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ATT&CK Techniques

Techniques represent 'how' an adversary achieves a tactical goal by performing an action. For example, an adversary may dump credentials to achieve credential access.

View information about techniques, how techniques and tactics interact, and the Center for Threat-Informed Defense's mappings coverage of MITRE ATT&CK® techniques in the Mappings Explorer matrix view.

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ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Number of Mappings Number of Subtechniques
T1562.001 Disable or Modify Tools 13 0
T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access 25 0
T1098.001 Additional Cloud Credentials 22 0
T1552.008 Chat Messages 5 0
T1595.003 Wordlist Scanning 1 0
T1218.011 Rundll32 4 0
T1574.001 DLL Search Order Hijacking 9 0
T1562.004 Disable or Modify System Firewall 13 0
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel 18 0
T1110.002 Password Cracking 24 0
T1102.001 Dead Drop Resolver 8 0
T1574.002 DLL Side-Loading 9 0
T1546 Event Triggered Execution 8 11
T1550.003 Pass the Ticket 12 0
T1491 Defacement 10 2
T1559 Inter-Process Communication 19 3
T1078.004 Cloud Accounts 33 0
T1102.002 Bidirectional Communication 8 0
T1053 Scheduled Task/Job 14 5
T1547.007 Re-opened Applications 11 0
T1025 Data from Removable Media 15 0
T1552.003 Bash History 4 0
T1653 Power Settings 4 0
T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol 24 0
T1602.002 Network Device Configuration Dump 25 0
T1505.004 IIS Components 24 0
T1036.008 Masquerade File Type 5 0
T1556.007 Hybrid Identity 7 0
T1003.008 /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow 14 0
T1564.010 Process Argument Spoofing 3 0
T1111 Multi-Factor Authentication Interception 8 0
T1091 Replication Through Removable Media 10 0
T1027.007 Dynamic API Resolution 4 0
T1560.001 Archive via Utility 5 0
T1553.006 Code Signing Policy Modification 13 0
T1619 Cloud Storage Object Discovery 7 0
T1098.005 Device Registration 7 0
T1574.011 Services Registry Permissions Weakness 2 0
T1578.003 Delete Cloud Instance 11 0
T1027.012 LNK Icon Smuggling 2 0
T1027.008 Stripped Payloads 4 0
T1562 Impair Defenses 24 11
T1547.012 Print Processors 8 0
T1055.005 Thread Local Storage 6 0
T1195.002 Compromise Software Supply Chain 8 0
T1567.002 Exfiltration to Cloud Storage 4 0
T1047 Windows Management Instrumentation 17 0
T1053.007 Container Orchestration Job 7 0
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application 29 0
T1542.003 Bootkit 18 0
T1564.007 VBA Stomping 4 0
T1569 System Services 14 2
T1071.002 File Transfer Protocols 15 0
T1205 Traffic Signaling 9 2
T1556.008 Network Provider DLL 9 0
T1601.001 Patch System Image 26 0
T1129 Shared Modules 6 0
T1008 Fallback Channels 8 0
T1609 Container Administration Command 11 0
T1055.004 Asynchronous Procedure Call 6 0
T1559.002 Dynamic Data Exchange 14 0
T1055.012 Process Hollowing 6 0
T1593.003 Code Repositories 1 0
T1547.002 Authentication Package 5 0
T1030 Data Transfer Size Limits 7 0
T1613 Container and Resource Discovery 10 0
T1578.005 Modify Cloud Compute Configurations 5 0
T1560 Archive Collected Data 5 1
T1574.010 Services File Permissions Weakness 12 0
T1562.010 Downgrade Attack 7 0
T1087.001 Local Account 3 0
T1036.005 Match Legitimate Name or Location 12 0
T1055.008 Ptrace System Calls 12 0
T1498.001 Direct Network Flood 8 0
T1557.003 DHCP Spoofing 15 0
T1021 Remote Services 15 8
T1552.004 Private Keys 23 0
T1558.003 Kerberoasting 20 0
T1535 Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions 1 0
T1564.006 Run Virtual Instance 7 0
T1053.006 Systemd Timers 10 0
T1134 Access Token Manipulation 9 4
T1059.006 Python 17 0
T1137.003 Outlook Forms 7 0
T1557.001 LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning and SMB Relay 16 0
T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle 25 3
T1564.004 NTFS File Attributes 6 0
T1556 Modify Authentication Process 24 8
T1201 Password Policy Discovery 5 0
T1218.010 Regsvr32 4 0
T1599 Network Boundary Bridging 18 1
T1552.002 Credentials in Registry 18 0
T1574.005 Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness 12 0
T1136 Create Account 19 3
T1127.001 MSBuild 5 0
T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood 9 0
T1489 Service Stop 13 0
T1037.002 Login Hook 7 0
T1098.004 SSH Authorized Keys 15 0
T1216.001 PubPrn 6 0
T1071.001 Web Protocols 15 0
T1548.005 Temporary Elevated Cloud Access 7 0
T1056.003 Web Portal Capture 7 0
T1218.014 MMC 11 0
T1556.006 Multi-Factor Authentication 13 0
T1059.005 Visual Basic 17 0
T1222.002 Linux and Mac File and Directory Permissions Modification 11 0
T1102.003 One-Way Communication 8 0
T1505.005 Terminal Services DLL 11 0
T1572 Protocol Tunneling 11 0
T1659 Content Injection 3 0
T1102 Web Service 8 3
T1213 Data from Information Repositories 30 3
T1606.001 Web Cookies 4 0
T1598 Phishing for Information 15 4
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter 30 9
T1053.005 Scheduled Task 14 0
T1542.004 ROMMONkit 20 0
T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 6 0
T1048.003 Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol 23 0
T1021.006 Windows Remote Management 16 0
T1037.004 RC Scripts 7 0
T1548.002 Bypass User Account Control 12 0
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment 31 0
T1555.005 Password Managers 6 0
T1072 Software Deployment Tools 28 0
T1070.008 Clear Mailbox Data 24 0
T1036 Masquerading 16 5
T1092 Communication Through Removable Media 8 0
T1553 Subvert Trust Controls 19 5
T1547.013 XDG Autostart Entries 15 0
T1132 Data Encoding 7 2
T1001.002 Steganography 7 0
T1567.001 Exfiltration to Code Repository 3 0
T1505 Server Software Component 23 5
T1003 OS Credential Dumping 23 8
T1555.001 Keychain 3 0
T1556.004 Network Device Authentication 13 0
T1547.009 Shortcut Modification 8 0
T1561.002 Disk Structure Wipe 10 0
T1546.009 AppCert DLLs 3 0
T1571 Non-Standard Port 8 0
T1055.011 Extra Window Memory Injection 6 0
T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service 21 4
T1574.006 Dynamic Linker Hijacking 4 0
T1137.006 Add-ins 6 0
T1546.008 Accessibility Features 6 0
T1104 Multi-Stage Channels 8 0
T1003.006 DCSync 17 0
T1611 Escape to Host 19 0
T1554 Compromise Client Software Binary 9 0
T1218.007 Msiexec 9 0
T1558.001 Golden Ticket 11 0
T1037.005 Startup Items 7 0
T1218.012 Verclsid 16 0
T1555.002 Securityd Memory 3 0
T1547.003 Time Providers 10 0
T1070.003 Clear Command History 10 0
T1552.001 Credentials In Files 18 0
T1070.002 Clear Linux or Mac System Logs 21 0
T1059.004 Unix Shell 11 0
T1649 Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates 2 0
T1601 Modify System Image 26 2
T1552.005 Cloud Instance Metadata API 14 0
T1546.013 PowerShell Profile 10 0
T1071 Application Layer Protocol 15 4
T1556.005 Reversible Encryption 4 0
T1569.002 Service Execution 13 0
T1021.007 Cloud Services 9 0
T1565.002 Transmitted Data Manipulation 12 0
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service 9 4
T1021.003 Distributed Component Object Model 19 0
T1005 Data from Local System 13 0
T1550.001 Application Access Token 18 0
T1197 BITS Jobs 14 0
T1583.007 Serverless 2 0
T1505.003 Web Shell 8 0
T1499.001 OS Exhaustion Flood 9 0
T1098.002 Additional Email Delegate Permissions 13 0
T1543.001 Launch Agent 8 0
T1020.001 Traffic Duplication 20 0
T1134.001 Token Impersonation/Theft 10 0
T1573 Encrypted Channel 11 2
T1543.003 Windows Service 8 0
T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography 11 0
T1059.007 JavaScript 16 0
T1205.001 Port Knocking 8 0
T1176 Browser Extensions 15 0
T1195.003 Compromise Hardware Supply Chain 11 0
T1555.004 Windows Credential Manager 5 0
T1559.001 Component Object Model 13 0
T1185 Browser Session Hijacking 14 0
T1562.006 Indicator Blocking 17 0
T1200 Hardware Additions 5 0
T1566.002 Spearphishing Link 30 0
T1090.001 Internal Proxy 8 0
T1547.006 Kernel Modules and Extensions 18 0
T1036.007 Double File Extension 6 0
T1542.001 System Firmware 17 0
T1218.003 CMSTP 11 0
T1558.004 AS-REP Roasting 21 0
T1552 Unsecured Credentials 37 8
T1556.001 Domain Controller Authentication 15 0
T1110.003 Password Spraying 26 0
T1602 Data from Configuration Repository 25 2
T1003.004 LSA Secrets 14 0
T1071.004 DNS 18 0
T1546.011 Application Shimming 2 0
T1204.001 Malicious Link 19 0
T1037 Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts 9 5
T1547.008 LSASS Driver 7 0
T1505.001 SQL Stored Procedures 14 0
T1114.001 Local Email Collection 8 0
T1548.001 Setuid and Setgid 3 0
T1048.002 Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol 23 0
T1027.010 Command Obfuscation 4 0
T1055.009 Proc Memory 9 0
T1136.001 Local Account 11 0
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism 24 5
T1598.001 Spearphishing Service 7 0
T1134.003 Make and Impersonate Token 7 0
T1134.005 SID-History Injection 13 0
T1574.004 Dylib Hijacking 13 0
T1574.013 KernelCallbackTable 7 0
T1059.009 Cloud API 14 0
T1528 Steal Application Access Token 24 0
T1132.002 Non-Standard Encoding 7 0
T1187 Forced Authentication 11 0
T1090 Proxy 12 4
T1580 Cloud Infrastructure Discovery 5 0
T1542.005 TFTP Boot 24 0
T1098.006 Additional Container Cluster Roles 5 0
T1574.008 Path Interception by Search Order Hijacking 16 0
T1189 Drive-by Compromise 26 0
T1566.003 Spearphishing via Service 8 0
T1568.002 Domain Generation Algorithms 8 0
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services 34 0
T1070.009 Clear Persistence 10 0
T1598.002 Spearphishing Attachment 14 0
T1555.006 Cloud Secrets Management Stores 4 0
T1003.001 LSASS Memory 19 0
T1036.003 Rename System Utilities 8 0
T1585.003 Cloud Accounts 3 0
T1090.004 Domain Fronting 1 0
T1021.005 VNC 23 0
T1055.003 Thread Execution Hijacking 6 0
T1078 Valid Accounts 41 4
T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer 11 0
T1537 Transfer Data to Cloud Account 20 0
T1657 Financial Theft 3 0
T1612 Build Image on Host 11 0
T1574.009 Path Interception by Unquoted Path 16 0
T1037.001 Logon Script (Windows) 2 0
T1654 Log Enumeration 4 0
T1569.001 Launchctl 7 0
T1499.002 Service Exhaustion Flood 9 0
T1213.003 Code Repositories 14 0
T1546.002 Screensaver 9 0
T1543 Create or Modify System Process 21 4
T1056.002 GUI Input Capture 4 0
T1114.003 Email Forwarding Rule 16 0
T1562.009 Safe Mode Boot 13 0
T1114 Email Collection 20 3
T1546.010 AppInit DLLs 5 0
T1204 User Execution 23 3
T1564.003 Hidden Window 3 0
T1021.004 SSH 15 0
T1564.002 Hidden Users 3 0
T1053.002 At 14 0
T1606 Forge Web Credentials 12 2
T1543.002 Systemd Service 16 0
T1078.003 Local Accounts 19 0
T1564.008 Email Hiding Rules 12 0
T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact 11 0
T1021.008 Direct Cloud VM Connections 11 0
T1559.003 XPC Services 7 0
T1052.001 Exfiltration over USB 19 0
T1556.002 Password Filter DLL 3 0
T1112 Modify Registry 3 0
T1601.002 Downgrade System Image 26 0
T1048.001 Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol 12 0
T1087.002 Domain Account 4 0
T1542 Pre-OS Boot 19 4
T1213.002 Sharepoint 31 0
T1550.002 Pass the Hash 10 0
T1055.013 Process Doppelgänging 6 0
T1606.002 SAML Tokens 5 0
T1563 Remote Service Session Hijacking 19 2
T1538 Cloud Service Dashboard 10 0
T1134.002 Create Process with Token 7 0
T1216 System Script Proxy Execution 6 1
T1562.012 Disable or Modify Linux Audit System 8 0
T1040 Network Sniffing 12 0
T1132.001 Standard Encoding 7 0
T1059.001 PowerShell 21 0
T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information 11 7
T1557.002 ARP Cache Poisoning 22 0
T1565.003 Runtime Data Manipulation 13 0
T1037.003 Network Logon Script 7 0
T1568 Dynamic Resolution 8 1
T1090.003 Multi-hop Proxy 8 0
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation 9 0
T1135 Network Share Discovery 3 0
T1221 Template Injection 14 0
T1548.004 Elevated Execution with Prompt 11 0
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation 24 0
T1036.001 Invalid Code Signature 5 0
T1055.014 VDSO Hijacking 6 0
T1218.004 InstallUtil 11 0
T1136.003 Cloud Account 21 0
T1491.001 Internal Defacement 10 0
T1046 Network Service Discovery 12 0
T1137.005 Outlook Rules 7 0
T1558 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets 20 4
T1602.001 SNMP (MIB Dump) 25 0
T1059.003 Windows Command Shell 11 0
T1205.002 Socket Filters 2 0
T1578.002 Create Cloud Instance 11 0
T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation 23 0
T1647 Plist File Modification 15 0
T1563.002 RDP Hijacking 18 0
T1546.014 Emond 6 0
T1490 Inhibit System Recovery 13 0
T1001 Data Obfuscation 7 3
T1137.002 Office Test 10 0
T1552.007 Container API 14 0
T1548.003 Sudo and Sudo Caching 13 0
T1219 Remote Access Software 13 0
T1491.002 External Defacement 10 0
T1562.003 Impair Command History Logging 4 0
T1553.003 SIP and Trust Provider Hijacking 10 0
T1106 Native API 7 0
T1586.003 Cloud Accounts 9 0
T1547.004 Winlogon Helper DLL 13 0
T1564.009 Resource Forking 13 0
T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol 26 3
T1530 Data from Cloud Storage 42 0
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification 11 2
T1550.004 Web Session Cookie 4 0
T1566 Phishing 37 3
T1029 Scheduled Transfer 7 0
T1555 Credentials from Password Stores 7 5
T1059.002 AppleScript 16 0
T1211 Exploitation for Defense Evasion 24 0
T1562.011 Spoof Security Alerting 5 0
T1071.003 Mail Protocols 15 0
T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium 19 1
T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares 16 0
T1610 Deploy Container 9 0
T1622 Debugger Evasion 15 0
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow 19 12
T1080 Taint Shared Content 14 0
T1574.012 COR_PROFILER 9 0
T1003.007 Proc Filesystem 14 0
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer 8 0
T1087.004 Cloud Account 12 0
T1098.003 Additional Cloud Roles 21 0
T1003.003 NTDS 18 0
T1584.004 Server 2 0
T1090.002 External Proxy 8 0
T1137.001 Office Template Macros 10 0
T1055 Process Injection 12 12
T1218.005 Mshta 11 0
T1011 Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium 6 1
T1525 Implant Internal Image 16 0
T1218.009 Regsvcs/Regasm 11 0
T1098 Account Manipulation 20 6
T1003.002 Security Account Manager 15 0
T1651 Cloud Administration Command 11 0
T1561.001 Disk Content Wipe 10 0
T1053.003 Cron 9 0
T1001.003 Protocol Impersonation 7 0
T1119 Automated Collection 18 0
T1543.004 Launch Daemon 8 0
T1133 External Remote Services 18 0
T1204.002 Malicious File 21 0
T1110 Brute Force 27 4
T1195 Supply Chain Compromise 8 3
T1222.001 Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification 11 0
T1599.001 Network Address Translation Traversal 18 0
T1567.004 Exfiltration Over Webhook 6 0
T1213.001 Confluence 24 0
T1114.002 Remote Email Collection 19 0
T1550 Use Alternate Authentication Material 15 4
T1055.015 ListPlanting 1 0
T1137.004 Outlook Home Page 7 0
T1552.006 Group Policy Preferences 13 0
T1218.001 Compiled HTML File 10 0
T1078.002 Domain Accounts 12 0
T1598.003 Spearphishing Link 12 0
T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography 11 0
T1027.009 Embedded Payloads 4 0
T1110.004 Credential Stuffing 25 0
T1495 Firmware Corruption 16 0
T1546.004 Unix Shell Configuration Modification 8 0
T1055.001 Dynamic-link Library Injection 6 0
T1565 Data Manipulation 26 3
T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol 11 0
T1621 Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation 11 0
T1137 Office Application Startup 15 6
T1070 Indicator Removal 22 6
T1218.013 Mavinject 11 0
T1136.002 Domain Account 15 0
T1505.002 Transport Agent 23 0
T1220 XSL Script Processing 6 0
T1482 Domain Trust Discovery 9 0
T1195.001 Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools 8 0
T1578 Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure 11 4
T1011.001 Exfiltration Over Bluetooth 8 0
T1556.003 Pluggable Authentication Modules 12 0
T1553.004 Install Root Certificate 6 0
T1546.006 LC_LOAD_DYLIB Addition 14 0
T1578.001 Create Snapshot 11 0
T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution 8 1
T1562.007 Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall 6 0
T1561 Disk Wipe 10 2
T1484 Domain Policy Modification 16 2
T1078.001 Default Accounts 17 0
T1059.008 Network Device CLI 15 0
T1027.002 Software Packing 4 0
T1567.003 Exfiltration to Text Storage Sites 3 0
T1087 Account Discovery 9 3
T1001.001 Junk Data 7 0
T1485 Data Destruction 10 0
T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution 18 13
T1498.002 Reflection Amplification 8 0
T1553.001 Gatekeeper Bypass 6 0
T1055.002 Portable Executable Injection 6 0
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie 14 0
T1204.003 Malicious Image 18 0
T1027.011 Fileless Storage 1 0
T1070.007 Clear Network Connection History and Configurations 10 0
T1558.002 Silver Ticket 19 0
T1547.005 Security Support Provider 5 0
T1562.002 Disable Windows Event Logging 13 0
T1546.016 Installer Packages 7 0
T1574.007 Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable 16 0
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution 15 0
T1648 Serverless Execution 9 0
T1199 Trusted Relationship 11 0
T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials 17 0
T1562.008 Disable or Modify Cloud Logs 13 0
T1110.001 Password Guessing 25 0
T1563.001 SSH Hijacking 17 0
T1218.008 Odbcconf 11 0
T1070.001 Clear Windows Event Logs 21 0
T1498 Network Denial of Service 8 2
T1546.003 Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription 12 0
T1218.002 Control Panel 11 0
T1069 Permission Groups Discovery 1 1
T1018 Remote System Discovery 1 0
T1586.002 Email Accounts 1 0
T1202 Indirect Command Execution 1 0
T1564 Hide Artifacts 4 8
T1656 Impersonation 13 0
T1069.002 Domain Groups 1 0
T1598.004 Spearphishing Voice 1 0
T1484.002 Domain Trust Modification 1 0
T1020 Automated Exfiltration 1 1
T1484.001 Group Policy Modification 1 0
T1531 Account Access Removal 3 0
T1585.002 Email Accounts 1 0
T1049 System Network Connections Discovery 1 0
T1586 Compromise Accounts 1 2
T1534 Internal Spearphishing 12 0
T1585 Establish Accounts 1 2