T1555: Credentials from Password Stores
Adversaries may search for common password storage locations to obtain user credentials.[1] Passwords are stored in several places on a system, depending on the operating system or application holding the credentials. There are also specific applications and services that store passwords to make them easier for users to manage and maintain, such as password managers and cloud secrets vaults. Once credentials are obtained, they can be used to perform lateral movement and access restricted information.
Security context for executives and security teams
Credentials from Password Stores matters because stored passwords, browser credentials, password-manager contents, OS keychains, Windows Credential Manager entries, and cloud secrets can turn one compromised user or host into broader access. For leaders, this is an identity-risk and resilience issue: if credential stores are reachable without strong privilege boundaries, monitoring, and rotation discipline, an incident can quickly become lateral movement, cloud access, or access to restricted information.
Executive priority
Prioritize this technique where business-critical systems depend on reusable credentials, privileged accounts, password managers, or cloud secrets vaults. The ATT&CK relationships show relevance across Windows, macOS, Linux, and IaaS, with associated sub-techniques for browsers, keychains, Windows Credential Manager, third-party password managers, and cloud secrets management stores. Executives should ask whether privileged access management, password policy, software update practices, and audit logging provide evidence that credential stores are protected and monitored.
Technical view
SOC and IR teams should validate coverage around the credential-access tactic across IaaS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Because the ATT&CK object provides no official detection text, use the related detection strategy DET0430 as the ATT&CK-linked starting point, then test locally against each relevant sub-technique: macOS Keychain, securityd memory access, web browser credential stores, Windows Credential Manager, password managers, and cloud secrets stores. Focus validation on access to credential storage locations, unusual privileged account use, processes interacting with sensitive credential material, and cloud API access to secrets where IaaS is in scope.
Likely telemetry
- Endpoint process execution and command-line telemetry on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- File access and modification events for browser, password manager, keychain, or credential store data where available
- OS security logs showing privileged account use, elevation, or access to protected credential material
- macOS security/keychain-related logs where collected
- Windows authentication and Credential Manager-relevant activity where collected
Detection direction
- Start with DET0430 as the ATT&CK-related detection strategy, but require local engineering because the parent technique has no official detection text supplied.
- Map detections by sub-technique and platform instead of treating T1555 as one generic alert; browser stores, Windows Credential Manager, macOS Keychain, password managers, securityd memory, and cloud secrets stores produce different telemetry.
- Tune for context: legitimate password manager use, administrator troubleshooting, browser profile access, and cloud automation may resemble credential-store access without being malicious.
- Prioritize high-signal combinations such as unusual privileged account use plus access to credential stores, nonstandard processes touching browser or password-manager data, or unexpected cloud secrets retrieval.
- Check blind spots in unmanaged endpoints, developer workstations, macOS/Linux fleets, and IaaS control-plane logging, where credential stores or secrets access may not be centrally monitored.
Mitigation priorities
- Apply privileged account management first: restrict administrative, root, SYSTEM, and cloud privileged roles; enforce least privilege; and monitor privileged account usage with accountability logs.
- Strengthen password policies to reduce reuse and improve resistance if stored credentials are exposed, while recognizing that policy alone does not prevent credential-store access.
- Keep operating systems, browsers, password managers, and credential-handling applications updated to reduce exposure to known weaknesses in credential storage or access paths.
- Review where credentials and secrets are stored, especially cloud secrets stores and third-party password managers, and confirm access is limited to identities and workloads with a documented business need.
- Ensure incident response playbooks include credential rotation, token/secret revocation, and scoping of lateral movement or restricted information access after suspected credential-store access.
Additional notes and limits
ATT&CK relationships associate this technique with multiple groups and campaigns, including financially motivated, espionage, supply-chain, and critical infrastructure-related contexts. That breadth should be used to justify defensive coverage, not to infer that any specific organization is currently targeted. The most useful defensive work is environment-specific: inventory credential stores, confirm logging, and test whether SOC workflows can distinguish expected access from suspicious access.
The supplied ATT&CK object does not include official detection guidance for T1555, so detection recommendations are derived from the technique description, platforms, sub-technique relationships, DET0430 relationship, and listed mitigations. Local platform mix, EDR/audit configuration, cloud provider logging, password-manager deployment, and privileged access design are required to determine actual coverage.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Credentials from Password Stores
Adversaries may search for common password storage locations to obtain user credentials.[1] Passwords are stored in several places on a system, depending on the operating system or application holding the credentials. There are also specific applications and services that store passwords to make them easier for users to manage and maintain, such as password managers and cloud secrets vaults. Once credentials are obtained, they can be used to perform lateral movement and access restricted information.
How security teams should use this page
Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.
Related techniques
This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.
| Domain | ID | Name | Relationship / procedure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | T1555.004 | Windows Credential ManagerSub-technique | Windows Credential Manager subtechnique of this object. |
| Enterprise | T1555.001 | KeychainSub-technique | Keychain subtechnique of this object. |
| Enterprise | T1555.005 | Password ManagersSub-technique | Password Managers subtechnique of this object. |
| Enterprise | T1555.006 | Cloud Secrets Management StoresSub-technique | Cloud Secrets Management Stores subtechnique of this object. |
| Enterprise | T1555.003 | Credentials from Web BrowsersSub-technique | Credentials from Web Browsers subtechnique of this object. |
| Enterprise | T1555.002 | Securityd MemorySub-technique | Securityd Memory subtechnique of this object. |
Groups, software, and campaigns
G1001: HEXANE
HEXANE is a cyber espionage threat group that has targeted oil & gas, telecommunications, aviation, and internet service provider organizations since at least 2017. Targeted companies have been located in the Middle East and Africa, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Morocco, and Tunisia. HEXANE's TTPs appear similar to APT33 and OilRig but due to differences in victims and tools it is tracked as a separate entity.[1][2][3][4]
G1017: Volt Typhoon
Volt Typhoon is a People's Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored actor that has been active since at least 2021, primarily targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the US and its territories including Guam. Volt Typhoon's targeting and pattern of behavior have been assessed as pre-positioning to enable lateral movement to operational technology (OT) assets for potential destructive or disruptive attacks. Volt Typhoon has emphasized stealth in operations using web shells, living-off-the-land (LOTL) binaries, hands on keyboard activities, and stolen credentials.[1][2][3][4]. The group has leveraged compromised SOHO routers to proxy command and control traffic and obscure its infrastructure, activity associated with the KV botnet.[5].
Reporting indicates a separate initial access cluster, SYLVANITE, has been observed exploiting internet-facing edge devices and transferring access to Volt Typhoon, also tracked as VOLTZITE, for follow-on operations. [6]
G0077: Leafminer
G0038: Stealth Falcon
Stealth Falcon is a threat group that has conducted targeted spyware attacks against Emirati journalists, activists, and dissidents since at least 2012. Circumstantial evidence suggests there could be a link between this group and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government, but that has not been confirmed. [1]
G0087: APT39
APT39 is one of several names for cyber espionage activity conducted by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) through the front company Rana Intelligence Computing since at least 2014. APT39 has primarily targeted the travel, hospitality, academic, and telecommunications industries in Iran and across Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America to track individuals and entities considered to be a threat by the MOIS.[1][2][3][4][5]
G0120: Evilnum
G0096: APT41
APT41 is a threat group that researchers have assessed as Chinese state-sponsored espionage group that also conducts financially-motivated operations. Active since at least 2012, APT41 has been observed targeting various industries, including but not limited to healthcare, telecom, technology, finance, education, retail and video game industries in 14 countries.[1] Notable behaviors include using a wide range of malware and tools to complete mission objectives. APT41 overlaps at least partially with public reporting on groups including BARIUM and Winnti Group.[2][3]
G0064: APT33
G0069: MuddyWater
MuddyWater is a cyber espionage group assessed to be a subordinate element within Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).[1] Since at least 2017, MuddyWater has targeted a range of government and private organizations across sectors, including telecommunications, local government, finance, defense, and oil and natural gas organizations, in the Middle East (specifically the UAE and Saudi Arabia), Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. MuddyWater has reused domains dating back to October 2025, and has a preference for NameCheap and Hosterdaddy Private Limited (AS136557). In late 2025 and early 2026, MuddyWater used commercial satellite internet (i.e., Starlink) for command and control (C2) communication. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
G0049: OilRig
OilRig is a suspected Iranian threat group that has targeted Middle Eastern and international victims since at least 2014. The group has targeted a variety of sectors, including financial, government, energy, chemical, and telecommunications. It appears the group carries out supply chain attacks, leveraging the trust relationship between organizations to attack their primary targets. The group works on behalf of the Iranian government based on infrastructure details that contain references to Iran, use of Iranian infrastructure, and targeting that aligns with nation-state interests.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
G0037: FIN6
G1026: Malteiro
Malteiro is a financially motivated criminal group that is likely based in Brazil and has been active since at least November 2019. The group operates and distributes the Mispadu banking trojan via a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) business model. Malteiro mainly targets victims throughout Latin America (particularly Mexico) and Europe (particularly Spain and Portugal).[1]
S9022: MirrorStealer
MirrorStealer is a credential stealer that has been used by MirrorFace since at least 2022 to steal credentials from various applications, including browsers and email clients. MirrorStealer has been delivered directly into system memory via commands issued by LODEINFO.[1]
S0484: Carberp
S0002: Mimikatz
S1207: XLoader
S0447: Lokibot
Lokibot is a widely distributed information stealer that was first reported in 2015. It is designed to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other credentials. Lokibot can also create a backdoor into infected systems to allow an attacker to install additional payloads.[1][2][3]
S1146: MgBot
S1156: Manjusaka
Manjusaka is a Chinese-language intrusion framework, similar to Sliver and Cobalt Strike, with an ELF binary written in GoLang as the controller for Windows and Linux implants written in Rust. First identified in 2022, Manjusaka consists of multiple components, only one of which (a command and control module) is freely available.[1]
S0167: Matryoshka
Matryoshka is a malware framework used by CopyKittens that consists of a dropper, loader, and RAT. It has multiple versions; v1 was seen in the wild from July 2016 until January 2017. v2 has fewer commands and other minor differences. [1] [2]
S0050: CosmicDuke
CosmicDuke is malware that was used by APT29 from 2010 to 2015. [1]
S0113: Prikormka
S0435: PLEAD
PLEAD is a remote access tool (RAT) and downloader used by BlackTech in targeted attacks in East Asia including Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong.[1][2] PLEAD has also been referred to as TSCookie, though more recent reporting indicates likely separation between the two. PLEAD was observed in use as early as March 2017.[3][2]
S1246: BeaverTail
BeaverTail is a malware that has both a JavaScript and C++ variant. Active since 2022, BeaverTail is capable of stealing logins from browsers and serves as a downloader for second stage payloads. BeaverTail has previously been leveraged by North Korea-affiliated actors identified as DeceptiveDevelopment or Contagious Interview. BeaverTail has been delivered to victims through code repository sites and has been embedded within malicious attachments.[1][2][3][4]
C0063: 2025 Poland Wiper Attacks
2025 Poland Wiper Attacks is a Russian state-sponsored campaign that conducted destructive cyberattacks against Polish energy infrastructure in December 2025. Targets included more than 30 wind and photovoltaic farms, a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, and a manufacturing sector company. The attacks on the distributed energy resources (DER) disrupted communications between affected facilities and the distribution system operator, but did not impact electricity generation or heat supply. Across the campaign, threat actors deployed two previously undocumented wiper tools, DynoWiper, a Windows-based wiper and LazyWiper, a PowerShell wiper, distributed via malicious Group Policy Objects. At the CHP plant, threat actors had maintained access since at least March 2025, using that foothold to obtain credentials and move laterally before attempting wiper deployment. Some reporting has assessed the activity to be consistent with Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) threat activity group Dragonfly, also tracked as STATIC TUNDRA, while other reporting attributes the destructive wiper activities to the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) threat activity group ELECTRUM, also tracked as Sandworm Team.[1][2][3][4]
C0024: SolarWinds Compromise
The SolarWinds Compromise was a sophisticated supply chain cyber operation conducted by APT29 that was discovered in mid-December 2020. APT29 used customized malware to inject malicious code into the SolarWinds Orion software build process that was later distributed through a normal software update; they also used password spraying, token theft, API abuse, spear phishing, and other supply chain attacks to compromise user accounts and leverage their associated access. Victims of this campaign included government, consulting, technology, telecom, and other organizations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. This activity has been labled the StellarParticle campaign in industry reporting.[1] Industry reporting also initially referred to the actors involved in this campaign as UNC2452, NOBELIUM, Dark Halo, and SolarStorm.[2][3][4][5][1][6][7][8]
In April 2021, the US and UK governments attributed the SolarWinds Compromise to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR); public statements included citations to APT29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes.[9][10][11] The US government assessed that of the approximately 18,000 affected public and private sector customers of Solar Winds’ Orion product, a much smaller number were compromised by follow-on APT29 activity on their systems.[12]
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| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
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| 19.1 | 1.2 | Current bundle | 10de00e1e592… |
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External references and citations
MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.
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F-Secure Labs. (2015, September 17). The Dukes: 7 years of Russian cyberespionage. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
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Kayal, A. et al. (2021, October). LYCEUM REBORN: COUNTERINTELLIGENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
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Breitenbacher, D. (2022, December 14). Unmasking MirrorFace: Operation LiberalFace targeting Japanese political entities. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
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Trend Micro. (2024, November 19). Spot the Difference: Earth Kasha's New LODEINFO Campaign And The Correlation Analysis With The APT10 Umbrella. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
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Giuliani, M., Allievi, A. (2011, February 28). Carberp - a modular information stealing trojan. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
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Deply, B. (n.d.). Mimikatz. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
Open source URL - [7]GitHub Mimikatz lsadump Module
Deply, B., Le Toux, V. (2016, June 5). module ~ lsadump. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
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Grafnetter, M. (2015, October 26). Retrieving DPAPI Backup Keys from Active Directory. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
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The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NZ NCSC), CERT New Zealand, the UK National Cyber Security Centre (UK NCSC) and the US National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). (2018, October 11). Joint report on publicly available hacking tools. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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Strategic Cyber LLC. (2020, November 5). Cobalt Strike: Advanced Threat Tactics for Penetration Testers. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
Open source URL - [11]Google XLoader 2017
Nart Villeneuve, Randi Eitzman, Sandor Nemes & Tyler Dean, Google Cloud. (2017, October 5). Significant FormBook Distribution Campaigns Impacting the U.S. and South Korea. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
Open source URL - [12]Netskope XLoader 2022
Gustavo Palazolo, Netskope. (2022, March 11). New Formbook Campaign Delivered Through Phishing Emails. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
Open source URL - [13]Infoblox Lokibot January 2019
Hoang, M. (2019, January 31). Malicious Activity Report: Elements of Lokibot Infostealer. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
Open source URL - [14]ESET EvasivePanda 2023
Facundo Muñoz. (2023, April 26). Evasive Panda APT group delivers malware via updates for popular Chinese software. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Open source URL - [15]Symantec Daggerfly 2023
Threat Hunter Team. (2023, April 20). Daggerfly: APT Actor Targets Telecoms Company in Africa. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Open source URL - [16]Talos Manjusaka 2022
Asheer Malhotra & Vitor Ventura. (2022, August 2). Manjusaka: A Chinese sibling of Sliver and Cobalt Strike. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
Open source URL - [17]Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Volt Typhoon June 2023
NSA et al. (2023, May 24). People's Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actor Living off the Land to Evade Detection. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
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ClearSky Cyber Security and Trend Micro. (2017, July). Operation Wilted Tulip: Exposing a cyber espionage apparatus. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- [20]CopyKittens Nov 2015
Minerva Labs LTD and ClearSky Cyber Security. (2015, November 23). CopyKittens Attack Group. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
Open source URL - [21]Citizen Lab Stealth Falcon May 2016
Marczak, B. and Scott-Railton, J.. (2016, May 29). Keep Calm and (Don’t) Enable Macros: A New Threat Actor Targets UAE Dissidents. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
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Cherepanov, A.. (2016, May 17). Operation Groundbait: Analysis of a surveillance toolkit. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
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Cherepanov, A.. (2018, July 9). Certificates stolen from Taiwanese tech‑companies misused in Plead malware campaign. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
Open source URL - [25]BitDefender Chafer May 2020
Rusu, B. (2020, May 21). Iranian Chafer APT Targeted Air Transportation and Government in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
Open source URL - [26]ESET EvilNum July 2020
Porolli, M. (2020, July 9). More evil: A deep look at Evilnum and its toolset. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
Open source URL - [27]ESET Contagious Interview BeaverTail InvisibleFerret February 2025
Matej Havranek. (2025, February 20). DeceptiveDevelopment targets freelance developers. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
Open source URL - [28]Trellix Darkgate 2023
Ernesto Fernández Provecho, Pham Duy Phuc, Ciana Driscoll & Vinoo Thomas. (2023, November 21). The Continued Evolution of the DarkGate Malware-as-a-Service. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
Open source URL - [29]Red Canary NETWIRE January 2020
Lambert, T. (2020, January 29). Intro to Netwire. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
Open source URL - [30]Rostovcev APT41 2021
Nikita Rostovcev. (2022, August 18). APT41 World Tour 2021 on a tight schedule. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
Open source URL - [31]Symantec Elfin Mar 2019
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Open source URL - [32]FireEye APT33 Guardrail
Ackerman, G., et al. (2018, December 21). OVERRULED: Containing a Potentially Destructive Adversary. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
Open source URL - [33]Unit 42 MuddyWater Nov 2017
Lancaster, T.. (2017, November 14). Muddying the Water: Targeted Attacks in the Middle East. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
Open source URL - [34]Symantec MuddyWater Dec 2018
Symantec DeepSight Adversary Intelligence Team. (2018, December 10). Seedworm: Group Compromises Government Agencies, Oil & Gas, NGOs, Telecoms, and IT Firms. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
Open source URL - [35]Trend Micro Muddy Water March 2021
Peretz, A. and Theck, E. (2021, March 5). Earth Vetala – MuddyWater Continues to Target Organizations in the Middle East. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
Open source URL - [36]GitHub QuasarRAT
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Open source URL - [37]Volexity Patchwork June 2018
Meltzer, M, et al. (2018, June 07). Patchwork APT Group Targets US Think Tanks. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
Open source URL - [38]Kroll RedLine Stealer August 2024
George Glass. (2024, August 14). REDLINESTEALER Malware Driving the Initial Access Broker Market. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
Open source URL - [39]Proofpoint RedLine Stealer March 2020
Proofpoint Threat Insight Team, Jeremy H, Axel F. (2020, March 16). New Redline Password Stealer Malware. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
Open source URL - [40]Splunk RedLine Stealer June 2023
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Open source URL - [41]Cybereason Astaroth Feb 2019
Salem, E. (2019, February 13). ASTAROTH MALWARE USES LEGITIMATE OS AND ANTIVIRUS PROCESSES TO STEAL PASSWORDS AND PERSONAL DATA. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
Open source URL - [42]Malwarebytes Agent Tesla April 2020
Jazi, H. (2020, April 16). New AgentTesla variant steals WiFi credentials. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
Open source URL - [43]GitHub LaZagne Dec 2018
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Open source URL - [44]FireEye APT28
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Open source URL - [45]Unit42 OilRig Playbook 2023
Unit42. (2016, May 1). Evasive Serpens Unit 42 Playbook Viewer. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
Open source URL - [46]FireEye APT34 Webinar Dec 2017
Davis, S. and Caban, D. (2017, December 19). APT34 - New Targeted Attack in the Middle East. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
Open source URL - [47]FireEye APT35 2018
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Open source URL - [48]FireEye APT34 July 2019
Bromiley, M., et al.. (2019, July 18). Hard Pass: Declining APT34’s Invite to Join Their Professional Network. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
Open source URL - [49]Visa FIN6 Feb 2019
Visa Public. (2019, February). FIN6 Cybercrime Group Expands Threat to eCommerce Merchants. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
Open source URL - [50]Microsoft Deep Dive Solorigate January 2021
MSTIC, CDOC, 365 Defender Research Team. (2021, January 20). Deep dive into the Solorigate second-stage activation: From SUNBURST to TEARDROP and Raindrop . Retrieved January 22, 2021.
Open source URL - [51]SCILabs Malteiro 2021
SCILabs. (2021, December 23). Cyber Threat Profile Malteiro. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
Open source URL - [52]Segurança Informática URSA Sophisticated Loader 2020
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Open source URL - [53]ESET Security Mispadu Facebook Ads 2019
ESET Security. (2019, November 19). Mispadu: Advertisement for a discounted Unhappy Meal. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
Open source URL - [54]GitHub Pupy
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Open source URL - [55]SecureWorks August 2019
SecureWorks 2019, August 27 LYCEUM Takes Center Stage in Middle East Campaign Retrieved. 2019/11/19
Open source URL - [56]Cybereason Kimsuky November 2020
Dahan, A. et al. (2020, November 2). Back to the Future: Inside the Kimsuky KGH Spyware Suite. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
Open source URL - [57]F-Secure The Dukes
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Open source URL - [58]F-Secure The Dukes
F-Secure Labs. (2015, September 17). The Dukes: 7 years of Russian cyberespionage. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
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Kayal, A. et al. (2021, October). LYCEUM REBORN: COUNTERINTELLIGENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
Open source URL - [63]ESET MirrorFace DEC 2022
Breitenbacher, D. (2022, December 14). Unmasking MirrorFace: Operation LiberalFace targeting Japanese political entities. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
Open source URL - [64]Trend Micro Earth Kasha NOV 2024
Trend Micro. (2024, November 19). Spot the Difference: Earth Kasha's New LODEINFO Campaign And The Correlation Analysis With The APT10 Umbrella. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
Open source URL - [65]Prevx Carberp March 2011
Giuliani, M., Allievi, A. (2011, February 28). Carberp - a modular information stealing trojan. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
Open source URL - [66]Cobalt Strike Manual 4.3 November 2020
Strategic Cyber LLC. (2020, November 5). Cobalt Strike: Advanced Threat Tactics for Penetration Testers. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
Open source URL - [67]Deply Mimikatz
Deply, B. (n.d.). Mimikatz. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
Open source URL - [68]Directory Services Internals DPAPI Backup Keys Oct 2015
Grafnetter, M. (2015, October 26). Retrieving DPAPI Backup Keys from Active Directory. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
Open source URL - [69]GitHub Mimikatz lsadump Module
Deply, B., Le Toux, V. (2016, June 5). module ~ lsadump. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
Open source URL - [70]NCSC Joint Report Public Tools
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NZ NCSC), CERT New Zealand, the UK National Cyber Security Centre (UK NCSC) and the US National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). (2018, October 11). Joint report on publicly available hacking tools. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
Open source URL - [71]Google XLoader 2017
Nart Villeneuve, Randi Eitzman, Sandor Nemes & Tyler Dean, Google Cloud. (2017, October 5). Significant FormBook Distribution Campaigns Impacting the U.S. and South Korea. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
Open source URL - [72]Netskope XLoader 2022
Gustavo Palazolo, Netskope. (2022, March 11). New Formbook Campaign Delivered Through Phishing Emails. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
Open source URL - [73]Infoblox Lokibot January 2019
Hoang, M. (2019, January 31). Malicious Activity Report: Elements of Lokibot Infostealer. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
Open source URL - [74]ESET EvasivePanda 2023
Facundo Muñoz. (2023, April 26). Evasive Panda APT group delivers malware via updates for popular Chinese software. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Open source URL - [75]Symantec Daggerfly 2023
Threat Hunter Team. (2023, April 20). Daggerfly: APT Actor Targets Telecoms Company in Africa. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
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