// MITRE ATT&CK

T1586 · Compromise Accounts

Adversaries may compromise accounts with services 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 accounts (i.e. [Establish Accounts](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting Compromise 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.

Sub-techniques (3)

T1586.001
Social Media Accounts T1586.002
Email Accounts T1586.003
Cloud Accounts

Related techniques

T1583
Acquire Infrastructure T1583.007
Serverless T1588.007
Artificial Intelligence T1584.008
Network Devices T1583.008
Malvertising T1588.004
Digital Certificates T1583.002
DNS Server T1587.003
Digital Certificates

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