// MITRE ATT&CK
T1114.001 · Local Email Collection
Sub-technique of T1114 · Email Collection.
Adversaries may target user email on local systems to collect sensitive information. Files containing email data can be acquired from a user’s local system, such as Outlook storage or cache files. Outlook stores data locally in offline data files with an extension of .ost. Outlook 2010 and later ...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Local Email Collection 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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