TA0011 · COMMAND AND CONTROL
Ingress Tool Transfer
Pulling additional tooling into the environment after the initial payload lands.
Detect it with
certutil -urlcache, bitsadmin, curl, and PowerShell downloads writing executables to disk.
Why it matters on shift
Ingress Tool Transfer is one of the concrete ways adversaries achieve command and control. Recognising it in telemetry lets you name the technique in your ticket and pivot to what came before and after.
What to look for next
After command and control, the next tactic is usually Exfiltration. Search your telemetry for the transition before closing the ticket.
Kill-chain context