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Cloud Matrix

Below are the tactics and techniques representing the MITRE ATT&CK® Matrix for Enterprise covering cloud-based techniques. The Matrix contains information for the following platforms: Azure AD, Office 365, Google Workspace, SaaS, IaaS.

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Initial Access Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Defense Evasion Credential Access Discovery Lateral Movement Collection Exfiltration Impact
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Drive-by Compromise
Exploit Public-Facing Application
Phishing (2)
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Trusted Relationship
Valid Accounts (2)
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Cloud Administration Command
Command and Scripting Interpreter (1)
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Serverless Execution
Software Deployment Tools
User Execution (1)
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Account Manipulation (5)
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Create Account (1)
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Event Triggered Execution
Implant Internal Image
Modify Authentication Process (3)
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Office Application Startup (6)
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Valid Accounts (2)
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Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism (1)
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Account Manipulation (5)
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Domain or Tenant Policy Modification (1)
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Event Triggered Execution
Valid Accounts (2)
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Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism (1)
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Domain or Tenant Policy Modification (1)
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Exploitation for Defense Evasion
Hide Artifacts (1)
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Impair Defenses (3)
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Impersonation
Indicator Removal (1)
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Modify Authentication Process (3)
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Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure (5)
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Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions
Use Alternate Authentication Material (2)
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Valid Accounts (2)
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Brute Force (4)
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Credentials from Password Stores (1)
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Exploitation for Credential Access
Forge Web Credentials (2)
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Modify Authentication Process (3)
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Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation
Network Sniffing
Steal Application Access Token
Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates
Steal Web Session Cookie
Unsecured Credentials (3)
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Account Discovery (2)
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Cloud Infrastructure Discovery
Cloud Service Dashboard
Cloud Service Discovery
Cloud Storage Object Discovery
Log Enumeration
Network Service Discovery
Network Sniffing
Password Policy Discovery
Permission Groups Discovery (1)
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Software Discovery (1)
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System Information Discovery
System Location Discovery
System Network Connections Discovery
Internal Spearphishing
Remote Services (2)
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Software Deployment Tools
Taint Shared Content
Use Alternate Authentication Material (2)
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Automated Collection
Data from Cloud Storage
Data from Information Repositories (3)
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Data Staged (1)
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Email Collection (2)
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Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
Exfiltration Over Web Service (1)
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Transfer Data to Cloud Account
Account Access Removal
Data Destruction
Data Encrypted for Impact
Defacement (1)
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Endpoint Denial of Service (3)
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Financial Theft
Inhibit System Recovery
Network Denial of Service (2)
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Resource Hijacking
Initial Access Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Defense Evasion Credential Access Discovery Lateral Movement Collection Exfiltration Impact
5 techniques 5 techniques 7 techniques 5 techniques 12 techniques 11 techniques 14 techniques 5 techniques 5 techniques 3 techniques 9 techniques
Drive-by Compromise
Exploit Public-Facing Application
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Phishing (2)
Trusted Relationship
=
Valid Accounts (2)
Cloud Administration Command
=
Command and Scripting Interpreter (1)
Serverless Execution
Software Deployment Tools
=
User Execution (1)
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Account Manipulation (5)
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Create Account (1)
Event Triggered Execution
Implant Internal Image
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Modify Authentication Process (3)
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Office Application Startup (6)
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Valid Accounts (2)
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Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism (1)
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Account Manipulation (5)
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Domain or Tenant Policy Modification (1)
Event Triggered Execution
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Valid Accounts (2)
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Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism (1)
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Domain or Tenant Policy Modification (1)
Exploitation for Defense Evasion
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Hide Artifacts (1)
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Impair Defenses (3)
Impersonation
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Indicator Removal (1)
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Modify Authentication Process (3)
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Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure (5)
Unused/Unsupported Cloud Regions
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Use Alternate Authentication Material (2)
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Valid Accounts (2)
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Brute Force (4)
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Credentials from Password Stores (1)
Exploitation for Credential Access
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Forge Web Credentials (2)
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Modify Authentication Process (3)
Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation
Network Sniffing
Steal Application Access Token
Steal or Forge Authentication Certificates
Steal Web Session Cookie
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Unsecured Credentials (3)
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Account Discovery (2)
Cloud Infrastructure Discovery
Cloud Service Dashboard
Cloud Service Discovery
Cloud Storage Object Discovery
Log Enumeration
Network Service Discovery
Network Sniffing
Password Policy Discovery
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Permission Groups Discovery (1)
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Software Discovery (1)
System Information Discovery
System Location Discovery
System Network Connections Discovery
Internal Spearphishing
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Remote Services (2)
Software Deployment Tools
Taint Shared Content
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Use Alternate Authentication Material (2)
Automated Collection
Data from Cloud Storage
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Data from Information Repositories (3)
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Data Staged (1)
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Email Collection (2)
Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
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Exfiltration Over Web Service (1)
Transfer Data to Cloud Account
Account Access Removal
Data Destruction
Data Encrypted for Impact
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Defacement (1)
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Endpoint Denial of Service (3)
Financial Theft
Inhibit System Recovery
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Network Denial of Service (2)
Resource Hijacking