// MITRE ATT&CK
T1552.008 · Chat Messages
Sub-technique of T1552 · Unsecured Credentials.
Adversaries may directly collect unsecured credentials stored or passed through user communication services. Credentials may be sent and stored in user chat communication applications such as email, chat services like Slack or Teams, collaboration tools like Jira or Trello, and any other services th...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Chat Messages 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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