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  "created": "2020-05-14T14:45:15.978Z",
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      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1578/002",
      "external_id": "T1578.002"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Mandiant M-Trends 2020",
      "description": "Mandiant. (2020, February). M-Trends 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2024.",
      "url": "https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2021-09/mtrends-2020.pdf"
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  "name": "Create Cloud Instance",
  "description": "An adversary may create a new instance or virtual machine (VM) within the compute service of a cloud account to evade defenses. Creating a new instance may allow an adversary to bypass firewall rules and permissions that exist on instances currently residing within an account. An adversary may [Create Snapshot](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1578/001) of one or more volumes in an account, create a new instance, mount the snapshots, and then apply a less restrictive security policy to collect [Data from Local System](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1005) or for [Remote Data Staging](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1074/002).(Citation: Mandiant M-Trends 2020)\n\nCreating a new instance may also allow an adversary to carry out malicious activity within an environment without affecting the execution of current running instances.",
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    "Arun Seelagan, CISA"
  ],
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