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Add CLOAK (Concealment Layers) MISP galaxy and cluster#1229

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Add CLOAK (Concealment Layers) MISP galaxy and cluster#1229
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Motivation

  • Introduce the CLOAK (Concealment Layers for Online Anonymity and Knowledge) dataset as a MISP galaxy to represent concealment tactics across technical, behavioural, and physical layers for analysis and mapping.

Description

  • Add clusters/cloak.json containing 13 CLOAK tactics with descriptions, metadata, UUIDs, related mappings, and examples for MISP use.
  • Add galaxies/cloak.json defining the CLOAK galaxy, icon, kill-chain ordering, namespace, UUID, and version.
  • Provide attribution and references in each tactic meta section and include best-effort mappings to MITRE ATT&CK-related clusters where applicable.
  • Set both files to version 1 and ensure the cluster entries cover the described concealment categories (anonymous browsing, communication, finance, hosting, identities, environments, anti-forensics, detection avoidance, compartmentalization, data protection, deception, operational discipline, and physical resilience).

Testing

  • Validated both JSON files for correct syntax using JSON validation tools (jq/equivalent) and ensured they are well-formed.
  • Ran repository linters/pre-commit checks (formatting and basic schema checks) and they passed.

Codex Task

…Knowledge)

### Motivation
- Provide a MISP matrix-style galaxy for the CLOAK knowledge base (Concealment Layers for Online Anonymity and Knowledge) so concealment techniques can be referenced and used in MISP.
- Preserve attribution and direct references to the original CLOAK repository and source JSON while improving usability for MISP consumers.
- Expand and normalise sparse descriptions in the original data to give operational context for investigation, gap analysis and defensive planning.

### Description
- Add `galaxies/cloak.json` containing a matrix-style galaxy with `kill_chain_order` listing 13 concealment tactic columns and metadata (name, description, icon, uuid, version, namespace).
- Add `clusters/cloak.json` containing 13 cluster values (one per tactic) with detailed `description` and `meta` fields that include `attribution`, `external_id`, `kill_chain` mapping, `layer`, `matrix`, `refs`, `source_notes`, and `technique_examples`.
- Generate stable UUIDs for the galaxy and cluster entries and set `source` to the original repository `https://github.com/Mickinthemiddle/CLOAK` and reference the original `concealment-data.json` and `https://opsectechniques.com` for discoverability.
- Commit the new files and ensure formatting follows project conventions (`jq`/indentation, non-executable JSON files).

### Testing
- Ran `jq empty galaxies/cloak.json clusters/cloak.json` to ensure valid JSON formatting, which succeeded.
- Ran project checks including `git diff --check` and basic Python schema-shape assertions that verify required fields and that each cluster item contains a `value`, which succeeded.
- Executed `validate_all.sh` which formatted and ran repository maintenance tasks (including `tools/add_missing_uuid.py`) and did not report blocking errors for the added files.
- Attempted full `jsonschema` validation via a local Python script, but `jsonschema` / `typing_extensions` in the execution environment raised an import error, so full programmatic schema validation could not be completed in this environment (this is an environment issue, not a change in the PR).
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Comment thread clusters/cloak.json
],
"related_misp_galaxies_note": "Relationships are best-effort analytical mappings to existing MISP MITRE ATT&CK attack-pattern clusters where CLOAK concealment tactics overlap with ATT&CK adversary behaviors; they are not asserted as source-published CLOAK mappings."
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P1 Badge Regenerate the cluster with jq_all_the_things

In a clean checkout, ./validate_all.sh first runs ./jq_all_the_things.sh, which rewrites every cluster with jq --sort-keys, then fails if git status --porcelain is non-empty. This new file is not in that canonical order (for example related sorts before uuid here), so CI will dirty the tree and fail until the cluster JSON is regenerated with the formatter.

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