MITRE's ATT&CK knowledge-based framework
The ATT&CK knowledge-based framework is an intelligence framework that was created by MITRE in 2013 to help us understand and analyze the common tactics used by adversaries to compromise or attack a system. ATT&CK stands for Attack, Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge. MITRE put together the framework to describe methods that adversaries commonly use to penetrate systems and perform any exploitation and post-exploitation activities, including, but not limited to, privilege escalation, defense system evasion, and so on. ATT&CK uses the general framework concept to reflect the adversary's attack life cycle, from preparation to consequences. It oversees the attack from the adversaries' perspectives while detailing the attack's possible objectives and the methods used to achieve those objectives. By understanding and describing the adversary's behavior, the framework can be used to detect the attacker...