// MITRE ATT&CK
T1110.001 · Password Guessing
🎯 Credential Access ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows Sub-technique
Sub-technique of T1110 · Brute Force.
Adversaries with no prior knowledge of legitimate credentials within the system or environment may guess passwords to attempt access to accounts. Without knowledge of the password for an account, an adversary may opt to systematically guess the password using a repetitive or iterative mechanism. An ...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Password Guessing 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
T1557
Adversary-in-the-Middle T1003
OS Credential Dumping T1539
Steal Web Session Cookie T1003.002
Security Account Manager T1552.005
Cloud Instance Metadata API T1555.002
Securityd Memory T1110.002
Password Cracking T1555.001
Keychain
Adversary-in-the-Middle T1003
OS Credential Dumping T1539
Steal Web Session Cookie T1003.002
Security Account Manager T1552.005
Cloud Instance Metadata API T1555.002
Securityd Memory T1110.002
Password Cracking T1555.001
Keychain
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