Detect Operating Mode
Technique · ATTACK:ics:T0868
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"id": "ATTACK:ics:T0868",
"title": "Detect Operating Mode",
"type": "Technique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T0868",
"snapshot": "ics-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--2aa406ed-81c3-4c1d-ba83-cfbee5a2847a",
"external_id": "T0868",
"domain": "ics",
"created": "2020-05-21T17:43:26.506Z",
"modified": "2026-10-13T17:48:45.236Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"collection"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Machine Information Systems 2007",
"url": "http://www.machine-information-systems.com/How_PLCs_Work.html"
},
{
"source_name": "N.A. October 2017",
"url": "https://forumautomation.com/t/what-are-the-different-operating-modes-in-plc/2489"
},
{
"source_name": "Omron",
"url": "https://www.omron-ap.com/service_support/FAQ/FAQ00002/index.asp#:~:text=In%20PROGRAM%20mode%2C%20the%20CPU,can%20be%20created%20or%20modified."
},
{
"source_name": "PLCgurus 2021",
"url": "https://www.plcgurus.net/plc-basics/"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (9)
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ATTACK:ics:M0813 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0868
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--107d9a23-991b-44f5-97f6-7f6983c7013a
ATTACK:ics:M0804 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0868
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--49d38b21-5ce5-48d9-a356-639fc6c7a53d
ATTACK:ics:M0937 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0868
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--64db6a39-64d2-4999-97d7-91c28c32f42e
ATTACK:ics:M0801 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0868
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6637d8e6-6578-4d15-a993-d63ced4c4464
ATTACK:ics:M0802 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0868
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--808c57e7-72ef-4860-b9ea-8ea072e2385a
ATTACK:ics:S1009 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T0868
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9db1ecfe-72eb-42da-a09e-746663a53854
MDudek-ICSATTACK:ics:M0807 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0868
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a22fabd2-836e-4141-9219-c76cc10138ec
Department of Homeland Security September 2016ATTACK:ics:M0800 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0868
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b8f6d6a8-e668-4596-8ec2-41c5d1bd211d
ATTACK:ics:M0930 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0868
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--eac550b4-3bd2-4309-8b37-b797dd0bd8a7
Department of Homeland Security September 2016