Input Capture: Web Portal Capture

Adversaries may install code on externally facing portals, such as a VPN login page, to capture and transmit credentials of users who attempt to log into the service. For example, a compromised login page may log provided user credentials before logging the user in to the service.

This variation on input capture may be conducted post-compromise using legitimate administrative access as a backup measure to maintain network access through External Remote Services and Valid Accounts or as part of the initial compromise by exploitation of the externally facing web service.[1]

ID: T1056.003
Sub-technique of:  T1056
Platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS
System Requirements: An externally facing login portal is configured.
Version: 1.0
Created: 11 February 2020
Last Modified: 15 October 2024

Procedure Examples

ID Name Description
C0029 Cutting Edge

During Cutting Edge, threat actors modified the JavaScript loaded by the Ivanti Connect Secure login page to capture credentials entered.[2]

S1022 IceApple

The IceApple OWA credential logger can monitor for OWA authentication requests and log the credentials.[3]

C0030 Triton Safety Instrumented System Attack

In the Triton Safety Instrumented System Attack, TEMP.Veles captured credentials as they were being changed by redirecting text-based login codes to websites they controlled.[4]

S1116 WARPWIRE

WARPWIRE can capture credentials submitted during the web logon process in order to access layer seven applications such as RDP.[5]

G1035 Winter Vivern

Winter Vivern registered and hosted domains to allow for creation of web pages mimicking legitimate government email logon sites to collect logon information.[6]

Mitigations

ID Mitigation Description
M1026 Privileged Account Management

Do not allow administrator accounts that have permissions to modify the Web content of organization login portals to be used for day-to-day operations that may expose them to potential adversaries on unprivileged systems.

Detection

ID Data Source Data Component Detects
DS0022 File File Modification

Monitor for changes made to detect changes to files in the Web directory for organization login pages that do not match with authorized updates to the Web server's content.

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