T1136Techniquepersistenceagent-callable

T1136Create Account

Platforms: Windows · Azure AD · Office 365 · IaaS · Linux · macOS · Google Workspace · Network · Containers · SaaS

ATT&CK version: 14.1

What it is

Adversaries may create an account to maintain access to victim systems. With a sufficient level of access, creating such accounts may be used to establish secondary credentialed access that do not require persistent remote access tools to be deployed on the system. Accounts may be created on the local system or within a domain or cloud tenant. In cloud environments, adversaries may create accounts that only have access to specific services, which can reduce the chance of detection.

ATT&CK tactics· 1

Persistence

References

  1. https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136
  2. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4720
Sourced from MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v14.1. Curated and contextualized for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.