Suspicious access to cloud credential files

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	10 Minutes
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
Detection Modules	Cloud
Detector Tags	Cloud Lateral Movement Analytics
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001)
Severity	Informational

Description

A process accessed multiple cloud credential files, which may indicate a credential theft activity.

Attacker's Goals

Gain initial access to the cloud environment.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the executing process is doing more suspicious activities.
• Verify if the exposed credential files were used to access to the cloud environment.
• Verify which operations were used against the cloud environment with the exposed credentials.

Variations

Suspicious access to cloud credential files of various cloud providers within a cloud instance

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001)
Severity	Low

Description

A process accessed multiple cloud credential files, which may indicate a credential theft activity.

Attacker's Goals

Gain initial access to the cloud environment.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the executing process is doing more suspicious activities.
• Verify if the exposed credential files were used to access to the cloud environment.
• Verify which operations were used against the cloud environment with the exposed credentials.

Suspicious access to cloud credential files within a cloud instance

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001)
Severity	Informational

Description

A process accessed multiple cloud credential files, which may indicate a credential theft activity.

Attacker's Goals

Gain initial access to the cloud environment.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the executing process is doing more suspicious activities.
• Verify if the exposed credential files were used to access to the cloud environment.
• Verify which operations were used against the cloud environment with the exposed credentials.

Suspicious access to Windows cloud credential files of various cloud providers

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001)
Severity	Medium

Description

A process accessed multiple cloud credential files, which may indicate a credential theft activity.

Attacker's Goals

Gain initial access to the cloud environment.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the executing process is doing more suspicious activities.
• Verify if the exposed credential files were used to access to the cloud environment.
• Verify which operations were used against the cloud environment with the exposed credentials.

Suspicious access to Windows cloud credential files by an unusual process

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001)
Severity	Low

Description

A process accessed multiple cloud credential files, which may indicate a credential theft activity.

Attacker's Goals

Gain initial access to the cloud environment.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the executing process is doing more suspicious activities.
• Verify if the exposed credential files were used to access to the cloud environment.
• Verify which operations were used against the cloud environment with the exposed credentials.

Suspicious access to cloud credential files of various cloud providers

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001)
Severity	Medium

Description

A process accessed multiple cloud credential files, which may indicate a credential theft activity.

Attacker's Goals

Gain initial access to the cloud environment.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the executing process is doing more suspicious activities.
• Verify if the exposed credential files were used to access to the cloud environment.
• Verify which operations were used against the cloud environment with the exposed credentials.

Suspicious access to cloud credential files by an unusual process

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK Technique	Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001)
Severity	Low

Description

A process accessed multiple cloud credential files, which may indicate a credential theft activity.

Attacker's Goals

Gain initial access to the cloud environment.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the executing process is doing more suspicious activities.
• Verify if the exposed credential files were used to access to the cloud environment.
• Verify which operations were used against the cloud environment with the exposed credentials.