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ATT&CK techniqueStealth (formerly Defense Evasion)

T1070.003 Clear Command History

Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)EnterpriseSub-technique

As of 2026-10-05, T1070.003 (Clear Command History) appears in 21 tracked threats, first reported 2026-02-24 and most recently 2026-09-23, with linked actors including APT38, Andariel, Lazarus Group; it most often appears alongside T1082 (System Information Discovery).

Tracked threats
218 critical, 12 high, 1 medium
First seen
2026-02-24
Last seen
2026-09-23
Threat actors
12In the threats using it
Detection rules
32Blue tier and above

Data as of:

Activity timeline

T1070.003 first appeared in tracked threats on and was most recently reported on . The busiest month was 2026-07 with 8 reports, and 21 of the 21 threats were reported in the twelve months to 2026-09.

How adversaries use it

T1070.003 Clear Command History is catalogued by MITRE ATT&CK under the Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) tactic in the Enterprise matrix, as a sub-technique of T1070 Indicator Removal. Threadlinqs maps 21 of 2623 tracked threats (0.8%) to it; by severity that is 8 critical, 12 high, 1 medium.

Threats that use T1070.003 most often also use T1082 System Information Discovery (15 threats), T1005 Data from Local System (14 threats), T1071.001 Web Protocols (14 threats), T1059.004 Unix Shell (13 threats), T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information (12 threats). These are the techniques an intrusion set tends to chain with it, so they are the natural next places to look when it is observed.

12 tracked threat actors appear in the threats that use T1070.003; the most frequent are APT38 (3), Andariel (2), Lazarus Group (2), UAT-8616 (2), INC Ransom (1).

Mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK lists 3 mitigations for T1070.003.

Data sources

Telemetry that can reveal T1070.003, per MITRE ATT&CK.

  • Command — Command Execution
  • File — File Deletion, File Modification
  • Process — Process Creation
  • User Account — User Account Authentication

Threat actors using it

Tracked threats

21 tracked threats use T1070.003.

Detection coverage

Threadlinqs maintains 32 detection rules mapped to T1070.003 (SPL 8, KQL 11, Sigma 13). Rule content is available to Blue tier accounts and above; this page shows counts only.

32 detection rules (SPL/KQL/Sigma) · Blue and above. Compare plans

Parent technique

T1070 Indicator Removal — 432 tracked threats at the technique level.