T1136

Create Account

Persistence

Description

Adversaries may create an account to maintain access to victim systems.(Citation: Symantec WastedLocker June 2020) With a sufficient level of access, creating such accounts may be used to establish secondary credentialed access that do not require persistent remote access tools to be deployed on the system.Accounts may be created on the local system or within a domain or cloud tenant. In cloud environments, adversaries may create accounts that only have access to specific services, which can reduce the chance of detection.

Platforms

WindowsIaaSLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesContainersSaaSOffice SuiteIdentity ProviderESXi

Mitigations

M1030 — Network Segmentation
M1028 — Operating System Configuration
M1032 — Multi-factor Authentication
M1026 — Privileged Account Management

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