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name - Virtual Private Server id - T1584.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may compromise third-party Virtual Private Servers (VPSs) that can be used during targeting. There exist a variety of cloud service providers that will sell virtual machines/containers as a se...
name - Server id - T1584.004 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may compromise third-party servers that can be used during targeting. Use of servers allows an adversary to stage, launch, and execute an operation. During post-compromise activity, adversaries may utilize se...
name - Botnet id - T1584.005 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may compromise numerous third-party systems to form a botnet that can be used during targeting. A botnet is a network of compromised systems that can be instructed to perform coordinated tasks.(Citation: Nort...
name - Web Services id - T1584.006 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may compromise access to third-party web services that can be used during targeting. A variety of popular websites exist for legitimate users to register for web-based services, such as GitHub, Twitter,...
name - Serverless id - T1584.007 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may compromise serverless cloud infrastructure, such as Cloudflare Workers or AWS Lambda functions, that can be used during targeting. By utilizing serverless infrastructure, adversaries can make it more ...
name - Establish Accounts id - T1585 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may create and cultivate accounts with services that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can create accounts that can be used to build a persona to further operations. Persona development consis...
name - Social Media Accounts id - T1585.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may create and cultivate social media accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can create social media accounts that can be used to build a persona to further operations. Persona...
name - Email Accounts id - T1585.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may create email accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use accounts created with email providers to further their operations, such as leveraging them to conduct [Phishing for Inf...
name - Cloud Accounts id - T1585.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may create accounts with cloud providers that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use cloud accounts to further their operations, including leveraging cloud storage services such as Dropbox,...
name - Compromise Accounts id - T1586 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may compromise accounts with services that can be used during targeting. For operations incorporating social engineering, the utilization of an online persona may be important. Rather than creating a...
name - Social Media Accounts id - T1586.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may compromise social media accounts that can be used during targeting. For operations incorporating social engineering, the utilization of an online persona may be important. Rather than creat...
name - Email Accounts id - T1586.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may compromise email accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use compromised email accounts to further their operations, such as leveraging them to conduct [Phishing for Informatio...
name - Cloud Accounts id - T1586.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may compromise cloud accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use compromised cloud accounts to further their operations, including leveraging cloud storage services such as Dropbox...
name - Develop Capabilities id - T1587 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may build capabilities that can be used during targeting. Rather than purchasing, freely downloading, or stealing capabilities, adversaries may develop their own capabilities in-house. This is the p...
name - Malware id - T1587.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may develop malware and malware components that can be used during targeting. Building malicious software can include the development of payloads, droppers, post-compromise tools, backdoors (including backdo...
name - Code Signing Certificates id - T1587.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may create self-signed code signing certificates that can be used during targeting. Code signing is the process of digitally signing executables and scripts to confirm the software author a...
name - Digital Certificates id - T1587.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may create self-signed SSL/TLS certificates that can be used during targeting. SSL/TLS certificates are designed to instill trust. They include information about the key, information about its o...
name - Exploits id - T1587.004 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may develop exploits that can be used during targeting. An exploit takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability in order to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer hardware or software....
name - Obtain Capabilities id - T1588 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may buy and/or steal capabilities that can be used during targeting. Rather than developing their own capabilities in-house, adversaries may purchase, freely download, or steal them. Activities may i...
name - Malware id - T1588.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may buy, steal, or download malware that can be used during targeting. Malicious software can include payloads, droppers, post-compromise tools, backdoors, packers, and C2 protocols. Adversaries may acquire ...
name - Tool id - T1588.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may buy, steal, or download software tools that can be used during targeting. Tools can be open or closed source, free or commercial. A tool can be used for malicious purposes by an adversary, but (unlike malwa...
name - Code Signing Certificates id - T1588.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may buy and/or steal code signing certificates that can be used during targeting. Code signing is the process of digitally signing executables and scripts to confirm the software author and...
name - Digital Certificates id - T1588.004 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may buy and/or steal SSL/TLS certificates that can be used during targeting. SSL/TLS certificates are designed to instill trust. They include information about the key, information about its own...
name - Exploits id - T1588.005 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may buy, steal, or download exploits that can be used during targeting. An exploit takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability in order to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer hardw...
name - Vulnerabilities id - T1588.006 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may acquire information about vulnerabilities that can be used during targeting. A vulnerability is a weakness in computer hardware or software that can, potentially, be exploited by an adversary to ...
name - Gather Victim Identity Information id - T1589 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's identity that can be used during targeting. Information about identities may include a variety of details, including personal data (ex: employee nam...
name - Credentials id - T1589.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather credentials that can be used during targeting. Account credentials gathered by adversaries may be those directly associated with the target victim organization or attempt to take advantage of the te...
name - Email Addresses id - T1589.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather email addresses that can be used during targeting. Even if internal instances exist, organizations may have public-facing email infrastructure and addresses for employees. Adversaries may easil...
name - Employee Names id - T1589.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather employee names that can be used during targeting. Employee names be used to derive email addresses as well as to help guide other reconnaissance efforts and/or craft more-believable lures. Adver...
name - Gather Victim Network Information id - T1590 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's networks that can be used during targeting. Information about networks may include a variety of details, including administrative data (ex: IP ranges...
name - Domain Properties id - T1590.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's network domain(s) that can be used during targeting. Information about domains and their properties may include a variety of details, including what domain(s) th...
name - DNS id - T1590.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's DNS that can be used during targeting. DNS information may include a variety of details, including registered name servers as well as records that outline addressing for a tar...
name - Network Trust Dependencies id - T1590.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's network trust dependencies that can be used during targeting. Information about network trusts may include a variety of details, including second or thi...
name - Network Topology id - T1590.004 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's network topology that can be used during targeting. Information about network topologies may include a variety of details, including the physical and/or logical a...
name - IP Addresses id - T1590.005 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather the victim's IP addresses that can be used during targeting. Public IP addresses may be allocated to organizations by block, or a range of sequential addresses. Information about assigned IP addres...
name - Network Security Appliances id - T1590.006 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's network security appliances that can be used during targeting. Information about network security appliances may include a variety of details, such as ...
name - Gather Victim Org Information id - T1591 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's organization that can be used during targeting. Information about an organization may include a variety of details, including the names of divisions/depa...
name - Determine Physical Locations id - T1591.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather the victim's physical location(s) that can be used during targeting. Information about physical locations of a target organization may include a variety of details, including where ...
name - Business Relationships id - T1591.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's business relationships that can be used during targeting. Information about an organization’s business relationships may include a variety of details, inclu...
name - Identify Business Tempo id - T1591.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's business tempo that can be used during targeting. Information about an organization’s business tempo may include a variety of details, including operationa...
name - Identify Roles id - T1591.004 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about identities and roles within the victim organization that can be used during targeting. Information about business roles may reveal a variety of targetable details, including ide...
name - Gather Victim Host Information id - T1592 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's hosts that can be used during targeting. Information about hosts may include a variety of details, including administrative data (ex: name, assigned IP,...
name - Hardware id - T1592.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's host hardware that can be used during targeting. Information about hardware infrastructure may include a variety of details such as types and versions on specific hosts, ...
name - Software id - T1592.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's host software that can be used during targeting. Information about installed software may include a variety of details such as types and versions on specific hosts, as we...
name - Firmware id - T1592.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's host firmware that can be used during targeting. Information about host firmware may include a variety of details such as type and versions on specific hosts, which may b...
name - Client Configurations id - T1592.004 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may gather information about the victim's client configurations that can be used during targeting. Information about client configurations may include a variety of details and settings, including ope...
name - Search Open Websites/Domains id - T1593 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search freely available websites and/or domains for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Information about victims may be available in various online sites, such as soc...
name - Social Media id - T1593.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search social media for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Social media sites may contain various information about a victim organization, such as business announcements as well ...
name - Search Engines id - T1593.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may use search engines to collect information about victims that can be used during targeting. Search engine services typical crawl online sites to index context and may provide users with specialized synta...
name - Code Repositories id - T1593.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search public code repositories for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Victims may store code in repositories on various third-party websites such as GitHub, GitLab, SourceF...
name - Search Victim-Owned Websites id - T1594 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search websites owned by the victim for information that can be used during targeting. Victim-owned websites may contain a variety of details, including names of departments/divisions, physica...
name - Active Scanning id - T1595 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may execute active reconnaissance scans to gather information that can be used during targeting. Active scans are those where the adversary probes victim infrastructure via network traffic, as opposed to other...
name - Scanning IP Blocks id - T1595.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may scan victim IP blocks to gather information that can be used during targeting. Public IP addresses may be allocated to organizations by block, or a range of sequential addresses. Adversaries may sc...
name - Vulnerability Scanning id - T1595.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may scan victims for vulnerabilities that can be used during targeting. Vulnerability scans typically check if the configuration of a target host/application (ex: software and version) potentially a...
name - Wordlist Scanning id - T1595.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may iteratively probe infrastructure using brute-forcing and crawling techniques. While this technique employs similar methods to [Brute Force](T1110), its goal is the identification of content and infra...
name - Search Open Technical Databases id - T1596 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search freely available technical databases for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Information about victims may be available in online databases and repositories,...
name - DNS/Passive DNS id - T1596.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search DNS data for information about victims that can be used during targeting. DNS information may include a variety of details, including registered name servers as well as records that outline addr...
name - WHOIS id - T1596.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search public WHOIS data for information about victims that can be used during targeting. WHOIS data is stored by regional Internet registries (RIR) responsible for allocating and assigning Internet resources su...
name - Digital Certificates id - T1596.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search public digital certificate data for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Digital certificates are issued by a certificate authority (CA) in order to cryptographicall...
name - CDNs id - T1596.004 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search content delivery network (CDN) data about victims that can be used during targeting. CDNs allow an organization to host content from a distributed, load balanced array of servers. CDNs may also allow organ...
name - Scan Databases id - T1596.005 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search within public scan databases for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Various online services continuously publish the results of Internet scans/surveys, often harvesting ...
name - Search Closed Sources id - T1597 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search and gather information about victims from closed sources that can be used during targeting. Information about victims may be available for purchase from reputable private sources and databases...
name - Threat Intel Vendors id - T1597.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may search private data from threat intelligence vendors for information that can be used during targeting. Threat intelligence vendors may offer paid feeds or portals that offer more data than what i...
name - Purchase Technical Data id - T1597.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may purchase technical information about victims that can be used during targeting. Information about victims may be available for purchase within reputable private sources and databases, such as p...
name - Phishing for Information id - T1598 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may send phishing messages to elicit sensitive information that can be used during targeting. Phishing for information is an attempt to trick targets into divulging information, frequently credentials...
name - Spearphishing Service id - T1598.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may send spearphishing messages via third-party services to elicit sensitive information that can be used during targeting. Spearphishing for information is an attempt to trick targets into divulging...
name - Spearphishing Attachment id - T1598.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may send spearphishing messages with a malicious attachment to elicit sensitive information that can be used during targeting. Spearphishing for information is an attempt to trick targets into div...
name - Spearphishing Link id - T1598.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Reconnaissance description - Adversaries may send spearphishing messages with a malicious link to elicit sensitive information that can be used during targeting. Spearphishing for information is an attempt to trick targets into divulging infor...
name - Network Boundary Bridging id - T1599 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries may bridge network boundaries by compromising perimeter network devices or internal devices responsible for network segmentation. Breaching these devices may enable an adversary to bypass restri...
name - Network Address Translation Traversal id - T1599.001 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries may bridge network boundaries by modifying a network device’s Network Address Translation (NAT) configuration. Malicious modifications to NAT may enable an adversary to bypass re...
name - Weaken Encryption id - T1600 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries may compromise a network device’s encryption capability in order to bypass encryption that would otherwise protect data communications. (Citation: Cisco Synful Knock Evolution) Encryption can be used t...
name - Reduce Key Space id - T1600.001 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries may reduce the level of effort required to decrypt data transmitted over the network by reducing the cipher strength of encrypted communications.(Citation: Cisco Synful Knock Evolution) Adversaries ...
name - Disable Crypto Hardware id - T1600.002 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries disable a network device’s dedicated hardware encryption, which may enable them to leverage weaknesses in software encryption in order to reduce the effort involved in collecting, manipulating...
name - Modify System Image id - T1601 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries may make changes to the operating system of embedded network devices to weaken defenses and provide new capabilities for themselves. On such devices, the operating systems are typically monolithic an...
name - Patch System Image id - T1601.001 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries may modify the operating system of a network device to introduce new capabilities or weaken existing defenses.(Citation: Killing the myth of Cisco IOS rootkits) (Citation: Killing IOS diversity myt...
name - Downgrade System Image id - T1601.002 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries may install an older version of the operating system of a network device to weaken security. Older operating system versions on network devices often have weaker encryption ciphers and, in gen...
name - Data from Configuration Repository id - T1602 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Collection description - Adversaries may collect data related to managed devices from configuration repositories. Configuration repositories are used by management systems in order to configure, manage, and control data on remo...
name - SNMP (MIB Dump) id - T1602.001 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Collection description - Adversaries may target the Management Information Base (MIB) to collect and/or mine valuable information in a network managed using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The MIB is a configuration repository tha...
name - Network Device Configuration Dump id - T1602.002 platforms - Network kill chain phases - Collection description - Adversaries may access network configuration files to collect sensitive data about the device and the network. The network configuration is a file containing parameters that determine the operation o...
name - Forge Web Credentials id - T1606 platforms - SaaS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Azure AD, Office 365, Google Workspace, IaaS kill chain phases - Credential Access description - Adversaries may forge credential materials that can be used to gain access to web applications or Internet services. Web applications and serv...
name - Web Cookies id - T1606.001 platforms - Linux, macOS, Windows, SaaS, IaaS kill chain phases - Credential Access description - Adversaries may forge web cookies that can be used to gain access to web applications or Internet services. Web applications and services (hosted in cloud SaaS environments or on-premise s...
name - SAML Tokens id - T1606.002 platforms - Azure AD, SaaS, Windows, Office 365, Google Workspace, IaaS kill chain phases - Credential Access description - An adversary may forge SAML tokens with any permissions claims and lifetimes if they possess a valid SAML token-signing certificate.(Citation: Microsoft SolarWind...
name - Stage Capabilities id - T1608 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may upload, install, or otherwise set up capabilities that can be used during targeting. To support their operations, an adversary may need to take capabilities they developed ([Develop Capabilities](...
name - Upload Malware id - T1608.001 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may upload malware to third-party or adversary controlled infrastructure to make it accessible during targeting. Malicious software can include payloads, droppers, post-compromise tools, backdoors, an...
name - Upload Tool id - T1608.002 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may upload tools to third-party or adversary controlled infrastructure to make it accessible during targeting. Tools can be open or closed source, free or commercial. Tools can be used for malicious purp...
name - Install Digital Certificate id - T1608.003 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may install SSL/TLS certificates that can be used during targeting. SSL/TLS certificates are files that can be installed on servers to enable secure communications between systems. Digita...
name - Drive-by Target id - T1608.004 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may prepare an operational environment to infect systems that visit a website over the normal course of browsing. Endpoint systems may be compromised through browsing to adversary controlled sites, a...
name - Link Target id - T1608.005 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may put in place resources that are referenced by a link that can be used during targeting. An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to divulge information (including credenti...
name - SEO Poisoning id - T1608.006 platforms - PRE kill chain phases - Resource Development description - Adversaries may poison mechanisms that influence search engine optimization (SEO) to further lure staged capabilities towards potential victims. Search engines typically display results to users based on purchased...
name - Container Administration Command id - T1609 platforms - Containers kill chain phases - Execution description - Adversaries may abuse a container administration service to execute commands within a container. A container administration service such as the Docker daemon, the Kubernetes API server, or the kubelet m...
name - Deploy Container id - T1610 platforms - Containers kill chain phases - Defense Evasion, Execution description - Adversaries may deploy a container into an environment to facilitate execution or evade defenses. In some cases, adversaries may deploy a new container to execute processes associated with a particular...
name - Escape to Host id - T1611 platforms - Windows, Linux, Containers kill chain phases - Privilege Escalation description - Adversaries may break out of a container to gain access to the underlying host. This can allow an adversary access to other containerized resources from the host level or to the host itself. In...
name - Build Image on Host id - T1612 platforms - Containers kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries may build a container image directly on a host to bypass defenses that monitor for the retrieval of malicious images from a public registry. A remote `build` request may be sent to the Docker API t...
name - Container and Resource Discovery id - T1613 platforms - Containers kill chain phases - Discovery description - Adversaries may attempt to discover containers and other resources that are available within a containers environment. Other resources may include images, deployments, pods, nodes, and other information...
name - System Location Discovery id - T1614 platforms - Windows, Linux, macOS, IaaS kill chain phases - Discovery description - Adversaries may gather information in an attempt to calculate the geographical location of a victim host. Adversaries may use the information from [System Location Discovery](T1614) during au...
name - System Language Discovery id - T1614.001 platforms - Windows, Linux, macOS kill chain phases - Discovery description - Adversaries may attempt to gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host. This information may be used to shape follow-on beha...
name - Group Policy Discovery id - T1615 platforms - Windows kill chain phases - Discovery description - Adversaries may gather information on Group Policy settings to identify paths for privilege escalation, security measures applied within a domain, and to discover patterns in domain objects that can be manipulated o...
name - Cloud Storage Object Discovery id - T1619 platforms - IaaS kill chain phases - Discovery description - Adversaries may enumerate objects in cloud storage infrastructure. Adversaries may use this information during automated discovery to shape follow-on behaviors, including requesting all or specific objects from...
name - Reflective Code Loading id - T1620 platforms - macOS, Linux, Windows kill chain phases - Defense Evasion description - Adversaries may reflectively load code into a process in order to conceal the execution of malicious payloads. Reflective loading involves allocating then executing payloads directly within the ...
name - Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation id - T1621 platforms - Windows, Office 365, Linux, macOS, IaaS, SaaS, Azure AD, Google Workspace kill chain phases - Credential Access description - Adversaries may attempt to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) mechanisms and gain access to accounts by generat...