// MITRE ATT&CK
T1550 · Use Alternate Authentication Material
Adversaries may use alternate authentication material, such as password hashes, Kerberos tickets, and application access tokens, in order to move laterally within an environment and bypass normal system access controls. Authentication processes generally require a valid identity (e.g., username) a...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Use Alternate Authentication Material 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.
Sub-techniques (4)
T1550.001
Application Access Token T1550.002
Pass the Hash T1550.003
Pass the Ticket T1550.004
Web Session Cookie
Application Access Token T1550.002
Pass the Hash T1550.003
Pass the Ticket T1550.004
Web Session Cookie
Related techniques
T1021.005
VNC T1080
Taint Shared Content T1021.004
SSH T1091
Replication Through Removable Media T1021.008
Direct Cloud VM Connections T1563.001
SSH Hijacking T1021.002
SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1021
Remote Services
VNC T1080
Taint Shared Content T1021.004
SSH T1091
Replication Through Removable Media T1021.008
Direct Cloud VM Connections T1563.001
SSH Hijacking T1021.002
SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1021
Remote Services
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