse a corporate credit for their own benefit by making purchases that are not aligned with the intended purpose of the card or by failing to follow the policies and procedures governing its use. |
| IF016.005 | Modification of Invoices | A subject with access to a billing system or indirect access to a billing system misuses their access to modify existing invoices, causing payments to be diverted to themselves, a business they own, or a third party. |
| IF016.002 | Unauthorized Bank Transfers | A subject misuses their direct or indirect access to dishonestly redirect funds to an account they control or to a third party. |
Preventions (2)
Detections (4)
MITRE ATT&CK® Mapping (1)
ATT&CK Enterprise Matrix Version 17.1