Anti-Forensics
Account Misuse
Audit Trail Saturation
Clear Browser Artifacts
Clear Email Artifacts
Code Contribution Obfuscation and Misrepresentation
Cross-System Activity Fragmentation
Decrease Privileges
Delayed Execution Triggers
Delete User Account
Deletion of Volume Shadow Copy
Disable Logging
Disk Wiping
File Deletion
File Encryption
Hide Artifacts
Hiding or Destroying Command History
Incremental Data Collection
Investigative Deception
Log Deletion
Log Modification
Message Deletion
Message Modification
Modify Windows Registry
Network Obfuscation
Parent Process ID Spoofing
Physical Destruction of Evidence
Physical Destruction of Storage Media
Physical Removal of Disk Storage
Retention Window Exploitation
Rootkit
Stalling
Steganography
System Shutdown
System Time Modification
Timestomping
Tripwires
Trusted Tool Misuse
Uninstalling Software
Virtualization
- ID: AF043.001
- Created: 07th November 2026
- Updated: 07th November 2026
- Contributor: The ITM Team
Physical Destruction of Removable Media
A subject may destroy or otherwise impair removable storage media, such as external hard drives or USB sticks, to deny access to the files and artifacts stored on them.