AML.T0079: Stage Capabilities
Adversaries may upload, install, or otherwise set up capabilities that can be used during targeting. To support their operations, an adversary may need to take capabilities they developed (Develop Capabilities) or obtained (Obtain Capabilities) and stage them on infrastructure under their control. These capabilities may be staged on infrastructure that was previously purchased/rented by the adversary (Acquire Infrastructure) or was otherwise compromised by them. Capabilities may also be staged on web services, such as GitHub, model registries, such as Hugging Face, or container registries.
Adversaries may stage a variety of AI Artifacts including poisoned datasets (Publish Poisoned Datasets, malicious models (Publish Poisoned Models, and prompt injections. They may target names of legitimate companies or products, engage in typosquatting, or use hallucinated entities (Discover LLM Hallucinations).
Standards mapping
Where this fits in a TurboPentest engagement
This weakness is not covered by the automated black-box pentest. IntegSec pentesters cover it in a manual engagement.
Frequently asked questions
What is AML.T0079 Stage Capabilities?
Adversaries may upload, install, or otherwise set up capabilities that can be used during targeting. To support their operations, an adversary may need to take capabilities they developed (Develop Capabilities) or obtained (Obtain Capabilities) and stage them on infrastructure under their control. These capabilities may be staged on infrastructure that was previously purchased/rented by the adversary (Acquire Infrastructure) or was otherwise compromised by them. Capabilities may also be staged on web services, such as GitHub, model registries, such as Hugging Face, or container registries. Adversaries may stage a variety of AI Artifacts including poisoned datasets (Publish Poisoned Datasets, malicious models (Publish Poisoned Models, and prompt injections. They may target names of legitimate companies or products, engage in typosquatting, or use hallucinated entities (Discover LLM Hallucinations).
Which tactics does AML.T0079 belong to?
AML.T0079 maps to the Resource Development tactic.
Does TurboPentest test for Stage Capabilities?
This weakness is not covered by the automated black-box pentest. IntegSec pentesters cover it in a manual engagement.
Related MITRE ATLAS techniques
- Resource DevelopmentAML.T0002: Acquire Public AI Artifacts
- Resource DevelopmentAML.T0008: Acquire Infrastructure
- Resource DevelopmentAML.T0016: Obtain Capabilities
- Resource DevelopmentAML.T0017: Develop Capabilities
- Resource DevelopmentAML.T0019: Publish Poisoned Datasets
- Resource Development, PersistenceAML.T0020: Poison Training Data
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