What term describes the technical methods used by an attacker to achieve intermediate results during their attack?

• A. Procedures
• B. Techniques
• C. Tactics
• D. TTPs

Answer: (B)

The concept here is distinguishing the concrete methods an attacker uses at a given step. These concrete methods that produce specific outcomes or intermediate results are called techniques. They are the actual ways to perform actions within an attack, such as using PowerShell for execution, credential dumping to obtain credentials, or phishing to gain initial access. Tactics refer to the broad goals at a stage of the attack, and procedures are the exact step-by-step instructions to carry out a technique. TTPs is the umbrella term that combines tactics, techniques, and procedures. So the best choice is techniques.