T1078.004 Cloud Accounts Mappings

Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a cloud account as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion. Cloud accounts are those created and configured by an organization for use by users, remote support, services, or for administration of resources within a cloud service provider or SaaS application. In some cases, cloud accounts may be federated with traditional identity management system, such as Window Active Directory. (Citation: AWS Identity Federation)(Citation: Google Federating GC)(Citation: Microsoft Deploying AD Federation)

Compromised credentials for cloud accounts can be used to harvest sensitive data from online storage accounts and databases. Access to cloud accounts can also be abused to gain Initial Access to a network by abusing a Trusted Relationship. Similar to Domain Accounts, compromise of federated cloud accounts may allow adversaries to more easily move laterally within an environment.

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Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name
cloud_asset_inventory Cloud Asset Inventory technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
identity_aware_proxy Identity Aware Proxy technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
resourcemanager ResourceManager technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
identityplatform IdentityPlatform technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
anthosconfigmanagement AnthosConfigManagement technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
cloud_identity Cloud Identity technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
security_command_center Security Command Center technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
advancedprotectionprogram AdvancedProtectionProgram technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
policy_intelligence Policy Intelligence technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
policy_intelligence Policy Intelligence technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
recaptcha_enterprise ReCAPTCHA Enterprise technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
identity_and_access_management Identity and Access Management technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts