T1552 Unsecured Credentials

Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials. These credentials can be stored and/or misplaced in many locations on a system, including plaintext files (e.g. Shell History), operating system or application-specific repositories (e.g. Credentials in Registry), or other specialized files/artifacts (e.g. Private Keys).(Citation: Brining MimiKatz to Unix)

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VERIS Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
attribute.confidentiality.data_disclosure Confirmed or potential data disclosure related-to T1552 Unsecured Credentials

ATT&CK Subtechniques

Technique ID Technique Name Number of Mappings
T1552.005 Cloud Instance Metadata API 2
T1552.002 Credentials in Registry 2
T1552.004 Private Keys 2
T1552.003 Shell History 2
T1552.001 Credentials In Files 2
T1552.006 Group Policy Preferences 3
T1552.008 Chat Messages 3
T1552.007 Container API 1