// MITRE ATT&CK
T1187 · Forced Authentication
🎯 Credential Access Windows
Adversaries may gather credential material by invoking or forcing a user to automatically provide authentication information through a mechanism in which they can intercept. The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is commonly used in Windows networks for authentication and communication between sys...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Forced Authentication 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 T1110.001
Password Guessing 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
Adversary-in-the-Middle T1110.001
Password Guessing 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
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