Anti-Forensics
Account Misuse
Browser or System Proxy Configuration
Clear Browser Artifacts
Clear Email Artifacts
Decrease Privileges
Delayed Execution Triggers
Delete User Account
Deletion of Volume Shadow Copy
Disk Wiping
File Deletion
File Encryption
Hide Artifacts
Hiding or Destroying Command History
Log Deletion
Log Modification
Modify Windows Registry
Physical Destruction of Storage Media
Physical Removal of Disk Storage
Steganography
System Shutdown
Timestomping
Tripwires
Uninstalling Software
Virtualization
Windows System Time Modification
- ID: AF027.002
- Created: 11th August 2025
- Updated: 17th August 2025
- Contributor: The ITM Team
Auto-Forwarding Rule Deletion
The subject removes one or more auto-forwarding rules from their email configuration to obscure prior message redirection to internal or external recipients. These rules, when active, silently transmit inbound emails, including attachments, proprietary data, or sensitive internal correspondence, to alternate mailboxes, often controlled or accessible by the subject. Deletion is typically performed to disrupt investigative reconstruction, eliminate configuration evidence, and frustrate detection of unauthorized forwarding behavior.