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MITRE ATT&CK® Technique

T1452: Manipulate App Store Rankings or Ratings

An adversary could use access to a compromised device's credentials to attempt to manipulate app store rankings or ratings by triggering application downloads or posting fake reviews of applications. This technique likely requires privileged access (a rooted or jailbroken device).

MobileT1452TechniqueObject v1.0 Modified
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Manipulate App Store Rankings or Ratings

An adversary could use access to a compromised device's credentials to attempt to manipulate app store rankings or ratings by triggering application downloads or posting fake reviews of applications. This technique likely requires privileged access (a rooted or jailbroken device).

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

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Domain ID Name Relationship / procedure
Mobile T1643 Generate Traffic from Victim This object revoked by Generate Traffic from Victim.
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19.1
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1.0
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2c666ab2f73bba46...
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Release Bundle imported Object version Modified Status Raw hash
19.1 1.0 Current bundle Revoked 2c666ab2f73b…
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