Domain Accounts

ATT&CK T1078.002

Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a domain account as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.(Citation: TechNet Credential Theft) Domain accounts are those managed by Active Directory Domain Services where access and permissions are configured across systems and services that are part of that domain. Domain accounts can cover users, administrators, and services.(Citation: Microsoft AD Accounts) Adversaries may compromise domain accounts, some with a high level of privileges, through various means such as [OS Credential Dumping](ht

Category: Technique, stealth, persistence, privilege-escalation, initial-access

MITRE ATT&CK: T1078.002

Reference: MITRE ATT&CK T1078.002