misnamed files

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Definitions:

A technique used to disguise a file’s content by changing the file’s name to something innocuous or altering its extension to a different type of file, forcing the examiner to identify the files by file signature versus file extension.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-72
NIST SP 800-72 under Misnamed Files

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