T1136

Windows IaaS Linux macOS Network Devices Containers SaaS Office Suite Identity Provider ESXi
Create Account

Description

Adversaries may create an account to maintain access to victim systems. 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.

Sub-techniques

T1136.001 — Local Account T1136.002 — Domain Account T1136.003 — Cloud Account