// MITRE ATT&CK
T1056.004 · Credential API Hooking
Sub-technique of T1056 · Input Capture.
Adversaries may hook into Windows application programming interface (API) functions and Linux system functions to collect user credentials. Malicious hooking mechanisms may capture API or function calls that include parameters that reveal user authentication credentials.(Citation: Microsoft TrojanSp...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Credential API Hooking starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.
Related techniques
T1560.001
Archive via Utility T1113
Screen Capture T1056.001
Keylogging T1602
Data from Configuration Repository T1213.002
Sharepoint T1123
Audio Capture T1560.003
Archive via Custom Method T1114
Email Collection
Archive via Utility T1113
Screen Capture T1056.001
Keylogging T1602
Data from Configuration Repository T1213.002
Sharepoint T1123
Audio Capture T1560.003
Archive via Custom Method T1114
Email Collection
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