// MITRE ATT&CK
T1586.001 · Social Media Accounts
Sub-technique of T1586 · Compromise Accounts.
Adversaries may compromise social media accounts that can be used during targeting. For operations incorporating social engineering, the utilization of an online persona may be important. Rather than creating and cultivating social media profiles (i.e. [Social Media Accounts](https://attack.mitre.or...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Social Media Accounts 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.
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